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Just a scoop full(Aug. 27)--This past week, I had two employees who were dishonest with the amount of time they had worked. Honesty is an extremely important issue with me. I would a lot rather have a mediocre employee who was honest and tried hard than I would a very talented smart employee that was slightly dishonest. I feel anyone who would cheat you a little bit would cheat you out of a lot, if they could just figure out how to get by with it. I am not trying to bash them as I have faults of my own that are probably just as bad. Most honesty is taught to kids at an early age. If a kid sees Mom and Dad being slightly dishonest, then they will assume it is alright. I adopted all four of my boys. All of them were at least 6 years old at the time and the oldest was almost 9 years old. Some old habits are hard to break, particularly if stealing was a way of life. I am for anyone who is willing to try to do better. I do not care about their past. I have told my older boys many times that I would a lot rather they would be honest than I would have them dishonest and be the biggest stud in football known all over the U.S. If you feel the same as I do--let your kids know how important it is to you for them to be 100 percent honest. With grains being high and cake also quoted at very high levels, it looks like there are a lot of cattlemen who are going to cull heavy. I see a few cattlemen selling their whole herd, not wanting to have to feed them this winter. Anytime these big herds come to the auction--there is always more that go to slaughter than would have if they had simply culled out the unwanted and older ones off the ranch. This culling makes me think that in the spring the younger, better pairs and bred cows will be very strong in demand. I have mouth and preg-checked most all of my cows, cutting some pastures down to half. But, since I am at an auction 52 weeks a year, I would guess that I will have no problem replacing them. I'm an addict and I need to go to Cattle-Anon. Editor's Note: Jerry Nine, Woodward, Okla., is a lifetime cattleman who grew up on his family's ranch near Laverne, Okla. 9/8/08 Date: 9/3/08 Advertisement
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