ERROL PARKER | Editor-at-large | Contact
A small amount of rain fell over our cosmopolitan desert community this week which triggered countless phone calls between the district’s primary producers.
For one local farmer, it seems he’s missed out on a decent drop compared to his neighbours once again.
Jake Warburton, a small acre cattle producer and dryland cotton grower, phoned the bloke over the road for a chat last night about the markets, fuel prices, energy costs, the cricket, hopes for the rugby league this year and above all – the recent rain.
Despite their respective homesteads being just ‘one or two clicks’ as the crow flies from each other, Jake’s neighbour Wal Dearden got slightly more rain than he did.
The only problem is, he always gets slightly more rain than Jake does.
“It seems we chat about everything and then when the business of rain comes up, he always asks me how much I got first. I tell him and he comes back with a higher number every single time,”
“Maybe he’s just lucky? Maybe he’s full of shit? If you ask me, I’d say it’s a bit of both! Nah, he’s alright.”
On Sunday night, 50 points fell on Jake’s farm and 59 allegedly fell on Wal’s.
“I think next time I’ll ask him first then double it,” said Jake.
“He’ll probably come back and tell me triple that fell in his top clover paddock! Better yet, he’ll ask to borrow a bit of ring-lock to fix up his flood fences!”
“For all the rain he gets, his dams are just as empty as mine are,”
“Does he think I came down in the last shower?”
The Advocate reached out to Wal Dearden for comment but have yet to receive a reply.
More to come.
