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in Africa, during which time he established a small missionary
hospital that remains in operation today. Petitioners return to
Africa to work at the hospital twice a year, for a month each in
the spring and fall.
In 1978, Dr. Burrus entered into a partnership, the Foreman-
Burrus Hereford Ranch (FBHR), with a fellow physician, Howard
Foreman (Dr. Foreman), to breed purebred horned Hereford cattle.
Initially, Drs. Burrus and Foreman shared FBHR’s profits and
losses equally.
In 1980, FBHR acquired 505 acres of property in Cheatham
County, Tennessee (Cheatham Property), comprising three separate
tracts of land. The Cheatham Property was purchased at $1,200
per acre for a total purchase price of $606,000. Drs. Burrus and
Foreman chose this property for FBHR because of its proximity to
Nashville and their medical practices.
At most times, FBHR was operated by five ranch hands and
maintained up to approximately 250 animals. Cattle were bred by
FBHR by means of an “embryo transfer” method, which at the time
was a technique of surgically implanting embryos in cows.1 After
FBHR incurred losses for the first 5 or 6 years of its existence,
Dr. Burrus became concerned that the operation could not be run
1 Embryo transfer was subsequently perfected as a less
expensive, nonsurgical technique.
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