Country Learning

from our local paper, The Newton Kansan


PUBLISHED: Thursday, January 3, 2008

Authorities seek owner of black calf

The Harvey County Sheriff’s Department is trying to locate the owner of a black calf that was found Nov. 12 in the 4700 block of North Burmac Road in Burrton.

The calf is either a bull calf or a steer, 300 to 400 pounds with a red ear tag with the number 20 on it. Call the sheriff’s department for more information.

Or at least that's how I'm choosing to interpret the head-free rat left on the lawnmower. Looks like Sneaky has decided to keep us!

Several times in the past month we have been solicited to be adopted. We thought it was a good idea, but never acted on it. This morning we finally submitted our application and it was processed favorably within two hours. We then submitted a confirmation that we really did want to be adopted, which was viewed favorably.

We think that we may be officially adopted, but you never can tell with cats. This poor stray has been hanging around our rat haven (aka "granary") for the past month and today it really ate up the cat food and water we set out. But, the minute it saw us in the window, it'd run far away. The cat may be too wild for us to ever pet it, but as long as it helps address our rodent population, I don't really care! (If it was hungry, has it actually been catching anything? Hmmm...)

It's a pretty gray striped cat. We haven't been able to get close enough to see if it's male or female. We have tentatively named it "Sneaky" because it sneaks around the place.