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What is the purpose of the calf table mentioned in the text?
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Who stands in the hole on the side of the calf table to prevent the calf from getting out?
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What does Josh do while the calf is in the table?
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Approximately how long does the entire process inside the calf table take?
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What happens to the calf once it is let out of the table?
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What would likely happen if the calf table were to wear out?
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What is the reason behind having the kids hand a calf to the person putting it in the table before the cowboys let out the one they are working on?
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Why does Pa-Pa prefer to supervise Halle during the calf handling process?
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What occupational hazard is described as getting your toes stepped on by the calves?
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What does the text suggest is the author's least favorite aspect of pushing calves in a chute?
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Why is it important for the person handling the calves to be careful to avoid getting run over from behind?
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How does the author describe the smell when a calf poops while being pushed in the chute?
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Study Notes
- Marlboro Man and his team helped brother Tim work with pasture calves using a calf table, a small chute used for thirty-plus years with over 100,000 calves
- The calf goes in the table, guided by one person and held in place by another while a third administers shots, brands, and castrates the calf
- Process takes about 30 seconds to minimize stress on the animals; kids bring the calves down the chute to be put in
- Key people: Marlboro Man, Tim, Cowboy Tim, Josh, Lance, Alex, Caleb, Pa-Pa
- Hazards of the job: manure (numbing effect), toes being stepped on (painful), getting run over from behind (risk of injury)
- Manure and manure smells affect everyone, calves often poop during the process
- Calves can weigh several hundred pounds and can step on or trample workers during the process
- Workers try to minimize wait time by having the next calf ready for the table as soon as the previous one exits
- Calves are usually handlers' children or grandchildren, as they are small enough to handle the calves and push them into the chute
- Workers push calves from different positions to get them into position for the next person in the process
- Occupational hazards include manure, getting toes stepped on, and getting run over from behind.
Learn about the calf table, a useful tool for working with calves in pastures. This text describes a morning spent helping a brother work two pastures of calves using the calf table.
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