D. E. Larsen, DVM Manure piles were (and still are to some extent) standard fare on Oregon farms. They were located around the barn somewhere and served multiple uses. They came in many shapes and sizes. Smaller places had a simple pile outside a doorway where the barn was cleaned. Larger farms had more elaborateContinue reading “Gus and the Manure Pile, From the Archives”
Category Archives: Veterinary Medicine
The Poll Presentation
D. E. Larsen, DVM I was cleaning up at Robert’s place in Brownsville when his wife came out of the house at a trot. “Doc, your office is on the phone and would like to talk with you,” Alice said. “We have an extension near the back door that you could use now without removingContinue reading “The Poll Presentation”
My First Foal Delivery, From the Archives
D. E. Larsen, DVM “Doc, this is Sid, Stan’s brother,” Sid said into the phone. “I have to go to work, but I have a mare down in the middle of the field, just over the little creek. She has a foal stuck. I don’t know how long she has been at it, I justContinue reading “My First Foal Delivery, From the Archives”
Memoirs of a Country Vet 