Dadanawa Ranch Guyana

1. DADANAWA RANCH
SOUTH RUPUNUNI REGION
GUYANA
(Part B)
2015
By
Allan Sorflaten
CESO Volunteer Advisor

2. At The Dadanawa Corral

3. Thadeus at Headgate With Cattle Foreman
Oswald In Back Beside the Chute

4. Sorting Cattle

6. Possibly a Protégé of the Big Guy Just
Preceding

7. How Many (Branding) Irons In the Fire?

9. Getting Set For a Delicate Procedure

10. Corral Work Not Always Spectator Sport

12. A Special Presentation At The Corral
What Are These For?

13. Rodeo Dadanawa Style

15. mm
Introduce
Low Stress
Cattle Handling
Techniques to
Vaqueros

16. Cattle On the Run in Dadanawa Corral
(Vaqueros Are Yelling & Waving, Whooping and
Hollering)

17. What About This?/Is It Low Stress?
Can See At Least 3 Restraining Ropes and One Tail
Twist
n

18. Vaqueros Are Introduced to Low Stress
Techniques For Handling Cattle

19. Paddock Visits

20. Paddocks Are Defined Areas Closer By the Main
Ranch With Better Soil Moisture Conditions and
Covering About 38,000 Acres Overall

21. Grazing Cattle Range About Searching For
Feed in Paddock 3

22. Sporadic Patches of Green In Lake Bottom
Areas (Such as Here In Paddock 7) Indicate
Dry Season Soil Moisture

23. Managed Intensive Grazing Potential
In Paddock 6

24. Araquoi Outstation Paddock 3
With 4 Gigantic Mangos in Background

25. Managed Intensive Grazing Potential
Paddock 3

26. Herd Losses: Cattle Sometimes Go Missing Out On the
Savannah
Some Disappearances Can Be Explained

27. The Closest We Got To Jaguars

28. This Vehicle Track Shortly Came to An
Abrupt End?
Unexplained Disappearances a Recurring Problem

29. THE DISTANCES ARE VAST
Here at Boundary Line Between Paddocks 3 and 6 the Towtowan Rock
(Pictured in Far Distance)
Still Is Paddock 6 But 15 Miles Away

30. What If Something Goes Wrong? (Cell Phone Doesn’t Work.)

31. Start of The 50 Mile Drive From Dadanawa Main
Ranch to Catilernau Outstation

32. Catilernau Creek is a Mile or Two From
the Outstation Compound

33. Outstation Buildings at Top of Hill Are the
Catilernau Compound

34. Excellent Prospects At Catilernau
For Managed Intensive Grazing
Program

35. Looking West From Catilernau Outstation Towards
Dadanawa Main Ranch (50 Miles Away)

36. Outstation Foreman Christopher & Wife
Agatha

37. And Southwest Towards Main Ranch

38. Due South From the Compound Is
Abundant Savannah

39. Foreman Chris Is a Good Cattleman

40. Foreman Chris Regularly Rounds Up Mobs Like This
(About 200 Head) For Corral Work
These Cattle Benefit From Extra
Handling (Temperament & Disposition)

41. Cows At Catilernau O/S Exhibit Good
Maternal Traits Like This

42. Cow/Calf Pair Suggest Good Foundation Stock
Breeding Material at Catilernau Outstation

43. The Same Bull Calf Speaks Well of
Excellent Mothering Ability

44. This Herd Bull Shows Strong Traits
Associated With the Tropical Breed
Known As Zebu.

45. Catilernau Steer Will Finish Out Well
(About Two More Years On Rupununi Savannah)

46. Adios From Catilernau Outstation &
Dadanawa Ranch

47. APPENDIX: SALE CATALOGUE, MARSHALL/SORFLATEN HEREFORD
HERD DISPERSAL SALE, MARITIME CATTLE MARKET, SEPT. 26, 1981