Pawnee the Donkey predicts early spring for Bertram

BERTRAM — Miniature donkey Pawnee ate oatmeal instead of sweet feed, signaling the coming of an early spring during Donkey Day on Feb. 2 in Bertram.

Pawnee predicts the weather based on what he eats. Laid out before him were three buckets: one of oats for an early spring, one of sweet feed for an extended winter and one with water for “bounteous rainfall in the next few months.”