Category: The Ranch
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Wet
What do I say. Yesterday was just one of those days. We had layed some hay down on Monday and it was getting dry enough to bale with the new baler so the dealer was supposed to come out and help get me going. They did send somebody, that's not a problem, but they could…
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Grass Stand
<center><a href='http://www.sarpysam.net/gallery/Farming/grass06072006?full=1'><img width='640' height='480' border='0' hspace='5' src='http://www.sarpysam.net/gallery/albums/Farming/grass06072006.sized.jpg' alt='' /></a><center><br />n<br />n<center>I seeded some grass last year in some old fields and this is the stand I got. Damn it's nice. I've always heard how hard it is to establish a grass stand but this was real easy. Just used an old grain press drill and…
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New Baler
<center><a href='http://www.sarpysam.net/gallery/Farming/baler06022006?full=1'><img width='640' height='480' border='0' hspace='5' src='http://www.sarpysam.net/gallery/albums/Farming/baler06022006.sized.jpg' alt='' /></a></center><br />n<br />n<center>The new baler arrived the other day. Boy is it a massive and complicated piece of machinery. I've spent two days setting it up and getting myself familiar with how it works. The dealer is supposed to send somebody out to help get it running…
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The Boyz Are Out
Well, it's that time of year that the Boyz of Summer get to go out and meet the ladies.<br />n<br />n<center><div class="serendipity_imageComment_center" style="width: 640px"><div class="serendipity_imageComment_img"><a href='http://www.sarpysam.net/gallery/Bulls/bulls06022006?full=1'><img width='640' height='480' border='0' hspace='5' src='http://www.sarpysam.net/gallery/albums/Bulls/bulls06022006.sized.jpg' alt='' /></a></div><div class="serendipity_imageComment_txt">Trailing the bulls out to be with the ladies. They were getting awfully hot and tired by this point but once they…
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New Feedlot Pictures
<div class="serendipity_imageComment_left" style="width: 250px"><div class="serendipity_imageComment_img"><a href='http://www.sarpysam.net/gallery/feedlot/100_1621?full=1'><img width='250' height='188' border='0' hspace='5' align='left' src='http://www.sarpysam.net/gallery/albums/feedlot/100_1621.thumb.jpg' alt='' /></a></div><div class="serendipity_imageComment_txt">Looking damn good if you ask me, but I might be a little prejudiced. May 2006.</div></div>The Guy that bought the calves last fall was up in the area this past week. He stopped by and visited with me and left behind…
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Gambling
<div class="serendipity_imageComment_left" style="width: 167px"><div class="serendipity_imageComment_img"><a href='http://www.sarpysam.net/gallery/misc/drill05252006?full=1'><img width='167' height='250' border='0' hspace='5' align='left' src='http://www.sarpysam.net/gallery/albums/misc/drill05252006.thumb.jpg' alt='' /></a></div><div class="serendipity_imageComment_txt">Drilling a new well to replace a well that isn't pumping very much any more. Taken 5/25/2006.</div></div>One of the biggest Gambles out there is farming and ranching. Gambling on the weather, markets, nature and whatever else comes your way. I call…
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Get Up And Go
<center><a href='http://www.sarpysam.net/gallery/Calves/go05202006?full=1'><img width='640' height='427' border='0' hspace='5' src='http://www.sarpysam.net/gallery/albums/Calves/go05202006.sized.jpg' alt='' /></a></center><br />n<br />n<center>This calf had enough of being branded and is not wasting any time leaving the scene. Taken 5/20/2006.</center>
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Rain
Oh, did we have a nice rain shower yesterday. Three quarters of an inch spread out over the day. We really needed it. The hot weather had really sucked the moisture out and it was getting awful dry. This was a lot better than the rain we had last Friday. It came down so fast…
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We Won
Well, we won for another year. We got the big branding done. It went very well. I had a very experienced crew of neighbors helping which makes all the difference in the world. All the riders knew what they were doing and did it well, no wrecks getting the cattle in, and the ground work…
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Weather
Damn the hot, dry weather.<br />n<br />n<a href="http://www.billingsgazette.net/articles/2006/05/18/news/state/75-fires.txt">Weather gives fires early start</a><br />n<br />n<blockquote>The fire season is off to an early start in parts of Montana, with the recent unseasonably warm weather helping dry out grasses and other possible fire fuels.</blockquote><br />n<br />nThe past few days it is really starting to show that we could…