Dancing On Ice At The Farm

With a winter thaw comes ice. I must have looked like a penguin as I shuffled in tiny little steps around our ice covered barn yard. Skates might have come in handy. Even after sanding there are icy patches the sander couldn't reach. I haven't fallen yet but Bruce took a dive into a round bale as he was heading off an escaping steer at feeding time. The steer stopped on the ice and Bruce, after he recovered from his fall, was able to literally slide the puzzled steer back into the pasture.

Ice maybe hard to walk on but can be deadly for cattle.

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Carole Soule is co-owner of Miles Smith Farm, in Loudon, NH, where she raises and sells beef, pork, lamb, eggs and other local products. She can be reached at cas@milessmithfarm.com.