I was visiting with a neighbor the other night and heard something really interesting. Many of the people on the Rosebud flat run out of hay during the recent snowstorm and had to go with no feed for their cattle since none was available. This to me shows how much some people were hurt by the storm even though all you heard in the paper was how great the moisture was.<br />n<br />nBefore the storm hit the green grass was really coming along good. The cold temperatures and snow really cooled the ground off and has slowed the grass up from what it was doing before the storm. Saturday I kicked the yearlings out and yesterday I kicked the two-year olds and their calves out mostly because I am running short on hay myself. The grass is not coming as fast as it was before the storm and the storm layed down all the old grass I was banking on to turn cattle out on. I feel kind of bad about kicking out on such little grass since the green is so slow but I don't have a lot of choice. The cows start going out today to spread them out further on what little green is coming.<br />n<br />nAt this point the only solace I have is watching the yearlings. Normally when I kick them out they try to come back home for feed again. Even on the short grass this bunch isn't doing that. They are hanging around their water, content and getting the green grass in the area. Every time I go up there they are laying around contentedly chewing their cud so they must be getting enough to eat. Hopefully the cows will be just as happy.<br />n<br />nNow if I could just get the cows out and get some faring done. I need to get all the renovating done and one field planted down to grass. The guy I was talking to said he tried to renovate and got his tractor stuck right away. I had to laugh and told him that I was going to try the same day but once I got to the field decided that it was to wet and was going to wait a couple of days to try. Hopefully today I can at least try to renovate and get the plow set. I bout a new to me field cultivator last fall to replace the one I had so I could more efficiently renovate the fields. The old one was broke down more than it was working and I never could get all the renovating done every year so a change was in order. Trying to figure out this new fangled thing and all its adjustments might be a little difficult. We'll see.<br />n<br />nI've also heard a little news on the calves I sold last year. The buyer is extremely happy with them ands hopes the price of fats holds for a little while longer. He should have the first 150 steers or so ready for market in about a month. That's pretty good if you ask me, the oldest any of them could be at that point is 14 1/2 months old. Last year he sold the first of them about the same time and did real well with them. Just shows I have some good genetics I guess. I hope the market stays good for the guy too. The more money he makes on them the more likely he will buy them again from me this year. I pushed him a little hard last year for the price I got and it looks like it works out for both of us. <br />n<br />nNormally at this time of year I would be wishing for more hours in the day to get my work done. As slow as the grass is coming I can't go any faster than I am so I feel like I am falling further and further behind. I just need to keep my eye on the ball though, everything will get done in good order if I just keep pluging along and I don't get rained out to often. More coming tonight and tomorrow it looks like. I've always heard spring rains make the grass grow faster. I could stand that now so I hope it works.<br />n<br />n<strong>Do every day or two something for no other reason than you would rather not do it, so that when the hour of dire need draws nigh, it may find you not unnerved and untrained to stand the test. William James </strong>