The New Era - All about Sweet Home since 1929

Johnnie Miller was waiting at the old barn when I pulled off the road.

I stopped in front of the structure.

"I have her in the far side of the barn," Johnnie said, with some excitement in his voice. He rested with his elbow on the hood of my truck.

"Is this her first calf?" I asked.

"Yes, and she is sort of a little thing," Johnnie said. "I have been watching her pretty close, and she has been pushing for a couple of hours. I don't see anything."

"Let's go get a look at her," I said as I gathered things from my truck. "Will I need a ropae?"

"You probably will, she is just loose in the old...