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    only 4000 hours

    Not sure what year Don Wood started the John Dealership in Montpelier Id. think it was 1979. Well we bought the first tractor, a JD 4040 quadra shift. This morning it turned over to a whole 4000 hours, Oldest piece of equipment I have, and it got the least amount of hours. We bought it to farm...
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    YIKES! record breaking heat is coming

    Yesterday 107 calling for 103 today and tomorrow, we have been hauling water...
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    New Ranchers? Starting advice?

    Where we ranch now it takes 20 acres/cow-calf, west of me it 40 acres. Lot of Wyoming it higher unless you got some irrigated ground. Few years ago, Sue got a Frist time farmer loan to buy 45 head of bred Heifers to running age cows for $1500/head. The next fall calves boomed to $1500/head, she...
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    he traveled over 9 miles

    Yes, An I bet he was pushing a Ton...
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    he traveled over 9 miles

    well, we pen a wandering bull from a few miles away that found our cows, late yesterday. Pictures of why he was back with the cows this morning when the far-off neighbor showed up. We got him down by the house and loaded him there.
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    Snakes

    tanks, reservoirs are empty or about empty, moved a 12 foot tire tank to the windmill, which is now a solar well, cows in that pasture, when we move looks like ELAP sign up to haul water and hay.
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    Memorial Day weekend

    If I was back in Star Valley , I be visiting 5 different cemetery's, Watching VFW Honor Guard, Gun salute. Visit lot of people. Hauled mother around last year. Here Check cows, water.Maybe BBQ some ribs
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    Branding

    this had a rod on bottom that hold one or both feet , we used it friday and someone held the top leg. but the rope worked we could of half hitched it
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    Branding

    did the big bunch yesterday, we pregaurd the cows, they caught everyone. Joey and I fill the bud box, and they have the alley empty most every time. We bring 8 more and same thing, one trip the cows entered the Bud box and turned right down the ally we didn't even have to go in. The Cow Country...
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    Branding

    Vaccinated replacement heifers and 1st calves, then branded the 1st calves, calves, Like the new Cow Country calf table and alley, takes a small crew, holds the calf square and easy to put on our rib brands. Working the big bunch tomorrow, both cows and calves.
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    A Thief and a Skinning

    A Thief and a Skinning Heifer had a calf few weeks ago, she didn't have much milk, her calf we see stealing from the other heifer mommas. Well, we feeding pairs look at the 5 droppers and see a new calf, not moving. Well, it a big old purebred cow Tenny had bought years ago as a heifer, she...
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    Why hello there

    asking to be a hand will get a job faster then asking to just cowboy and do horse work, unless you get on a place with nothing but horses, or a outfitter with pack trips and later in the year hunting camps
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    No hand cart, or wagon , just sagebrush

    Left Thursday morning, after feeding , get cows out of the neighbors, then pushing in 20 steel posts with the tractor bale fork. Sue told me to get going she could re- stretch wire and put on clips. I sailed the sage brush sea across Wyoming down thru Casper-Muddy gap-South Pass-Farson...
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