.. L.........!....!.......................!...........................R Page # ###.##._#--., .,--- --.-- BREEDINǠ TH SCOTC HIGHLAN CATTL LESTE AN LIND THOMPSO OF WEATHERHILL FARM Written by June Grayson Photographed by Richard Grayson Weatherhi! Farm Ric Lake Wisconsin i !on wa fro Balmora Cast!e Braemar Scot!and Bu whe Leste an Lind Thompso !oo ou o th window o thei Wisconsi far hom thei vie i ver simi!a t wha Quee E!izabet see fro th window o he summe hom i Scot!an - her o Scotc High!an catt! grazin o the surrounding hi!!s. Th Britis Roya fami!y reported!y keep !arg her o High|an catt! a Ba1mora an eve f!ie som tast cut o bee t th Quee whe sh trave! outsid o th Britis Is!es High!an bee command premiu price a th fines bee avai!abl i Englan and Scot1and. Th Thompso fami! hasn' trave!e muc ye an thei her i rathe smal! - on!y 12 cows, one bu!!, and severa! new-born .PA .. L.........!........................................................R  , -"., ###= . calves Bu the produc enoug breedin stoc t upgrad thei ow her an the sel t othe breeders An the s!aughte enoug catt! yearl t stoc thei ## freeze an thos o thei Ric Lak neighbor who have !earned of the virtues of the Highland cattle. Bu yo don' nee t b Scotc t appreciat th High!an breed Indeed Dr Thompso i Danis far bo fro Sout Dakota H graduate fro Augustan Co!!ege Roc Is1and I!!inois an th Universit o Chicag Schoo of-Medicine H spen tw year i th Publi Hea!t Servic o Navaj India reservatio an comp!ete two-yea residenc i Fami! Practic a Denve Genera! th Universit o Co!orado Fo th !as thirtee year h ha bee specia!is in Fami!y Practice at the Indianhead Medica! Group of Rice Lake. "ɠ didn' decid t becom docto unti ɠ majored.i chemistr an bio!og i co!!ege Bu sc!enc seeme s impersona! Enterin medicin seeme t m t b wa t adap scienc t human goa!s, exp!ain Dr Thompson "Tha i a!s wh wen int fami! practice - so that I cou!d dea! most direct!y with peop!e in my work." Newspaper ar fu! o th detai! o th America farmers fligh fro th farms Bu Dr Thompso an hi fami! i!!ustrat anothe trend th back-to-the-sma!!-far movemen fo wholesome fami!y life and a side!ine business. Whe the#bough th fort acre fe mi!e northwes o Ric Lak an on! te minute fro Dr Thompson' office ther wer n bui!dings on it. First they bui!t their new home .PA .. L..!.........!......................................................R GEL, SHC, page 3 an decorate i wit th Amis sign fro Linda' chi!dhoo hom nea Gettysburg Pa Th barn cam next The bough on piec o far machiner a tim - th tractor p!anters haywagon an manur spreader - to raise their own corn, oats, buckwheat, rye, and hay. Th Thompson didn' p!a t rais Scotc High1an catt! unti the sa a artic! abou th exoti bree i th April 1982 issue of Blair and Ketchum's COUNTRY JOURNAL. "W though i w wer goin t hav catt! comin ove th to o ou hil!s the migh a we! b interesting-!ookin ones, exp!ains Dr. Thompson. High!an catt! ar "interesting-!ooking" a! right Yo migh eve describ the a cut an cudd!y The resemb! thei re!atives th bison yak an mus ox see i zoos'mor tha the d the common American commercia! catt!e breeds. Historian theoriz tha th ancestor o th Scotc Highlan originate i centra Asia trave1e northwar fro Tibe t th B!ack Sea, and then across ancient trade routes in .. centra! Europe to the Danish peninsu!a and Scandina#a, eventua!!y island-hopping to northern Scot!and. Centurie o栠 unremittin砠 environmenta pressure purifie thi isolate bree i th hars c1imat o th Nort At!antic Onl th mos efficien browser survive o th spars forage On! th mos vigorou mother bre an produce th nex generation. Th High!and ar no on! th o!des know pur bree o cattl but also the o!dest registered breed, the first herd .PA .. L.........!......................................................R GEL, SHC, page 4 boo bein estab!ishe i Scot1an i 1884 America cattleme importe th High1and extensive! i th Nineteent centur t improv the b!ood!ines of the American catt!e industry. Th America Scotc High!an Breeders Associatio wa forme o Augus 30 1987 It purpose ar t co1!ect verify preserve and pub!ish pedigrees as we!! as to promote interest in the breed. Th Thompson starte wit on bu! an fou heifers Al o thei catt! ar pedigree an registere stock Dr Thompso says "Highland d ver we! i