Summer Camp at Miles Smith Farm
posted on
December 9, 2024
Click here to see Summer Camp Fun at Miles Smith Farm in the 2024 September issue of New Hampshire magazine.
Flip to page 58 in this digital version of the Sept 2024 issue.

posted on
December 9, 2024
Click here to see Summer Camp Fun at Miles Smith Farm in the 2024 September issue of New Hampshire magazine.
Flip to page 58 in this digital version of the Sept 2024 issue.

I entered Sam and Bingo, my Black Angus–Normande cross steers, in the official log scoot class. In this class, teams of steers drag a loaded sled through an obstacle course. Sam and Bingo did everything I asked. The trouble is, I hadn't asked often enough at home.
Seven times Owen ran off. Seven times I walked him back. Somewhere around number five, I nearly gave up
Topper wasn't being mean. He was being pushed, and nobody likes getting pushed around: not people, not dogs, and certainly not bovines. Push on a steer, and his instinct is to push back. When a steer pushes back, the steer wins—every time.