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    A Cow's Thought...lol

    4 degrees was the low yesterday morning in southern middle tennessee. Got to leave the mud boots in the house and wear the ole justins yesterday.Knee deep mud was solid as it was in august. 13 now as we speak, would be fun to have on my shorts with the grille cookin some good gelbvieh...
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    pink eye treatments

    well, I have used the vacine,clipped pastures,changed minerals and anything else you can think of here in southern middle TN. never had a case in winter. summer has been my worst time for the fungus. After we changed to a good mineral program been 4 years since anything has been visible. but 2...
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    How cold is it?

    10 degrees here in southren middle Tennessee @ 6:30 a.m. Been wading in mud for a week. Have to use my honda 300 4x4 to haul feed to heifers. But now the ground has froze. so now cant half walk cause of rough ground. The one positive thing we have had 10 inches of rain this month...
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    A typical AI day Part I...A few homegrown bulls

    Good deal. I am gona have to hurry up and get me a decent computer and a good camera, and hi speed. i wantto post some pics of our bulls and heifers.
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    Another Day Feeding...

    I had to go to my folks house this morning so I checked out the cover of Gelbvieh world mag. I liked the remark of last 3 miles of muddy and slick roads. We just have a small herd.I work 2nd shift full time so we just run thru our cattle all times of the day,always somebody different looking...
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    Another Day Feeding...

    Glad to hear about the Gelbviehs.I have been raising them for a few years.Using Gelbvieh bulls for 12 or 13 years. Try to A.I. as many cows as I (we) can.We also try to do the same for the heifers. We have several A.I. sired cows already on the farm. KCF Landmark,Free Agent,Freedom ,Carolina...
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    Picking cotton here boss lots of pictures

    yeah i understand what you are saying about broke down and doing repair work. these were some friends of mine who needed help and i needed a part time job. so 2 years of running a boll buggy done what we both needed. we were running 2- 6 row pickers. it was a slick and sticky situation...
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    Picking cotton here boss lots of pictures

    been there done that 2 seasons. 4500 acres each time. i run one of them muleboy boll buggies. what a hoot. a bunch of 20 hour days. one year made nearly 3 bale cotton and next barley made a bale. built 24 modules one day. 3 builders ,2 jd 9986 pickers,and 2 boll buggies. needless to say nobody...
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    Question for the Ranch Wives

    :shock: when we haul hay or work cattle we always feed the help. now sometimes it aint much. bologna,pork&beans ham chips and drinks. no alcohol. we usually dont do but 30 or 40 pairs at anygiven time but who cares we still eat someting. we all work public jobs or are retired form public jobs so...
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    cutting it down here boss

    looks good from here. also looks like a kudzu encroachment. oh well wait till cotton is picked and spray it with crossbow. got my ryegrass,wheat and crimson clover planted and cant wait till grazing time on it. gonna focus more on grass management and lower cattle numbers . i am just across the...
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    The computer crashed, so this is an experiment

    great pics. clear and crisp. also a good looking group of cattle.
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    Combining soybeans

    great pics........ I bet that the old massey drives pretty good being paid for and all. just take your time and feed it steady.Is it a gear drive or hydostat? what do you pull all those big loaded wagons out of the field with?
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    Crossbreeding in an angus world

    dont be afraid of a gelbvieh. i have several of them and have no regrets on using them. I use A.I. and natural service. i have several carolina fortune and beretta calves on the ground. also i have some calves from a hetrozygous black and polled KCF Landmark bull. If you have any questions on...
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    Bull choices?

    i would go with some good gelbvieh and red angus cross cows(cherokee canyon ) and breed them to some leachman right time and lucys boy angus bulls. as far as the semen goes 50 straws of Free Agent
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    HOOOOOOOOOOOORAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH

    hold your head high and smile when ya say U.S.A Thank you for your service.
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