On Apr 3, 9:56*am, wrote:
On Sat, 3 Apr 2010 06:21:54 -0700 (PDT), Loogypicker

wrote:
The area north of Lake O is one of the largest beef cattle producing
areas in the U.S.

... and points west. Arcadia and LaBelle are cowboy country. Once you
get to Lee and Collier county we just have tax cows. (a couple cows
walking around to keep a future shopping center or golf course
community zoned "ag" until the big yellow machines show up).

Okeechobee (the town) is big cattle country! I've spent nights there
while on fishing trips. Used to be a restaurant that had a lot of old
brands and such from the old days.