Burlington Public Library

The latest activities of the Chaney twins feature an early spring pasture burn as a grass management tool; introduce young readers to shelter belts and the importance of natural and manmade windbreaks for livestock; a cow/calf operation; a backgrounder (stocker feeder); a visit to Adams Land & Cattle Feed Yard; a tour of Cargill Beef Processing and Fabrication Facility to see how beef is processed; a look at how the twins use beef by-products every...

Young widow Jenny Cook is at her wits' end trying to figure out how she'll support herself and young son Peter. Then she inhjerits her grandfather's ranch in Nebraska. As she takes up ranching, she makes a bargain with her neighbor Mike Snow: he'll teach her about ranching if she'll cook dinner for him every day. Together, they face the hardships of winter and find that hard work may mend a broken heart.

On a brutally cold winter day, Jess Hazzard discovers a young man lying unconscious and nearly frozen to death in the snow. He takes him home and works to save his life, not knowing he has been searching for Jess. Now that he's found him, will he follow through with his plan for vengeance against the man who just saved his life?

Bo Creel is back at his family's Star C Ranch in Bear Creek, Texas. Along with his buddy Scratch, he's finding out that home is where the hell-raising is. A rival ranch is trying to drive the Creel family out of business, using any means necessary. For Bo and Scratch, always suckers for a pretty face, come two young ladies who just might blur the battle lines. Desperate to raise cash, the Creel family sets off on a trial drive south to Rockport and...

The ranch and their family was everything to Gina and Carl Powers. Angel Forks was their haven to share with their friends and each other. But greed has a way of corrupting even the most solid happiness.

This video documentary is designed to deepen your understanding and appreciation for ranching and and those men and women who live and work outside city limits, raising some of the food you eat. In this artistic presentation of seasonal work, personalities, and scenery we share our passion for "The Ranching Way of Life." Included are the feature, "The Ranching Way of Life," and several themed supplements designed for classrooms as well as the general...

After years of living by the gun and striving to overcome his reputation as a half-breed gunman, Jess finally found peace when he married, raised a family, and turned an abandoned remote home into a thriving ranch. Now it is all threatened by a greedy big rancher who wants all the land in the Wind Rivers for himself. Determined to get it by any means, once again gun smoke and death enter the peaceful valley. As neighbor after neighbor lose their...