When the Legends Die

When I bought my first steer I was deceived by the owner because he told me that this steer would win the show. So I went and feed and worked the steer the way he said and come to find out he got last in the class. So I went and talk to some of the other people who had bought steers from him and they told me the same thing had happened to them too. So I went back and told him what had happened and he said that I was lying and said I did something wrong. I went on to tell him that I had feed him right that he grew and finished but that he was just a calf not a show quality steer. So he told me that the reason I had gotten this steer was that he need to sell it and I was gullible and bought the calf had that he had lied to me.
A couple of years later I was buying a lamb and the owner told me the same thing. So by that time I knew I could call a good friend of mine that was a livestock judge and he would come and look at the animal and tell me whether or not to buy the lamb. So he came and looked at the lamb and told me that the guy was lying to me again and I ended up getting the smallest lamb there and I did the best with it that year.

So I have finally learned that to never trust a seller unless you know them and so far that has worked out for me. I have successfully gone and bought animals that have done a lot better then when I listen to