Curious of your thoughts on the term "Ranch".

[Trevor73402]

It’s only 100 acres but it sure feels good to say I’m going to the ranch instead of the lease. People don’t like it, they don’t have to visit. Curious if you bought you a place and had a sign made would you put land, property or ranchette on the sign.

I have a “place” now. My main entrance gate has an overhead archway that simply says “Oak Hills”. Been as such since the late 60’s when my grandfather originally built it. There is no livestock here anymore (would like to get some longhorns and donkeys though) and I’m certainly no farmer, so I don’t claim to own a ranch or a farm. I live here, so I just call it Home. If I did own some other property at another location I most likely would just refer to it as “my land”. I also own 2.5 acres of commercial property where I have an old gas station/service shop and I refer to is as “My Shop out on 53”. To each their own.

As I stated previously, it’s not a matter of if you (or me) CARE what someone else calls the land they own. It’s simply a matter of finding out the reasoning behind the terminology they use. I think that’s been accomplished here.

[Burnadell]

I can’t believe I’M the one who has to explain this to all you boys, but it’s real simple so listen up—

If you’re growing crops, it’s a FARM. Ain’t too many of those around here.

If you’re raising livestock (not as pets), it’s a RANCH.

If you own property upon which you perpetrate neither of these two endeavors, it’s called a PLACE. I.e., “We got a place up near...” or “Where’s your place at?” (Note: it is considered improper grammar to use proper grammar when talking about your “place.” Dangling participles and colloquial contractions (ain’t) imply a certain amount of sophistry; an être au currant, if you will.)

Geez, Kevin...

My favorite post ever!!!

Dangling participles have been the downfall of many a man.[emoji4]


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...and followed up with another winner from Curtis!

[Trevor73402]

My favorite post ever!!!



...and followed up with another winner from Curtis!

And notice how none of the “I don’t care”-“mind your own business” crowd said anything smart azz back to her either. Hmmm....

[Longue Carabine]

Thats not really what a Karen is

[Hogmauler]

Ok. When I buy property I’ll put one cow on it. I’m gonna name her Herd. Just be forewarned.

[EarleyBird]

I have a “place” now. My main entrance gate has an overhead archway that simply says “Oak Hills”. Been as such since the late 60’s when my grandfather originally built it. There is no livestock here anymore (would like to get some longhorns and donkeys though) and I’m certainly no farmer, so I don’t claim to own a ranch or a farm. I live here, so I just call it Home. If I did own some other property at another location I most likely would just refer to it as “my land”. I also own 2.5 acres of commercial property where I have an old gas station/service shop and I refer to is as “My Shop out on 53”. To each their own.

As I stated previously, it’s not a matter of if you (or me) CARE what someone else calls the land they own. It’s simply a matter of finding out the reasoning behind the terminology they use. I think that’s been accomplished here.

Keep fighting the good fight, Trevin.

[RifleBowPistol]

Not really sure how to define what makes a piece of property a ranch. For most of my life, if it was not 200 plus acres, that was used for cattle ranching. I did not consider it a ranch. But in more recent times, with land prices going so high and the older pieces of property getting broken up into smaller and smaller pieces, those 1000 plus acre pieces of land are not near as common as they were most of my early years.

I have known many guys with 50 acres or less that called their piece of property a ranch. I guess, if you are running cattle on it, as a business, I guess it would be a ranch, a small ranch, but still a ranch.

Growing up, and long before I was born, we had a piece of land in the family, that was 680 acres. It was primarily used for cattle ranching, mostly all open pasture, then one corner that is about 50 acres, that usually got milo planted in it, sometimes corn. Then the back 150 to 200 acres was fenced off and grew grass for hay, that we had to bail every summer. The whole family called that piece of land "the farm", I don't know why, it was called that long before I was born. It was a lot more of a ranch than a lot of other pieces of property, that other people call ranches. I always thought my family called it a farm, because it was only 680 acres, and not 10,000 or 30,000 acres, of cattle ranch. It had and still has a old ranch house. Back when it was still in the family, there was a hay barn, actually two hay barns, then a shed or barn for the tractors, two or three small buildings for tools and supplies. Then lots of old implements. Got our water from a well, that was pumped by a windmill. We did have electricity, but no A/C in the ranch house, it was built in the early 1900s. There was a propane stove in the kitchen, and a wood burning stove, but no heater in the one bed room that we used. There were actually two bed rooms, but the other one, on the other end of the house, was full of old tack, I mean cram packed full of tack, from before I was born. Back when Unk used horses to work cattle with, when he was younger and had ranch hands helping him. As he got older, and wiser, he figured out how to make the cattle working a lot easier on himself.

[JhuntsAlot]

Another good thread right here. lol


J

[clintb]

I completely agree. That's a city slicker term now a days. I grew up on a 700 acre place. We ran 100-110 head of momma cows and 4 bulls. Produce 80-100 calves a year. My Gramps always thought of it as a "little ranch". He grew up on a 12k acre cattle ranch in Seminole. So i guess everyone has a different definition of what a " ranch" is.

The term is no doubt over used though. The old timers I've been around won't consider anything a ranch under a section of land with a cow calf operation.


I live on 54 acres now. I call it a " farm" even though we only raise horses and cows. The only thing I've planted is bermuda grass out there lol. So I guess I'm guilty of over using the term farm.

That is a boat load of cattle for 700 acres. Most places in Texas it's 1 head per 10/20 acres.

[Gary Roberson]

10-15 acres in Menard County is an oversized lot, not even a ranchette.
Adios,
Gary

[WyoBull]

In my head, unless you have a minimum of 1500 acres and few hundred head of cattle, you don't have a ranch, you have a place in the country. Kind of reminds me of the phrase, "Big hat, no cattle".

[Rakkasan2187]

We have seen this discussion many, many times on TBH through the years. The general consensus is there are two types of folks.... Folks that care what somebody else calls a place those folks spent their hard earned money on and folks that don't give a **** about somebody else's business.

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[PassnItOn]

Fair enough, to each his own. Think I'll leave my sign as is lol.

[yotethumper]

I tend to not care what other people call or do with things they own. Not my business. Not my worry.


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[Acameron52]

He payed for it, I don’t care what he calls it.