Out Our Way: The race ain't over yet

Out our way, we know the cowboy's work is never done. The end of one trail merely leads to the start of another. The cattle are moved from spring to winter pasture - but then comes the task of hauling feed and, naturally when it is coldest and darkest, the pulling calves who have been born backwards, as well as the care of cows and calves who needed no help in delivery. But although that phase is finished, the work is not. Same for farmers as well as ranchers; one task completed does not signal an end to the labor, only the finish of one aspect and the start of a new one. So it is for the...