Category: The Ranch

Reading <a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/3735897.stm">this</a> article really makes me wonder. What would my personality have been like if I hadn't been knocked totally unconcious 4 times in various accidents while I was growing up? Or did it affect me at all? They talk about seeing a doctor but only one of the times, when there were pickup…

Just a quick note. We got them done and nobody got hurt. That's something that is real important to me. Safety of all involved. Had a hell of a good crew and we were done by 11:30 AM. There was one gal there that I hadn't seen in 25 years. Nice to see your neighbors…

Well, I'm branding my big bunch today. We'll have to leave the house here at 3:45 AM to get to where we need to be by daylight. Neighbors will all be over to help plus I hired a few more wrestlers. If everybody shows that says they are, I should have a hell of a…

Bulls on a ranch can be a pain in the ass. Monday evening I got a call from one of my neighbors that they had found a bull of ours with thier cows and had drove it home and put it in my good corral. So yesterday mornig I was going to bring the bull…

A beautiful moisture event moved across the State of Montana for the past couple of days and guess who didn't get any moisture out of it? If you guessed me, you're right. I used to be able to handle these little things that a person has absolutely no control over very philosophically by saying "it…

You want to know what frustration is. From the National Weather Service:<br />n<br />nBillings Area Forecast Discussion <br />n<br />nFXUS65 KBYZ 102053<br />n AFDBIL<br />n <br />n AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION<br />n NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BILLINGS MT<br />n 245 PM MDT MON MAY 10 2004<br />n <br />n .SHORT TERM…VALID FOR TUE AND WED…<br />n <br…

If a person can find enough grass this year they might not do too bad on thier cattle since it appears prices are going to be fairly good. I say that since I have all ready had buyer interest in my calves for fall delivery. I always sell my calves in the fall via private…

Well we took the boyz of summer out to the yearlings today so that they can have cute little babies next spring. Usually I try to put them out on the 1st of May but I had to go over to one of the neighbors and help them brand. They help me so I help…

I know exactly how <a href="http://www.billingsgazette.com//index.php?id=1&display=rednews/2004/05/02/build/business/30-steel-trap.inc">these contractors</a> feel. I went to town the other day and bought 200 steel posts for maintainece on my fences around the place. The guy told me I was awful lucky, and these were only $2.40 a post. They only had around 1000 left in stock and they had ordered…

Note to self after seeing <a href="http://customwire.ap.org/dynamic/stories/W/WEST_NILE?SITE=MTGRE&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT">this</a> story, get West Nile vaccine for horses. I haven't seen any mosquitos yet but it is better to be safe than sorry. Good horses are way too expensive to lose one when there is a vaccine that hopefully prevents the problem.<br />n<br />n<b>Failing to plan is planning to…