Breakfast.

     Many folks out in Owyhee County raise our own beef cattle. But what do they eat? They always eat hay but that's just filler. For the best beef you need to feed them something extra special.

     Corn and Peas; This is what I feed to four cows every morning. So, like many of you, they have cereal for breakfast. But in this state it's somewhat crunchy. So these seeds get processed through this.

     It's a mill or grinder. Viewed slightly from above you can see that the peas and corn go in the top and comes out the front. (Under the bag on the bottom left.) Inside is the grinding mechanism that turns our seeds into this.

     All mashed up and crushed it looks like something you'd find in the organic aisle of your local supermarket. And it more or less is, but to a cow, it's Candy!

     They eat about four and half gallons of it in less than ten minutes every morning and evening. In between feeding times they'll pick morosely at the hay and dream of the next time they'll get their corn and peas.