Category: The Ranch
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Long, Hot Day
Yesterday was sure a long, hot day. Worked all 500+ cows and then trailed them 5 miles out to the hills. Quite a chore. My two girls were exhausted last night and went to bed earlier than I have seen in a long time. Good, a little bit of hard work never killed anyone.<br />n<br…
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Heifers
<center><a class='serendipity_image_link' href='http://www.sarpysam.net/gallery/Calves/hfrs09292006?full=1'><img width='640' height='480' border='0' hspace='5' src='http://www.sarpysam.net/gallery/albums/Calves/hfrs09292006.sized.jpg' alt='' /></a></center><br />n<br />n<center>Here is a picture of the heifer calves that I sold. My Darling Wife managed to take a few shots while I was busy. Everybody present commented on how framy the calves were and how they are really prepared to gain weight for the…
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Unhelpful People
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Dry Year
Boy, the calf weights sure showed it was dry this summer. The steers averaged 527 lbs. and the heifers averaged 478 lbs. Quite a bit under what I had contracted for. That's the breaks and it's what happens in a dry year. I could whine and cry about it or accept it and go on…
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Problems
No, nothing to do with the cattle. They are looking great. I am all ready to ship and looking forward to getting the job done.<br />n<br />nNo, the problem is the company that hosts this website is having quite a few problems and they are screwing me all up. I called in right away yesterday…
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Bringing In
<center><a class='serendipity_image_link' href='http://www.sarpysam.net/gallery/Cow-Pixs/in09252006?full=1'><img width='640' height='480' border='0' hspace='5' src='http://www.sarpysam.net/gallery/albums/Cow-Pixs/in09252006.sized.jpg' alt='' /></a></center><br />n<br />n<center>Bringing in some of the last cows to sort. If someone told me it would only take 2 days to sex all of the cattle I would have called them crazy, but that's what happened. Either the cattle are getting more used to being…
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Weather
Unbelievable. It doesn't rain all summer and now it seems like it can't stop. When I went to bed last night we had 3/4" of rain and it rained most of the night so I don't know how much we had. I know it's getting ridiculous though. I noted last evening that the water is…
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Getting Ready
We've been going like mad gathering cattle and getting ready for shipping. We had the fences and corrals and stuff ready but getting the cattle in and sorted takes a while. So, here I am at one of my busiest times of the year and what do I receive in the mail? A summons to…
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More Negativity
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September Snow
<center><a class='serendipity_image_link' href='http://www.sarpysam.net/gallery/misc/snow09172006?full=1'><img width='640' height='480' border='0' hspace='5' src='http://www.sarpysam.net/gallery/albums/misc/snow09172006.sized.jpg' alt='' /></a></center><br />n<br />n<center>It even snowed for a while yesterday during the rain storm we were having. As I said earlier, Feast or Famine. By the time all is said and done I expect we will have 3 inches of moisture over the 3 day storm. Taken…