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In His Blood By Terry Ropp
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Dan Douglas continues farming on part of his family’s original 1853 homestead Dan Douglas of Bentonville, Ark., was raised on a through the years he has been in agriculture in different places at chicken and dairy farm. When he was a youngster, his parents, different times. Five years ago, Dan purchased 200 acres just down Max and Mabel Douglas, had a hatchery which included 60 incubators. the road from his home. Then, very recently, another farm he had After serving on the quorum court for four years, Dan served as been leasing was sold, resulting and all of his 120 commercial Anan Arkansas State Representative for eight years, where he served gus cows run on limited acreage. Dan plans on a herd of 80 females after heavy culling this spring. as chair of the House Ag, Forestry and Economic Development All of the females will be preg checked first, with any that are open Committee for six years before deciding not to run again. The years had been good ones, and Dan felt that he had accom- culled and sold. Other culling criteria include age, feet condition plished what he needed to do. However, he grew tired of the po- and disposition. “I’m too old to deal with crazy cows,” Dan commented. litical infighting and declined to run for reelection last year. He Dan runs a black baldie operation and has four registered Herefinds being able to listen to the feuding on TV a welcome relief from participating in it. One result of his political career was that ford bulls that he switches out every four years to avoid linebreedfall calving became necessary in order to prevent a conflict with ing. While in the legislature, Dan did not raise replacement heifers but rather purchased young cows as replacements. Now the Little Rock congressional sessions, which run from that he’s back home, he’s planning on raising his own mid-January to mid-April. Bentonville, Ark. replacement heifers again. “I could find help to feed and look over the cattle, The herd is worked twice a year, in spring and fall, but handling spring calving was another story,” Dan exusing a good vaccination protocol and treating for flies, plained. “I didn’t want a utility room full of struggling with mineral followed by pour on or spray as needed. The calves when I couldn’t be there.” Dan lives on 10 acres that was part of the family’s original acreage since 1853. Farming is in his blood and — Continued on Next Page APRIL 5, 2021
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