Category: ranch
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Coming In
<center><a class='serendipity_image_link' href='http://www.sarpysam.net/gallery/views/coming12192006?full=1'><img width='640' height='480' border='0' hspace='5' src='http://www.sarpysam.net/gallery/albums/views/coming12192006.sized.jpg' alt='' /></a></center><br />n<br />n<center>The yearlings, coming two-year olds, trudging in to their feed. Trudging is the word to use to. They walk all over the pasture waiting for their feed and by the time we bring it they are trudging. Note the lack of snow when this…
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Know Better
I ought to know better. I do it almost every year and this year was no exception. What did I do you may ask?<br />n<br />nI left the cows in the pine trees to long. I was trying to save hay by letting the cattle in to the upper pastures that have pine trees in…
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Feeding
Well, I finally started to feed the cows some hay earlier this week. With the lack of snow cover the cows were doing okay on the grass available but I penciled out, yes in this day of computers, PDAs, and calculators I still am more comfortable with a pencil and paper, what my hay supply…
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Happenings
Let's see, what's happening around the ranch. Not much, just feeding the younger cows and caking the older cows. The warmer weather is helping and the cattle appear to be getting enough to eat and doing well. The new hired hand is here and working.<br />n<br />nI can't say I am overly impressed with this…
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Reading Minds
Sunday when me and the Boy went out and looked the cows over, I commented to him that the cows were looking good but that it looked to me like they had got the best out of their pasture they were in and that on Monday I was going to get the water set up…
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Talking
It is amazing how quick the cows can gain condition after weaning. I only weaned a week and a half ago and the cows are all over the trauma and look so much better it isn't even funny. They are fuller and not as shelly and they look like they are putting on weight. This…
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Large Neighbors
The Padalock Ranch is one of my neighbors. They rank somewhere around number 5 for the largest privately held cattle ranch in the US. This little blurb in the Gazette caught my eye.<br />n<br />n<a href="http://www.billingsgazette.net/articles/2006/10/06/news/wyoming/90-history.txt" >History of Padlock Ranch topic of meeting</a><br />n<br />n<blockquote>Dan Scott will talk about the history of the Padlock Ranch,…
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Big Sky
<center><a class='serendipity_image_link' href='http://www.sarpysam.net/gallery/views/wet09242006?full=1'><img width='640' height='480' border='0' hspace='5' src='http://www.sarpysam.net/gallery/albums/views/wet09242006.sized.jpg' alt='' /></a></center><br />n<br />n<center>Another beautiful morning in the Big Sky Country. If you look closely at the big sand rock in the center (larger view might be necessary) you will note that it is still wet from the rain. It takes a lot of moisture for the…
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Happenings
Not much going on around here. Watching the calves grow fatter every day. We spent the last couple of days getting the corral ready for shipping. Don't have a firm shipping date yet, but the corral is now ready. I am still working at confirming the 29th of this month as shipping. The vet/brand inspector…
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Moving In