Graze Master Group

We were along the South Dakota and Minnesota line looking at cattle in the mid-1990s with John Delaney of Lake Benton, Minn. We were looking at Hereford herd bulls that the Delaneys had penned up at this old farmstead. All of them were drinking out of a clawfoot bathtub. We were in the process of remodeling my Great Grandfather H.F. Ficke’s house where my son and his wife along with their family live now.

There’s worn, cracked paint on the Burwell Livestock Market sign in Burwell, Neb. The cattle on the sign are strewn with flecks of white, and the words look aged and antique. Time marches on in the pickup trucks still parked outside the market though. There’s hope in the people showing up and even greater hope in those who could be raising livestock and don’t have a clue where to start. 

YORK, Neb. – Everyone is invited to take a Hope Sojourn for the Heartland at the church at Wessels Living History Farm on Wednesday, December 10. Doors open at 6 p.m. with some food and fellowship time followed by a program at 6:30 p.m.