I never quite imagined that I would find myself spending fall break in a small town of 2500 people called Honea Path, SC… wrestling four calves that are 2-3 months old and 150 lbs each. Today was definitely a first for me as far as a lot of experiences go. Where do I start?

Mr. May, Bryan Smith, and I drove to a cattle farm about 30 minutes away in the small town of Laurens, SC. Mr. May was wanting to buy four or five Angus calves to raise on the farm and then sell later as beef cows… so we devoted the afternoon to going and picking them up. In my optimistic ideology, I only imagined us being gone an hour or two. We’d drive up to the farm where there would be four calves waiting to just jump into our truck… and we’d be on our way. That was me being optimistic…

We arrived at the ranch to find a pen of some 30 odd cattle – weighing anywhere from 1000 lbs to 45 lbs. Not quite like I expected. We spent a good half hour deciding which of the calves (amidst the other cattle) we were going to buy. We finally decided on three females and one little bull – all 2-3 months old and weighing between 130 and 160 lbs each.

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