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By CAROLE SOULE

Victor hobbled quickly ahead of me on three legs, his right front foot swinging in the air. He had escaped through an open gate. Even on three legs, he moved faster than me, but I had to get him back to continue treating his infected hoof. Victor is a...

By CAROLE SOULE

A blanket of snow covered my black and red Scottish Highlanders turning them white.When it snows you might ask, “why don’t you bring your cows inside, where it’s warm.” I don’t because cow hair acts like roofing, keeping heat in.Cattle “insulation” is...

By CAROLE SOULE

Don’t know what to do with leftover holiday candy? Here’s a thought: feed it to livestock.Of course, too much sugar is not good for cattle, but a bite here and there won’t hurt them or their teeth. We only feed peppermint to our “ambassador herd,”...

By CAROLE SOULE

Even though I had washed several times, two maggots were squirming on my smartphone screen as I called my vet, Christina Murdock. A Highlander calf, born five days earlier, had an army of maggots on her back and legs, which we were trying to...

By CAROLE SOULE

What do beer and pigs have in common? If you said, “beer-drinking pigs,” you might be right. I have seen pigs and other livestock drink beer, but that is not what I had in mind.Depending on the taste, different types of grains are used to make beer....

By JIM BAER

New Hampshire is among many states that have a history of animosity toward trade unions.I use the definition of “union” in its broadest sense, specifically “a confederation of independent individuals organized to promote a common purpose.”The general...

By LEAH WILLINGHAM

New Year’s Eve was bittersweet for Lamar Austin.He celebrated the birth of his son – the first baby born in Concord this year – and he found out the hard way that workers in New Hampshire have little protection if employers want to fire them for...

By LEIF SKODNICK

Concord’s Andrew Lauderdale didn’t even think of playing football in college until his junior year at Trinity High School in Manchester. Then, the summer before his senior year, Lauderdale went to a football camp at Boston College, where he was seen...