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My parents Ted and Betty Baker
Chapter Summary
The following is a list of tasks I accomplished in the five years I owned and operated the Baker Ranch.
- Produce high quality beef
- Produce high quality hay
- Researched the impact of disease and vaccination on herd
- Have become a steward of public lands
- Worked closely with United States Forest Service
- Appropriately balanced and fed proper rations
- Increased productivity by cross-breeding
- Increased productivity by selecting high quality bulls
- Managed rangelands, prevented erosion, exterminated noxious weed populations, and improved land by grazing
- Monitored birth weight, weaning weight, and daily gain of calves produced
- Kept detailed records on cattle, expenses, employees, and machinery
- Maintained equipment
- Procured buyers for cattle
- Managed ranch horses
- Managed stock dog
- Managed legal issues
- Managed employees
- Tried to work in harmony with environment and address environmental issues as they arose
- Advertised and successfully sold the family ranch without the help of realtor
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