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  1. J

    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...
  2. J

    YIKES! record breaking heat is coming

    Yesterday 107 calling for 103 today and tomorrow, we have been hauling water...
  3. J

    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...
  4. J

    he traveled over 9 miles

    Yes, An I bet he was pushing a Ton...
  5. J

    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.
  6. J

    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.
  7. J

    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
  8. J

    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
  9. J

    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...
  10. J

    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.
  11. J

    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...
  12. J

    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
  13. J

    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...
  14. J

    Grateful

    I thank God every day for making people to live in cities, so I don't have too.
  15. J

    kind of hard

    used to milk about 25 cows, towards the end I was one of 3 grade B dairy's left in the state. That winter cheese prices were up we got $16/cwt. More then grade A... only happened one check before things got changed. By spring we were getting $8.50/cwt. That was a nope. Got them contracted...
  16. J

    kind of hard

    we did a spinner market for a while with Rommney , it was a course long wool, we roll it in sheets we get from hotels, tie it with the old paper string they used to tie fleeces with. We had baggies with samples from 3 areas of the fleece with the ewes number. We hit a 2-3 big shows a year. Those...
  17. J

    kind of hard

    2-4 year olds $370/hd, 5-6 year olds $350/hd , SS-ST also brought $350
  18. J

    kind of hard

    we loaded up some trailers today, with ewes and rams, for sheep sale at Newell SD tomorrow. Coyotes, Lions, Sheares, Age, hips shoulders, all added up for the sad decision. Didn't cry till we got them into the corral this morning. Way home MY son in law truck the def was acting up so he was...
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