From Hollywood, it's time now for...

Johnny Dollar.

Earl Porman, Johnny, down in Sarasota.

Don't tell me, Earl.

The Florida weather's finally behaving itself.

The water in the Gulf is warmed up,

so grab my fishing clothes, tackle box, couple of rods and reels.

Maybe you better grab your Levi's boots and saddle and a couple of six guns instead.

Huh? What is this, a western?

It may be an eastern western before we're through.

Listen, Florida is the leading cattle state here in the deep south.

I had heard something to that effect.

Okay. The freezing weather, a short while back hit some of the ranchers pretty hard.

To say nothing of the tourist trade.

Right. Ordinarily, the year-round pasture makes it unnecessary to lay up a lot of hay and feed

for the winter.

That figures.

But this year, thanks to the freeze,

the cattle were so weakened

by malnutrition

and then sloshing around

in soggy pasture land

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