Category: The Ranch
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Yet Again
The never ending cycle. The Hired Hand quit yesterday, the search for a new one starts. He had applied for a grant this spring to get his masters degree and it came through. He is going to stay and help work replacement heifers on Tuesday and then he is gone.<br />n<br />nAt least he got…
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A Wee Touch of Winter
<center><a class='serendipity_image_link' href='http://www.sarpysam.net/gallery/Cow-Pixs/cowsnow103020093?full=1'><img width='640' height='480' border='0' hspace='5' src='http://www.sarpysam.net/gallery/albums/Cow-Pixs/cowsnow103020093.sized.jpg' alt='' /></a></center><br />n<br />n<center>We got a little bit of snow yesterday and some cold temperatures. The cows really thought it was winter. This morning it is 0 degrees Fahrenheit here. Brr. I'm sure the cows are going to be wanting to come home for a bale of…
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Expansion or Contraction
<a href="http://www.cattlenetwork.com/content.asp?contentid=76057" >Fourth Quarter Cattle Data Key to Herd Expansion Picture</a><br />n<br />n<blockquote>At the start of 2006, cow-calf producers were poised to expand their herds in response to profitable prices the last several years, but a recent increase in cow slaughter has clouded the picture, a Kansas State University agricultural economist said.<br />n<br />nBeef cow…
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Scary
<center><a class='serendipity_image_link' href='http://www.sarpysam.net/gallery/misc/scary10132006?full=1'><img width='640' height='480' border='0' hspace='5' src='http://www.sarpysam.net/gallery/albums/misc/scary10132006.sized.jpg' alt='' /></a></center><br />n<br />n<center>We were out gathering the yearlings yesterday when I came across this scary sight. Hunters. The thought of riding around on a four legged critter with hunters of unknown quality around shooting things with four legs is very scary. A person might get shot.…
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Cull Cows
<center><a class='serendipity_image_link' href='http://www.sarpysam.net/gallery/Cow-Pixs/culls10102006?full=1'><img width='640' height='480' border='0' hspace='5' src='http://www.sarpysam.net/gallery/albums/Cow-Pixs/culls10102006.sized.jpg' alt='' /></a></center><br />n<br />n<center>A few old cull cows I took to the auction yesterday. The summer was tough on these old gals and it was time for them to go. Taken 10/10/2006.</center><br />n<br />nP.S. This picture was supposed to go up this morning but computer problems caused…
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Talking
It is amazing how quick the cows can gain condition after weaning. I only weaned a week and a half ago and the cows are all over the trauma and look so much better it isn't even funny. They are fuller and not as shelly and they look like they are putting on weight. This…
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Growing Up
<center><b>FROM THE PHOTO ARCHIVES </b><br />nNew not previously published</center><br />n<br />n<center>Seeing all the full grown, weaned calves made me look back to earlier this year and how they looked. They sure do grow.</center><br />n<br />n<center><a class='serendipity_image_link' href='http://www.sarpysam.net/gallery/Cow-Pixs/pair03172006?full=1'><img width='640' height='480' border='0' hspace='5' src='http://www.sarpysam.net/gallery/albums/Cow-Pixs/pair03172006.sized.jpg' alt='' /></a></center><br />n<br />n<center>Momma and her baby. Taken 3/17/2006. </center>
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Maybe Not So Bad
I was fairly disappointed with the way the calf weights turned out this year. Nothing I can do about it since the dry weather was the problem but that doesn't change the disappointment. I've been visiting with some different people since then though and have been revising my opinion. Maybe it wasn't that bad.<br />n<br…
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Replacements
<center><a class='serendipity_image_link' href='http://www.sarpysam.net/gallery/Calves/heifers10022006?full=1'><img width='640' height='480' border='0' hspace='5' src='http://www.sarpysam.net/gallery/albums/Calves/heifers10022006.sized.jpg' alt='' /></a></center><br />n<br />n<center>The replacement heifers peacefully grazing on the volunteer barley coming up. It sure is nice to have them out of the corral and grazing green grass. Taken 10/02/2006.</center>
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Jump
<center><a class='serendipity_image_link' href='http://www.sarpysam.net/gallery/Calves/inspection09292006?full=1'><img width='640' height='480' border='0' hspace='5' src='http://www.sarpysam.net/gallery/albums/Calves/inspection09292006.sized.jpg' alt='' /></a></center><br />n<br />n<center>The heifer calves being brand inspected as they come off the scale. They were really spooked by it for some reason where the steers were a lot calmer. Taken 9/29/2006.</center>