Another Witch, Another February, From the Archives

D. E. Larsen, DVM I turned into the old farm’s long driveway off of Cochran Creek Road, north of Brownsville. I had been here only a couple of times before. The farm did have some character, with an old barn nestled up against a hillside, and an old trailer not far from the barn thatContinue reading “Another Witch, Another February, From the Archives”

A Little Bit of Magic Helps Sometimes, From the Archives

D.E. Larsen, DVM “How long has she been down, Dick?” I asked, standing over a young heifer that had just delivered a calf. “When I got this afternoon, she had this calf hanging halfway out of her,” Dick said. “The calf was dead, I hooked onto it with the tractor and drug her and theContinue reading “A Little Bit of Magic Helps Sometimes, From the Archives”

Treating Blossom, From the Archives

D. E. Larsen, DVM “David, don’t move for a minute!” Mrs. Bishop said as she came at me with a pitchfork. Blossom, a Guernsey milk cow, was secured in her stanchion of the Bishop’s small barn. She supplied the Bishops and several neighbors with milk for most of the year.  Today, her stall area wasContinue reading “Treating Blossom, From the Archives”