Thanks Mark. Good to know. Paul > On Jul 22, 2017, at 11:44 AM, Mark C <[email protected]> wrote: > > Gallery came up fine for me - no NSFW warning. Nice collection of photos - > both people and animals (and the truck pull)... > > Paul Stenquist wrote: >> Goodells, Michigan, site of the St Clair County 4H Fair, is the real thing. >> It’s at the base of what we call the thumb, far removed from metro Detroit >> and about 20 miles west of Port Huron. It’s an agricultural area, with a lot >> of livestock and dairy. Many of the kids participate in the 4H agricultural >> programs from the time they’re old enough to walk. They raise animals, then >> show them and sell them at the fair. There are some show animals, >> particularly horses, but most are what they call “market animals.” Livestock >> that will be sold at auction and slaughtered at one of the local facilities >> that specialize in that. The kids handle the whole deal, right up to loading >> the animals for transport to the slaughter house. I asked a lady I know who >> has raised six kids and countless grandchildren up there if the kids don’t >> get upset when their animals are sold. “No,” she said. “That never occurs to >> them. They know that dogs, cats and horses are pets, and most of the other >> animals are food.” She told me that her 9 year old granddaughter, who had >> raised a hog named Sparkle, asked grandma to buy her at the auction. “I want >> to see what she tastes like,” she said, quite innocently. Sparkle, like the >> other animals is food, not a pet. >> >> Some of this may seem heartless to us city folk. In the gallery, you’ll see >> youngsters forcing lambs to pose in a way that shows off their meaty legs. >> The lambs, quite frankly, didn’t see, to mind. They’ve been practicing that >> pose since they were old enough to stand. The Grand Champion Wether lamb, >> which was raised by a teenage boy, sold for $4.50 a pound, and he was a >> stout animal. (A Wether lamb, I learned is a castrated Ram.) An interesting >> day to say the least. >> >> https://www.photo.net/gallery/1107284#//Sort-Newest/All-Categories/All-Time/Page-1 > > > > --- > This email has been checked for viruses by AVG. > http://www.avg.com > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions.
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