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Group of British White cows on December 1st, 2011. Click the photo for a video of the herd on this pretty sunny day.

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British White cows chewing their cud and contemplating the new grass on the other side of the fence. . . Click the photo for a video of these girls, along with Elvis in the mix.

HRH Bountiful - A Popeye Daughter - Anchor Female in the Herd of J.West Cattle Company & the Featured Cow in the Halliburton Auction of 2001 and purchased for a pretty penny that still shines every day I see her in my pastures. Granddam of J.West's Tom Sawyer and many other fine offspring in my herd.

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British White Heifers - Food Fight!

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This is a Dam and Daughter, On the left is Blossum, On the right is her dam, Bountiful Brigit., daughter of HRH Bountiful and the English Turpin bull. They are so amazingly alike in looks and gentle disposition. Click the Pic for the Video.

The Rich Colors of late Fall 2011 in these Pineywoods . . .

Most say the leaves are more brilliant and beautiful with color than any year they can recall . . .

One of the most striking differences between a cat and a lie is that a cat has only nine lives.

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J.West's El Presidente - Pictured in fine form in late October 2009, weight 1650 lbs on a max #2 Frame . . . awesome bull, awesome carcass on ultrasound and from his sons on a dinner plate.

Any fool can tell the truth, but it requires a man of some sense to know how to lie well. Samuel Butler, 1612-1680, British Poet, Satirist

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J.West's Stella on Dec. 1st, 2011 - an El Presidente daughter out of HRH Arlene. Click the pic for a video of the very gentle Stella.

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Antique Print - Note the Horned Bull and the Polled Cow

1835 Drawing Titled: White Urus (Hamilton Breed of wild cattle) Native of Scotland, Click for a larger view...

British White Calves in Jan. 2012. Click the pic for a slideshow of the group converging on a little alfalfa.

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A fun video of Taylor and J.West's Presley, an 18 month old British White bull. Cartoonized with some smiling old rock music added... click the pic for the video.

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This is Luvie as a newborn - click the photo for a video of Luvie making a house call . . .

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Pretty little newborn heifer sired by Carter. Click the pic for a video of her and her dam, J.West's Gidget, a Grandaughter of Huck Finn, and Gr. Grandaughter of Turpin - she is quite the English gal. Link is to HD view, change to 360p if it's slow to load.

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J.West's El Presidente striking some very memorable poses - August 30, 2011 - the drought never showed itself one bit in this Feed Efficient and Gentle bull.

"Socialism is a fraud, a comedy, a phantom, a blackmail." Benito Mussolini

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This is Boopsie, a Carter sired heifer about 11 months old. Click her pic to see a video of the heifers and cow/calf pairs grazing the last of the short grass.

British White Cow - J.West's Maude Rae - Dam: CRae215G, Sire: Huckleberry Finn...and no she's not heavy springing with calf, she's got a 7 month old at foot...she's just that deep and well sprung at the ribs, and as fertile and milky and reliable of a cow that anyone could want.

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Bountiful Brigit Cooling off with the Water Sprinkler in the August heat. . click the pic for the video.

British White Pic and Video

British White grassfed cow herd looking fit as a fiddle in the midst of the Texas drought.

This is Vincenzia, sired by Elvis -- she is wondering when her alfalfa ration for the day is coming.

British White Pic and Video

This is first calf heifer, Raelly Ann, with her own little heifer now at her side. Click the photo for a video of the pair...

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J.West's Jilly - Dam is a double Popeye daughter, sire Bounder

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J.West's Vincenzia, an Elvis daughter, with her own El Presidente sired newborn heifer born this past week. Click the Pic for the Video.

As one knows the poet by his fine music, so one can recognize the liar by his rich rhythmic utterance, and in neither case will the casual inspiration of the moment suffice. Here, as elsewhere, practice must precede perfection. Oscar Wilde

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J.West's S.S. Carter, proving himself an outstanding low birth weight British White bull. Click his photo for a video of him at 3 years old. We're looking forward to our first ribeyes from a Carter sired calf.

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J.West's Joey, El Presidente sired Bull. Click the photo to see little Joey in action....

J.West's Annabelle, Dam-J.West's Martha, Sire-JWest's Elvis, Linebred to DFTX 'Doc' Watson.

“I'm not upset that you lied to me, I'm upset that from now on I can't believe you.” Friedrich Nietzsche

J.West's Mazarati, Sired by DFTX "Doc" Watson, Dam is Halliburton Konnie, a Popeye daughter. Mazarati has produced very feminine and milky, deep and fertile heifers of mostly Frame 2 to 3.

"War in the end is always about betrayal, betrayal of the young by the old, of soldiers by politicians, and of idealists by cynics. " Erica Jong

Five week old Heifer sired by J.West's Sugar Rae. Apparently, Sugar Rae made the right decision to jump the pond fence to celebrate "May Day". This pretty heifer is a double granddaughter of J.West's Elvis.

"There are a terrible lot of lies going about the world, and the worst of it is that half of them are true." Winston Churchill

El Presidente sired Colonel Beau at 22 months old. Picture provided by Al & Dalene Ross.

"Rumor travels faster, but it don't stay put as long as truth." Will Rogers

Tyson sired heifer at 7 months old.....nice looking British White heifer, dam is J.West's Maude Rae pictured up above in this sidebar.

Grow your tree of falsehood from a small grain of truth. Do not follow those who lie in contempt of reality. Let your lie be even more logical than the truth itself, so the weary travelers may find repose. Ceslaw Milosz

Lying has a kind of respect and reverence with it. We pay a person the compliment of acknowledging his superiority whenever we lie to him.

Samuel Butler, 1612-1680, British Poet, Satirist

Taylor with Wanda Mae, number one pet cow in my herd, and her bull calf sired by J.West's Tom Sawyer - Taylor named him Zeus. Zeus is now a working herd bull here in East Texas. Click the photo for a video.

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Monday, December 31, 2012

HAPPY NEW YEAR 2013!!

Best Wishes for a HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!

from J.WEST CATTLE COMPANY