Article snippet: Editor’s Note: This article first appeared online at LubbockOnline.com. We reprint in part here. “She wasn’t treated very nicely,” the Breitbart Texas chief says through an exhale of smoke, rubbing a scruffy bearded chin with his palm. “She’s hot and cold. Sweet and aggressive. I think she’s still upset from yesterday.” She is Millie the milk cow, the newest addition to Darby’s 10-acre ponderosa, which is co-inhabited by goats, chickens, ducks, dogs and plague of prairie dogs, a ways outside Lubbock. It’s time to feed Millie, but he’s in no a hurry to head to the corral. “I left her in the pen too long and it ticked her off. I looked like a Spanish bull fighter versus a milk cow.” “Cows are pretty agile, people don’t realize that.” Darby, who’s widely believed to be one of the most powerful players in Texas politics, purchased his place a year ago. I ask what he’s learned thus far in his ranch startup. He begins with the importance of good fencing, then observes why goats are an apt biblical allegory for damnation. “They get into the same trouble day after day.” And then he launches into his most frustrating discovery: the difficulty in finding a large-animal veterinarian for Millie. “If you’re starting out and don’t have lots of cattle, you’re not a priority for the few large-animal vets available,” he says. “And if you don’t have an animal trailer or industrially manufactured chutes, you’re (in trouble).” Darby’s complaint is similar to many others who substant... Link to the full article to read more