History

Bordner Angus Farms

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History

On are recent visit to Grandpa Earl Bordner (Monte's father), he shared with me a little bit of history of the beginning of Bordner Angus Farms. The following is Earl's recollection, in his own words.

Rebecca VanDenBerg
Grandaughter

The Beginning of Bordner Angus Farms

We bought the farm in 1942 & moved in 1943. I milked about 15 cows more or less until the milk inspector got more picky wanting all dairymen to go bulk instead of cans. I thought it was a good time to think about getting out of the milk business. I started crossing the dairy cows with angus and feeding out the calves. When the boys got old enough to join 4-H I bought angus calves from the Quiren Bros who went out west and brought back 4-H calves. Later on we had a girl, I bought her a white faced calf so she would not have to compete with the boys which was a mistake. (Apparently this calf was a little wild and hard to show.)

Part of the cows we got came from a man by the name of RC Newton. He had been in the angus breeding business for several years and was going out of business and giving his herd to a black college in the south. He offered to sell as many as we wanted before he sent the rest south. We picked out 6 and that gave us a good start

We had also bought some heifer calves to show from an angus breeder. When Monte got old enough to go on his own and buy cattle he and a friend, Jim Fry, went out West and came home with 6 heifers and a third interest in a bull, $2000 a piece - which was top dollar.

Since that time Monte has been in the reg cattle business and has done very well. Just before the time Monte and Jim went West I quit selling milk. The inspector was very upset. Monte as of today has some of the best cattle in the country. I am very proud.

Earl Bordner
March 2009