Category: The Ranch
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A Little Snow
<center><a class='serendipity_image_link' href='http://www.sarpysam.net/gallery/Calves/snowcalves12292006?full=1'><img width='640' height='427' border='0' hspace='5' src='http://www.sarpysam.net/gallery/albums/Calves/snowcalves12292006.sized.jpg' alt='' /></a></center><br />n<br />n<center>A couple of calves coming in to feed after our little snow storm. We got a couple of inches of snow is all. I guess a little is better than none at all but it sure isn't much. Taken 12/29/2006.</center>
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Know Better
I ought to know better. I do it almost every year and this year was no exception. What did I do you may ask?<br />n<br />nI left the cows in the pine trees to long. I was trying to save hay by letting the cattle in to the upper pastures that have pine trees in…
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Bracelet
Sometimes critters do the damnedest things. I noticed a replacement heifer calf was limping on Sunday. I drove up to her to see what the problem was. It is a little cold and dry for foot rot so I wasn't sure what it could be. When I got up to her I figured it out.…
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Cowed Out
<a href="http://americancowman.com/ranching_over_50/men_midlife_transitions/" >Are you cowed out?</a><br />n<br />n<blockquote>Many ranchers, when they hit middle age, reach a point where they can hardly stand to look after cattle another day. I've heard it referred to as being "cowed out." Some friends told me about a ranching couple in Montana who sometimes talked about divorce when they had…
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Feeding
Well, I finally started to feed the cows some hay earlier this week. With the lack of snow cover the cows were doing okay on the grass available but I penciled out, yes in this day of computers, PDAs, and calculators I still am more comfortable with a pencil and paper, what my hay supply…
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What A Hoot
<a href="http://www.theprairiestar.com/articles/2006/12/11/ag_news/updates/update37.txt" >Study shows preconditioning beef calves pays</a><br />n<br />n<blockquote>Findings from an 11-year study published on Nov. 1 in the Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association (JAVMA) show producers who precondition beef calves at the ranch of origin consistently receive more per hundredweight for their calves than producers who do not precondition.<br />n<br />nIn…
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Homestead
<center><a class='serendipity_image_link' href='http://www.sarpysam.net/gallery/misc/cabin12072006?full=1'><img width='640' height='427' border='0' hspace='5' src='http://www.sarpysam.net/gallery/albums/misc/cabin12072006.sized.jpg' alt='' /></a></center><br />n<br />n<center>My Great-Grandparents homestead. I know I've posted pictures of it before but I was getting pictures of the moon against different scenes. Note the moon at the top of the tree. Taken 12/07/2006.</center>
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Integrity
I really wonder about people's integrity sometimes. The new hired man really brings these thoughts to mind for me. I know, he has worked here less than a week and I wonder about his integrity. That sure says something doesn't it. <br />n<br />nI guess the question is does it say something about my lack…
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Happenings
Let's see, what's happening around the ranch. Not much, just feeding the younger cows and caking the older cows. The warmer weather is helping and the cattle appear to be getting enough to eat and doing well. The new hired hand is here and working.<br />n<br />nI can't say I am overly impressed with this…
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Cow Reproductive Issues
This is not something most of you would find interesting, but it caught my eye.<br />n<br />n<a href="http://beef-mag.com/mag/beef_troubleshooting_reproductive_failure/" >Trouble-shooting reproductive failure</a><br />n<br />n<blockquote>With fall preg-checking season well underway, some herd owners are surely pleased with their results. Meanwhile, others are looking for bred females to purchase.<br />n<br />nThe goal shouldn't be to have 100% of…