Category: The Ranch
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Hired Hand Update
Well, This new guy has been here a week now and I can all ready see that this is not going to work out. He is the typical "cowboy" that a person seems to get. So what's a typical "cowboy" type? Lazy, know nothing, person who thinks they can do it all and can't even…
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Panorama
The other day I was up on a tall hill scouting out a wild cow when I decided to take a bunch of snapshots and make a panorama of where I was. I will not vouch for the quality of the pictures but the results are up for you to see. The first on is…
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The Cavvy
<center><a href='http://www.sarpysam.net/gallery/horses/cavvy05082006?full=1'><img width='640' height='427' border='0' hspace='5' src='http://www.sarpysam.net/gallery/albums/horses/cavvy05082006.sized.jpg' alt='' /></a></center><br />n<br />n<center>The Cavvy. Looking for a couple of more horses but not having much luck. Taken 5/8/2006.</center>
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Rain
Yay!!! We got about .40 inches of rain yesterday. I wish it would have been more but I will take all I can get. The seeding we did earlier hasn't seen any rain yet and this will help. Most of the seed was planted in moisture so i was not to worried about it but…
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To Market
<center><div class="serendipity_imageComment_center" style="width: 640px"><div class="serendipity_imageComment_img"><a href='http://www.sarpysam.net/gallery/Cow-Pixs/gather05082006?full=1'><img width='640' height='427' border='0' hspace='5' src='http://www.sarpysam.net/gallery/albums/Cow-Pixs/gather05082006.sized.jpg' alt='' /></a></div><div class="serendipity_imageComment_txt">Gathering the last of the pairs and the drys. The drys are going to market. There are fewer than normal for me so it was a pretty good year last year with an easy calving season. Taken 5/8/2006.</div></div></center><br />n<br />nAbout a month…
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Cowboys Who Don’t Know How To Ride
<a href="http://www.csmonitor.com/2006/0509/p01s02-woap.html">Australian cowboys learn once again how to ride a horse</a><br />n<br />n<blockquote>What sort of self-respecting cowboy doesn't know how to ride a horse?<br />n<br />nApparently, the Australian kind. Many jackaroos and stockmen on the country's huge cattle ranches, or stations, have grown accustomed since the 1960s to rounding up herds with helicopters, motorbikes, and…
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Hired Hand
Well, I have a hire hand again. I ended up hiring the guy I was talking to. Nice, well spoken guy with experience and qualifications. With hundreds of farm and ranch jobs in the area, why did he want to come work here? This just bothers me. I finally decided to try him but I…
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The Lucky Ones
<center><a href='http://www.sarpysam.net/gallery/Bulls/luckybulls05032006?full=1'><img width='640' height='427' border='0' hspace='5' src='http://www.sarpysam.net/gallery/albums/Bulls/luckybulls05032006.sized.jpg' alt='' /></a></center><br />n<br />n<center>Three of the lucky five bulls that got to go out with the young ladies and have some fun. They didn't seem very interested when we arrived at their destination but I am sure that will change. Taken 5/3/2006.</center>
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New Bulls
<center><a href='http://www.sarpysam.net/gallery/Bulls/bulls04302006?full=1'><img width='640' height='427' border='0' hspace='5' src='http://www.sarpysam.net/gallery/albums/Bulls/bulls04302006.sized.jpg' alt='' /></a></center><br />n<br />n<center>The four Gelbvieh bulls I bought from Midland Bull Test arrived yesterday. It was nice to get them but it sure blew a hole in my day of seeding. Nice looking bulls if I do say so myself. Taken 4/30/2006.</center>
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Branding
<center><a href='http://www.sarpysam.net/gallery/misc/branding04272006?full=1'><img width='640' height='480' border='0' hspace='5' src='http://www.sarpysam.net/gallery/albums/misc/branding04272006.sized.jpg' alt='' /></a><center><br />n<br />n<center>Some of the neighbors roping calves for the little branding. The wind was blowing like hell making it a very difficult branding day. Ropes don't sail to well in high wind. Taken 4/28/2006.<center><br />n<br />nWell, we got them done. Overall the branding went well. We…