Musings About Change in the Ways We Farm, Ranch and Eat
When I was growing up, Texas advertised itself as the "Land of Cattle, Cotton and Oil," and the area where we lived had plenty of examples of each. We lived in an oil company camp that my father worked for in Gains County, surrounded by ranches and cotton fields. After high school, I worked several summers in the oil field there as well.
Initially, at least in my memory, most of the surrounding land was cattle ranches, although being in the "drought of the 50s," there weren't that many cattle most of the time. So, as far as I was concerned, the pastures were just there for me to explore and watch the wildlife, and later, do a little hunting.
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