tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6244999628674918029.post430215490810536249..comments2024-03-28T23:57:50.103-05:00Comments on Bayou Renaissance Man: OK, that's long!Peterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10595089829300831372noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6244999628674918029.post-38467137549972540252019-07-04T11:16:21.010-05:002019-07-04T11:16:21.010-05:00"Big Moo""Big Moo"Orvan Taurushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00889662143359248647noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6244999628674918029.post-49369479625828891492019-07-04T08:08:37.051-05:002019-07-04T08:08:37.051-05:00The Witchita Mountains Wildlife Refuge, near Ft. S...The Witchita Mountains Wildlife Refuge, near Ft. Sill, has quite a herd of longhorns (don't honk at the old bull buffalo napping on the road).waepnedmannhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07114411043832799988noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6244999628674918029.post-83797267641585680922019-07-03T15:53:28.327-05:002019-07-03T15:53:28.327-05:00I found out recently that the most common beef cat...I found out recently that the most common beef cattle in Britain at the start of the 19th century was the longhorn. But by the middle of the century it'd been replaced by shorthorns - the reason? The method of moving cattle to market in the cities had changed. In 1800 it was cattle drives (England is still crisscrossed with drover's roads or 'green lanes') but by 1850 it was the railways and longhorns didn't fit well into cattle trucks.Obligatohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00721362077146622584noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6244999628674918029.post-33903217093585796672019-07-03T13:20:35.228-05:002019-07-03T13:20:35.228-05:00Um... NOT the normal longhorn... Largest set of ho...Um... NOT the normal longhorn... Largest set of horns on my uncle's place was about 72 inches. Old NFOhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16404197287935017147noreply@blogger.com