Stockman Looking for EmploymentPosted July 24th, 2014 — Filed in MiscellaneousI have experience with cow-calf, stocker cattle, sheep and goats.  Good understanding of sell-buy marketing and over 15 years experience with low-stress stockmanship.  Please contact Brian Russ at russbrian@hotmail.com or leave a message at (903) 253-4265.————Brian has attended several Marketing and Stockmanship Schools since  2002.EuniceWarm Season Grass Pasture WalkPosted June 23rd, 2014 — Filed in MiscellaneousWarm Season Grass Pasture Walk                            June 28, 2014     3 p.m.-8 p.m.Join us for a pasture walk at the Hamilton Ranch in south-central Missouri.  We will see not only warm season grasses, but our project of establishing 100+ native species for grazing.  This is our first year of really grazing this diverse native planting since establishment, but we are excited about it and think that it can be better for grazing (some research we have read suggests 230% more production from diversity than the biomass king, switchgrass) and also better for wildlife (a different research project that has one year of research behind it suggests that controlled grazing of diverse natives can be better for quail than the best management that we knew how to do before).  We are also excited about the prospects of soil health with this project.  If you plan to come, let us know so that we know how much food we need for supper.  Don’t follow computer or GPS derived direction to our place; rather get directions from our website http://www.hamiltonnativeoutpost.com/ .   Thanks! Loren Steele Hamilton Native Outpost16786 Brown Rd.Elk Creek, MO  65464P: 417-967-2190    F: 417-967-5934www.HamiltonNativeOutpost.com Visit, Learn, Enjoy the Beauty  —  Day with Natives Workshop & Pasture WalkCorrespondence about Starting a Colt DVDPosted June 13th, 2014 — Filed in Horses, TestimonialsQuestion:     Could you give me a brief outline of the colt starting method Mr. Williams used? I am interested in possibly purchasing the DVD. . . .Answer:     I don’t know just how to go about telling you about the video of Bud starting a colt except to say that you don’t have to be a “Cowboy” to be able to do it.  It does not require a round pen or any of the other things that are used today.  People were always wanting to watch Bud start a colt, but they quickly became bored because the horse never bucked and within 20-30 minutes Bud was riding it out of the corral and up the mountain.  About the only equipment you will need, other than your usual tack is a pair of strap-hobbles.  In the video Bud says that you don’t really need them but it certainly makes things easier and it’s always been our contention that a hobble-broke horse is much safer to ride.  I’ve been on a couple of pretty wild rides when an old, gentle horse tangled his feet in old wire, where a hobble-broke horse would have just stood and waited for you to get him out of it.  T