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Soapweed
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Joined: 11 Feb 2005
Posts: 12095
Location: northern Nebraska Sandhills
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| Your cattle look to be in very good condition, Tap. That South Dakota hard grass is powerful stuff. Nice pictures. |
Yes Soapweed, it is good grass. The only problem is that it is so short it doesn't take much snow to cover it up.  Usually the wind blows enough to move the snow off anyway.  |
Many people don't know that the wind is why this ever became cow country to begin with. The wind blows the snow free, especially from the north and west facing slopes. In the old days, cows got to eat the east and south slopes in the summer and the rest in the winter.
If it wasn't for wind, how would all them cows in the sandhills ever got a drink, before electricity? |
You'd be surprised at all the natural ponds, swamps, and lakes in these hills, along with a multitude of creeks and several good-sized rivers. Windmills just allowed watering spots closer together.
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Jinglebob
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Joined: 14 Feb 2005
Posts: 5974
Location: Western South Dakota
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| Posted: Fri Dec 22, 2006 10:29 pm Post subject: |
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| Soapweed wrote: |
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| Tap wrote: |
| Soapweed wrote: |
| Your cattle look to be in very good condition, Tap. That South Dakota hard grass is powerful stuff. Nice pictures. |
Yes Soapweed, it is good grass. The only problem is that it is so short it doesn't take much snow to cover it up. Usually the wind blows enough to move the snow off anyway. |
Many people don't know that the wind is why this ever became cow country to begin with. The wind blows the snow free, especially from the north and west facing slopes. In the old days, cows got to eat the east and south slopes in the summer and the rest in the winter.
If it wasn't for wind, how would all them cows in the sandhills ever got a drink, before electricity? |
You'd be surprised at all the natural ponds, swamps, and lakes in these hills, along with a multitude of creeks and several good-sized rivers. Windmills just allowed watering spots closer together. |
Yeah, and look at all them spoiled rotten cows you guys got. Wouldn't walk over 200 yards to get a drink. 
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Northern Rancher
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Joined: 10 Feb 2005
Posts: 12251
Location: saskatchewan
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| I've only seen a couple in my life and that was two tooo many-we did have a pretty wild rubbver tired wagon ride instead of a sleigh ride xmas eve.Our big snows recharge our water systems and give our grass a start. We've got a short growing season but furious growth are grasses aren't drought adapted so brown christmas's mean a 'blue' summer.
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Red Robin
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Joined: 23 Apr 2005
Posts: 4386
Location: 8 mi S.E. of Harrison, Ar.
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| I really enjoyed our trip to SD this last fall. If I was ever going to move to a foreign country, it'd be SD. Nice pictures Tap, thanks.
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IL Rancher
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Joined: 08 Apr 2006
Posts: 3023
Location: Northwest Illinois
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| We will of course have a brown and green christmas hee... So much rain and mud and it has been s warm that the fescue has stayed green... I imagine we will get a good snow again this year but we are already half way to season average with that one 14-15 incher I think. .. We are way wet for December however... Must be around 6-7 or even 8 inches of precip so far.
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Tap
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Joined: 25 Feb 2006
Posts: 1260
Location: anyplace you find me
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