Just a Dumb Ranchers Wonderings

  • Nests

    <center><a class='serendipity_image_link' href='http://www.sarpysam.net/gallery/misc/nests06132007?full=1'><img width='640' height='427' style="border: 0px; padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 5px;" src="http://www.sarpysam.net/gallery/albums/misc/nests06132007.sized.jpg" alt="" /></a></center><br />n<br />n<center>I know it is a little hard to see, but there is a bunch of mud bird nests in these rocks. I had never seen so many in this particular spot before. Taken 6/13/2007.</center>

  • Busy

    I have been real busy lately, but productive. We have wrapped strings around about 400 tons of hay so far and we're not quite half done yet. Going to have to take the morning today to overhaul the swather. I noticed a broken frame member when we started but decided to keep going till it…

  • Moving Out

    <center><a class='serendipity_image_link' href='http://www.sarpysam.net/gallery/Yearlings/yearlings06262007?full=1'><img width='640' height='480' style="border: 0px; padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 5px;" src="http://www.sarpysam.net/gallery/albums/Yearlings/yearlings06262007.sized.jpg" alt="" /></a><center><br />n<br />n<center>Gathered the yearlings and moved them to a different pasture yesterday. I had two bulls with foot rot with them in the past few days so I decided it was time to pull the bulls, normally I do it the…

  • Cool

    <center><a class='serendipity_image_link' href='http://www.sarpysam.net/gallery/views/cool06252007?full=1'><img width='640' height='427' style="border: 0px; padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 5px;" src="http://www.sarpysam.net/gallery/albums/views/cool06252007.sized.jpg" alt="" /></a></center><br />n<br />n<center>Can you say, "not haying weather?" That's definitely the case here. Cloudy, cool, and high humidity. I haven't been having much luck putting up hay. I think I am going to have to start using the diesel to turn the…

  • Birds

    <center><a class='serendipity_image_link' href='http://www.sarpysam.net/gallery/wildlife/birds06132007?full=1'><img width='640' height='480' style="border: 0px; padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 5px;" src="http://www.sarpysam.net/gallery/albums/wildlife/birds06132007.sized.jpg" alt="" /></a></center><br />n<br />n<center>These birds have nests in the rocks and were really flying around like crazy while I was around. Taken 6/13/2007.</center>

  • Moving Markets

    You might remember from the pictures, that I had some cows and bulls on the market on Wednesday. I heard the market report the other day for Wednesday and heard that cows and bulls were up 2-4 dollars on that day in Billings. I thought that I was real lucky to hit the market on…

  • Get It Right

    This morning when I left house the National Weather Service was predicting a very hot day and the temperature was supposed to be 100 degrees. I thought this was a really good deal because I would really be able to put up the hay and make some progress in getting things done.<br />n<br />nWell, the…

  • Drought

    Every year it seems like I read about drought somewhere in the US having to sell cows because of the drought in their area. This year I see that in California they are having drought troubles and <a href="http://www.cfbf.com/agalert/AgAlertStory.cfm?ID=841&ck=02A32AD2669E6FE298E607FE7CC0E1A0">having to sell cows</a> to try to adjust for the drought problems. <br />n<br />nAnother area having…

  • Rose

    <center><a class='serendipity_image_link' href='http://www.sarpysam.net/gallery/flowers/rose06182007?full=1'><img width='640' height='480' style="border: 0px; padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 5px;" src="http://www.sarpysam.net/gallery/albums/flowers/rose06182007.sized.jpg" alt="" /></a></center><br />n<br />n<center>A beautiful rose. This picture turned out better than I expected. Taken 6/18/2007.</center>

  • Regionalize

    As you know, <a href="http://governor.mt.gov/governor/govbio.asp">Gov. Brian Schweitzer</a> wants to regionalize the Brucellosis problem in Montana and make a perimeter around Yellowstone National Park where Brucellosis would be monitored and treated differently than in the rest of the state. I was never very sure about the idea but I listened and wondered about the whole idea…