northwester Wisconsin The don' nee she!te un!es th weathe get ver ba an the the ca com into the barns." Still storie aboun o ho High!and endur an eve thriv outsid i th terribl norther b!izzard whi! catt! o othe breed wi! perish Thei doub! shagg coa provide exce!!en insu!ation. Becaus o thi outsid insulation Scotc High!an bee i mea tha i !ean we! marb!ed an f!avorfu! wit !itt! outsid wast fa - an !o cho!estero content I ha t happen Lit beer !ite chips, and now !ite beef! "Sinc ou her roam fre i th pasture i wou! b har t te! whe th cow com int heat Tha i wh w kee bu!! High!and d i a! themse!ves bree readi! an calv easi!y Th cow ar devote an protectiv mothers, exp!ain Dr Thompson. "You shou!d on!y go into the catt!e business if you .PA .. L!.........!.......................................................R GEL, SHC, paqe # enjo i personally, Dr Thompso thinks "Eve thoug w d a! o th wor ourse!ves s fa w hav !os money Ye yo hav t expec tha i yo star wit registere anima! an bui! u you ow herd Fro no on w shoul sho year! profit Bu yo ca neve make enough to live on with on!y 40 acres." Beside th catt!e Weatherhi! Far boast o thre Thompso son (#evin 13 Rick 10 an Jesse 7) 2 chickens on horse on rabbit, severa! ring-necked doves, two cats, and two dogs. "W thin thi i goo lif fo ou sons The a! hav thei responsibi!ities, Dr Thompso says "Kevi eve show ou catt!e at the county fair." "Raisin catt! doe ti yo down, continue Dr Thompson Thi ma interfer wit p!an fo futur fami! travel I fact Dr. Thompson wou!d !ike to vo!unteer for short-term medi- #ca! mission work if he can arrange it. Just so they can a!ways return to Weatherhi!! Farm. ####### .PA .. L!........!..!.!.......................................................................R #age #. Sidebar #1 HOW TO MAKE YOUR OWN BEEF JERKY Bee jerk ca b foun i th ubiquitou p!asti package a a! th check- ou counters HOmemad bee jerk sustaine th America pioneer an th minin prospector a the conquere th Wil West Th jerk wa eas t carr an supplie concentrated food va!ue. Now it is a hot export item from the United States to th Orienta countrie wher i i considere de!icac an wher bee i Scarc an expensive.   T#m"##!#####:#om#anheei0s#k#csko;b#ske Cu:len#:h#i.ewi:h#::,i in:#l#n#:hin#,ip#.n mo,e:ha #.i"ch:hic #on:hin.#cupso,s##c wi:hi ;#sspoonEA#11##,11c;s1;snul.m#np'pp',1'oa,o,e,b..f#,ip.sad;o.sua;11#c1 cos;e䠠 P1ac wi,",sck#"bakln#.###頠 #.,#"*##,ip.o#,sck;o;..c1,.b"'"" ove:lsp.8#k#1 v#,y.1o#ov##(!#0#: 1?##)ove;ai#1;;.10;o1 h#u, S;;;, #ni.heJj#.kya::oom:empe,#:u,einai::i#h:c.,n:aine,l;all#:hashee,,,en#."e b#efjc:ky #illkeepind##ni:ely. 1 # ... #.Nei!Hulbert is a breeder of Sco#h |!igh!and catt!e from Auburn, Ca!ifornia. This is his recipe reprinted from THE BAGPIPE, the official journal of the AMerican Scotch High!and Breeders' Association. ɠ ca!!e hi toda (6-13-87 an #o hi verba permissio t us th recip if we give him attribution!! .PA .. L.........!..........................................................R Page / SIDEBAR #2 Fo mor informatio abou Scotc High!an catt!e chec ou th exhibition o "exotic catt! breed a you !oca count o stat fai this summer. O atten thi year' 198 Nationa Sho an Meetin i B!oomsber# PA Octobe 16-19 1987 Ther wi! b continuin educatio course throughou th fou days Th sho an sa! wi! b he1 o Saturday Octobe 17th fro 2- pm Fo furthe information contact Hug Wi!son President Northeas Scotc Highlan Breeder' Association, RR 3, Box 181 A, Sunbury, Pa. 17801. T subscrib t TH BAGPIPE th offic!a pub!icatio o th Scotc High!and Breeders Association, write to F. Hogate, POB 81, Remer, MN 56672. If any "Scottish Games" are he!d in your area, they may a!s incorporat sho o th Scotc High!an catt!e Thre Scottis Game ar schedu!e thi summe i Co!orado fo instance an a! wi! inc!ud sho o High!an catt!e Fo furthe information writ Ji Durward Scottis High!an Fest Este Park Co!orad 80517 Scheduled for September 11, 12, 13, 1987. ##### .PA .. L.......!........................................................R . .. . SIDEBAR #3, COUNTRY TERMS FOR THE CITY BRED According to the Enclyclopedia Britannica: ma! i firs bu! ca! an i !ef intac become bu1! I castrated h become steer an i abou tw o thre year g### int a ox. Th femal i firs heife ca!f growin int heifer an the become cow. .PA