Thoughts From The Middle of Nowhere

Category: The Ranch

  • Despair

    On a rare occasion I have hope that the hired hand is coming around and will be a really good man to have around. The other day he independently remembered that there was a stretch of fence needed fixing before we turned cattle into a pasture and went and fixed it. That really made me…

  • Dry

    <a href="http://www.billingsgazette.net/articles/2006/06/27/news/state/70-crops.txt">Some crops showing signs of too-dry soil</a><br />n<br />n<blockquote>Soil moisture took a dive last week and crops in parts of the state were showing signs of stress, as warm, dry conditions were felt across the state, a federal agriculture report shows.</blockquote><br />n<br />nI won't argue with any of this one bit, it's damn dry…

  • Hay

    <center><b>FROM THE PHOTO ARCHIVES </b><br />nNew not previously published<br />n<br />nI've been putting up hay like mad the last couple of weeks so I thought I would look back and see the purpose of what I am doing.</center><br />n<br />n<center><a href='http://www.sarpysam.net/gallery/Cow-Pixs/feeding12292005?full=1'><img width='640' height='480' border='0' hspace='5' src='http://www.sarpysam.net/gallery/albums/Cow-Pixs/feeding12292005.sized.jpg' alt='' /></a></center><br />n<br />n<center>Feeding the cows thier hay during…

  • International

    <center><a class='serendipity_image_link' href='http://www.sarpysam.net/gallery/misc/international06142006?full=1'><img width='640' height='480' border='0' hspace='5' src='http://www.sarpysam.net/gallery/albums/misc/international06142006.sized.jpg' alt='' /></a></center><br />n<br />n<center>When I put a submersible pump in a well I hang it on black plastic but a few metal pieces are always required. When I put the pump in the new well with the big tank the other day I noticed the place of…

  • Monster Tank

    <center><a class='serendipity_image_link' href='http://www.sarpysam.net/gallery/misc/tank06202006?full=1'><img width='640' height='480' border='0' hspace='5' src='http://www.sarpysam.net/gallery/albums/misc/tank06202006.sized.jpg' alt='' /></a></center><br />n<br />n<center>I got the tank installed at the new well I drilled. It's a 25 foot steel tank with a cement bottom in it. It supposed to hold 6000 gallons of water. I can remember as a little boy my dad having trouble with water…

  • In Demand

    Earlier in the month the guy who bought my calves last year came up again and looked the calves over. He also shared with us some kill sheets he had just got from the packer on how some of the calves did at the slaughter plant. It was all gobbledygook to me but here the…

  • Storm Update

    Well I was real lucky. Around the houses here there was some damage from the monster hailstones that fell but over where all the cattle and the farm ground is I couldn't find any damage at all. I don't think it hailed over there. It is wet and going to slow haying down but that's…

  • Hail Storm

    <center><img width='640' height='418' border='0' hspace='5' src='http://www.sarpysam.net/gallery/albums/misc/hail06142006.jpg' alt='' /></center><br />n<br />n<center>I don't know how much more haying I will be doing. This is a sample of some of the hail that hit here a little while ago. Taken 6/14/2006.</center>

  • Strange Sight

    <center><a href='http://www.sarpysam.net/gallery/Farming/strange06122006?full=1'><img width='640' height='480' border='0' hspace='5' src='http://www.sarpysam.net/gallery/albums/Farming/strange06122006.sized.jpg' alt='' /></a></center><br />n<br />n<center>Finally was able to bale again after the big storm. These big bales laying out in the field are a really strange sight to me when I am used to seeing small ones. It takes some getting used to. Otherwise the new baler is working…

  • Reminder

    I saw the story in the Gazette this morning about <a href="http://www.billingsgazette.net/articles/2006/06/09/news/wyoming/25-prarie-dogs.txt">prairie dogs</a> and I remembered to tell you about my prairie dog the other day. There are a few towns around the place, but none on my place, and I don't want any to start so I am vigilant. I saw a prairie dog…