Category: branding
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Dragging In
<center><a class='serendipity_image_link' href='http://www.sarpysam.net/gallery/misc/drag06092007?full=1'><!– s9ymdb:106 –><img width='640' height='427' style="float: left; border: 0px; padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 5px;" src="http://www.sarpysam.net/gallery/albums/misc/drag06092007.sized.jpg" alt="" /></a></center><br />n<br />n<center>A calf being drug into the branding fire at our recent branding of odds and ends. My Darling Wife was playing photographer here. Taken 6/9/2007.</center>
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Branding
<center><a class='serendipity_image_link' href='http://www.sarpysam.net/gallery/Cow-Pixs/oldcows06092007?full=1'><img width='640' height='480' style="border: 0px; padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 5px;" src="http://www.sarpysam.net/gallery/albums/Cow-Pixs/oldcows06092007.sized.jpg" alt="" /></a></center><br />n<br />n<center>Getting ready to brand the old cows calves. We branded the last of the calves up the other day. old cows and late calvers. The youngest of these old cows is 14 years old and the oldest was 19. That's…
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Gathering
<center><a class='serendipity_image_link' href='http://www.sarpysam.net/gallery/views/branding05192007?full=1'><img width='640' height='427' style="border: 0px; padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 5px;" src="http://www.sarpysam.net/gallery/albums/views/branding05192007.sized.jpg" alt="" /></a></center><br />n<br />n<center>The cattle streaming in towards the corral during my branding on Saturday. It made for quite a beautiful sight. The only problem was that the 8 wrestlers I hired failed to show up so the crew was a little short.…
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Comparison
<blockquote>Forty adults and kids as young as 7 get on their horses and head out to round up the cattle at the Weller Ranch north of Kadoka, S.D.<br />n<br />nThey bring the 100 cow/calf pairs down to a corral made of cattle panels. Five or six men on horseback sort the cows out and leave…
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A Few Done
We got a few done yesterday. With some neighbors, we branded 100 head of calves yesterday morning. Boy did it go smooth. A good crew makes all the difference. I was about 2 weeks behind schedule with this little branding. That's thanks to the snowstorm and later rainstorm putting me behind. Sorry, no pictures. I…
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Last Ones
<center><a href='http://www.sarpysam.net/gallery/Cow-Pixs/out06032006?full=1'><img width='640' height='480' border='0' hspace='5' src='http://www.sarpysam.net/gallery/albums/Cow-Pixs/out06032006.sized.jpg' alt='' /></a></center><br />n<br />n<center>We branded up the last twenty head of late born calves yesterday and trailed them out to pasture. The cattle should be set for a little while now. It's time to concentrate on Haying. Taken 6/4/2006.</center>
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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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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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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…
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Busy, Busy
Busy, Busy, Busy. Busy getting spring work done. It's finally getting dry enough to farm a little so I am trying to get some of that done. I might have been able to get some done earlier but everything I want to plant this year, around 200 acres, has alfalfa with it and you want…