Re: Re: OT ? Labels Cows Eat!

Hi Cheryl, glad to see you have come out of lurkdom to post a very funny
message. As a largeish herd owner I can fully relate to your
predicament...Often our cows go deaf to my husbands yelling to move out but
when I appear , they move very obligingly....They give him looks of..Oh Yeah
,,and So What....I can imagine the escapee cows you mentioned being totally
deaf to your reqests, no matter how loud or polite:)..They really do know
when they are being naughty, but often to choose to ignore yells and
threats....And I have found that when they escape to new areas , they turn
into such mischevious hooligans...Can drive any sane farmer mad
somedays...Pity we dont often share their sense of humour, as cows always
have appalling timing when choosing to misbeahve and havea bit of fun...It
always happens when you least expect it...We often say..if you leave a gate
for them to go into their paddock, someone always has a different idea,, but
if you accidentally leave a gate opened..100% per cent of the herd can be
found cavorting around knowing full well, that they shouldnt be there...
Thanks for the giggle, I enjoyed it, Cheers from Wendy Sargeant, Victoria,
Australia.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Cheryl & Erich Schaefer" <schaefer@capital.net>
To: <iris-talk@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Thursday, October 18, 2001 8:28 AM
Subject: [iris-talk] Re: OT ? Labels Cows Eat!


> Hello Everyone, I'm afraid I've just been a lurker this past year or
> two and often am months behind reading the digests, but I caught this
> topic and feel I must relate an iris/cow story. The day after cutting
> my irises down in the 400 ft rows we have for local sale in June, my
> elderly neighbor came banging on our door at 7 am shouting, "The
> Fisher's cows are in the irises!". We flew out the door once we were
> clad, by which time this neighbor, wearing a dressing gown and old
> fashioned, lace fringed cap, was standing across from the entire 40
> cow herd, stick in hand, shouting, "Shoo, shoo" at them as they
> munched side by side along the roadside row. I don't think the whole
> thing would have struck me so funny if it had been June, but I was in
> stitches. (Of course, no camera.) Another neighbor joined us in
> trying to discourage the feasting at the smorgasbord when a knight in
> shining armor on his noble steed, i.e. the Amish owner of the herd,
> bareback on a workhorse, came charging down the road, and the herd,
> oblivious to our shoos and shouts, took off at a run. No harm done to
> the irises but I wish they'd arrived two days sooner and saved us the
> work of cutting them down.
>
> Cheryl Schaefer, with 21 clumps of rebloomers ready to bloom and
> another 30 or so in bloom, NOT cut down by the frost 10/8, I suppose
> because it was 70 or better for days afterward. Made it well into
> November last year. They are so lovely against the backdrop of autumn
> leaves.
> --
> Cheryl Schaefer
> schaefer @capital.net
> Zone 5 in the fabulous Finger Lakes of NY
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