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"Drought"
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"Drought" |
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Gunslinger Senior Member
since 1999-10-09
Posts 901TX, USA 
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Drought The prairie grass is short, and brown The pastures, powder dry; The stock looks like it’s losing weight- A week short of July. The April showers never came- Nor thunderstorms in May, “It’s likely to get purty dry”- I heard one old rancher say. Last year we got a foot of rain- An inch a month, broke down. No wonder all the tanks are low, And cracks form in the ground. There hasn’t been a cloud in weeks- At least not from the west. If there’s a hope for rain in June, That direction is the best. The unrelenting sun beats down, The winds are from the south… Until a real one comes along, I’d sure call this a drouth. "When it rains, it pours,” somebody said- The same holds true with “dry”. A man won’t likely clear a dime, When he’s feedin’ in July. The worse you need to cull your herd- The lower prices go… You cain’t “give” a calf away, Around San Angelo. The grass is gone, the “pear” are scarce- The “fifties” seen to that. If there’s a thing the stock can eat, I don’t know where it’s at. The cattle business always was- A little “hand to mouth” But it’s ‘financial suicide” When the country’s in a drouth. [This message has been edited by Gunslinger (06-06-2008 10:07 PM).] |
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Robert E. Jordan Member Rara Avis
since 2008-01-25
Posts 8541Philadelphia, Pennsylvania |
Yo Gunslinger, Good luck with your summer this year. It's supposed to be 95 here in Philly tommorrow. That's a bad sign this early. Good poem BTW. You do good work. Bobby |
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Marchmadness Member Rara Avis
since 2007-09-16
Posts 9271So. El Monte, California |
The situation must be even worse these days because the weather seems to be totally crazy lately. I surely understand a drought after reading this. Left me praying for rain. Ida |
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