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Post by guffeygal on Dec 16, 2018 18:15:58 GMT -6
I was fortunate to see part of The Mitchell Ranch in 1959 with my Dad. Always remember that plateau between them and Mosquero. I had never seen anything like that in eastern Oklahoma. Dad got quite a few cattle from Marvin Drake at Mosquero for Par-Ker Ranch. Drake's had Mitchell bred cattle. They also got some females from Linda Lambert who I think was Albert Mitchell Sr.'s sister. I remember it always took some time for the cattle to adapt to eastern Oklahoma. Had to develop some capacity to be able to eat enough of our weaker forage. The cattle did well and crossed especially well with The Vern bred cattle.
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Post by alex on Dec 16, 2018 18:40:49 GMT -6
I was fortunate to see part of The Mitchell Ranch in 1959 with my Dad. Always remember that plateau between them and Mosquero. I had never seen anything like that in eastern Oklahoma. Dad got quite a few cattle from Marvin Drake at Mosquero for Par-Ker Ranch. Drake's had Mitchell bred cattle. They also got some females from Linda Lambert who I think was Albert Mitchell Sr.'s sister. I remember it always took some time for the cattle to adapt to eastern Oklahoma. Had to develop some capacity to be able to eat enough of our weaker forage. The cattle did well and crossed especially well with The Vern bred cattle.   Great stories. Attached are a couple of pictures taken in 1968 at the T. E. Mitchell Ranch in New Mexico. With the 3 men together, W.R. Lanier is on the left. He bought quite a few mature cows that day from Mr. Mitchell and brought them back to Alabama. I don’t know the other men. You or others may can ID them, Jane. Beautiful plateaus in the background. |
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Post by rockmillsherefords on Dec 16, 2018 20:47:59 GMT -6
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Post by randy on May 16, 2019 13:33:40 GMT -6
Doolittle Ranch Watrus, NM I understood they were a fairly large operation. Who can enlighten me? They purchased some nice cattle through the years. Do they happen to still be in business?
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Post by guffeygal on May 26, 2019 8:31:25 GMT -6
As I recall Mr. Doolittle was killed in an aviation accident. Seems like it was a helicopter. I think they were lumber people out of Alberquerque. I think they went out of business soon after his death. Think this is correct but I am a little hazy on it and may be wrong. Cliff Copeland managed the ranch and went on his own after that.
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Post by guffeygal on May 26, 2019 8:39:51 GMT -6
Another herd was Ogeeche Farms at Fairland Oklahoma. One of the early performance breeders. Owned by Mr. Otha Grimes who was a Tulsa Oilman. Managed by Odell Gelvin. We are friends with him on Facebook. Still seems to be doing well. Helped them in Denver in 1970. Both Mr. Grimes and Odell are first class people.
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Post by mrvictordomino on Jun 3, 2019 6:06:10 GMT -6
Another herd was Ogeeche Farms at Fairland Oklahoma. One of the early performance breeders. Owned by Mr. Otha Grimes who was a Tulsa Oilman. Managed by Odell Gelvin. We are friends with him on Facebook. Still seems to be doing well. Helped them in Denver in 1970. Both Mr. Grimes and Odell are first class people. They raised Domestic Mischief cattle which looked real good to me. Looked very functional and useful even for today. Too bad this is a line of cattle that are gone today except for maybe some semen in a tank somewhere. |
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Post by mrvictordomino on Jun 4, 2019 9:32:48 GMT -6
Talked to Mr. Gelvin on messenger yesterday, he had some semen on the Domestic Mischief bulls but gave his tank away and the semen was discarded.
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Post by guffeygal on May 13, 2020 15:30:09 GMT -6
In thinking about " The Good Ole Days" on the Ft. Worth post I remembered one more herd that I don't think had been recalled. Van Winkle Ranch of Buffalo Texas. I think Mr. Van Winkle was a very successful Pontiac Dealer. He loved and enjoyed his Herefords. They won a bull class in Denver in the late 60"s and they had a picture of him in The Hereford Journal grinning from ear to ear.
Walter Harter was his herdsman. He loved to be the first to head to the tie outs, the first to head out to the next show ect. Use to joke that if he was going to hell he would want to leave 30 minutes early.
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