Photo archive for April 28, 2007
Madelyn Mushrush, 9, feeds a baby calf. Madelyn said she wanted a Heffer, but was content when she got to care for her calf Penny. View photo
Connie Mushrush, right, and two of her children scrub barrels clean for use in the family's upcoming annual spring red angus sale. The sale requires lots of additional work on the family cattle ranch near Elmdale, Kan., in Chase County. View photo
As a chute holds the calf steady, Casey Mushrush, one of the Mushrush family's six children, tags a red angus calf with an identifying ear tag. View photo
Cattle rancher Jon Mushrush talks on his cell phone to his hired hand about a new born red angus calf needing to be tagged. A light, steady drizzle didn't keep Mushrush from searching for five new born calves on his ranch located in the Kansas Flint Hills near Elmdale. View photo
Connie Mushrush inputs all of Joe Mushrush's hand written data of the newborn calves onto the family's computer. "If my computer broke down, I'd have to run away," said Connie. Every week, Connie goes through the books and enters information ranging from birth weight to scrotal circumfrance of their red angus cattle into the computer. View photo
Laura Mushrush, 16, tends to the Mushrush family's horses. Laura is very active in the 4-H program and loves working on the family ranch. View photo
Connie Mushrush guides a bull into a hydrolic chute working facility, or as ranchers call it a "tub and the snake". The Mushrush's re-tagged 150 bulls for their annual barn sale so prospective customers can better identify possible purchases. View photo
Joe Mushrush records information about a newly born calf after tagging it. The calf's weight and sex are written down to later be transferred onto the family's computer by Connie Mushrush. View photo
Jon Mushrush weighs a day-old red angus calf born on the Mushrush Red Angus Cattle ranch located near Elmdale. View photo