Category: The Ranch

571 pounds on the steers and I contracted them at 575.<br />n521 pounds on the heifers and I contracted them at 525.<br />n<br />nPretty accuarate guess since the contract was written months ago.<br />n<br />nInteresting news from the vet but I can't say anything until the official announcement. Suffice to say I got my cattle…

I know shipping isn't until tomorrow but we finished all our preparations yesterday to get the job done. I always like to be ready a day or two early in case there is a problem i have time to take care of it. The last big thing we had to do was get the steer…

Well, we finished sorting the steers for the heifer pairs. We did a real big bunch, greater than 200, yesterday so we would be able to finish today. They actually worked real well. The only thing I didn't like was the number of calves I've had to doctor.<br />n<br />n<center><a href='http://www.sarpysam.net/gallery/albums/Calves/sick09262005.jpg'><img width='640' height='480' border='0' hspace='5'…

We took a day off from working the cattle today. There is a couple of extra days in the schedule for shipping so I saw no reason to get all cold and wet today when I will be able to finish in plenty of time. I needed a day off too. It felt good.<br />n<br…

<a href='http://www.sarpysam.net/gallery/albums/Cow-Pixs/drive09232005.jpg'><img width='640' height='480' border='0' hspace='5' src='http://www.sarpysam.net/gallery/albums/Cow-Pixs/drive09232005.sized.jpg' alt='' /></a>The countdown is on. If there is no big problems by this time next week the calves will be on the road to their new home in Kansas. We have been busy all week gathering the cattle down to the shipping corral and today we began to…

Just a quick update to say that preg checking went pretty good. Around 6% dries which is really good compared to last years 20 some % dry. I am pleased. The only fly in the ointment when it came to preg checking was one of the dries jumped out of the corral and headed off…

I started the day fully expecting <a href="http://nowherethoughts.net/sarpysam/archives/1182-Let-The-Games-Begin.html">a fight</a> but the school took a look at the blank form, said OK, and that was that. You could have floored me since I was all ready for a fight. I decided it must going to be a good day.<br />n<br />nWe had to go to Billings…

I finished cleaning the far pasture called the Williams place out today so I can start moving cows closer to home to ship the claves. I had made a pass through about a week ago getting some of them but then got busy with other projects and hadn't finished the job.<br />n<br />n<a href='http://www.sarpysam.net/gallery/albums/views/cows08312005.jpg'><img width='640'…

One of those days yesterday. You know those do over days. My personal vehicle died on Sunday so I had to find a way to get it to the garage to fix it. These damn newer vehicles are so complicated you can't work on them. My Darling Wife borrowed my father's vehicle to go to…

1. August 19 + dry Montana climate = Fog<br />n<br />nIt was foggy here this morning. In August of all months. This isn't right.<br />n<br />n2. Private Property + No Trespassing = More pickup tracks than cow tracks in the Pasture I gathered this Morning<br />n<br />nSomeone(s) has been wandering around all over my far…