April 13 - 17, 2012

[Soapweed]

Always one that goes the wrong direction

Pairing out

Odd circle in the snow

Hope it is a crop circle. I think it was caused by the sun reflecting off of the shiny steel tank.

A pair of crop circles

Hopefully these white circles make crops

Snowing like a big dog

The storm let up for a little bit.

So we got cattle fed

Old homestead house window (or lack thereof)

It's seen its better days.

Ford decor

 

[Bar M]

Looks like all went well through the storm. Calves look as good as they always do. I gotta ask in your other thread I seen a bit of chrome on that baby. Does that mean you turned out your herford bulls last year?

 

[Soapweed]

Looks like all went well through the storm. Calves look as good as they always do. I gotta ask in your other thread I seen a bit of chrome on that baby. Does that mean you turned out your herford bulls last year?

Yes, I did turn out the Hereford bulls with last years first calf heifers that have turned three years old this spring. A couple weeks later, we added some Angus for reinforcement, but did get quite a few F1 half Hereford half Angus crosses. Most of them look like pretty good calves.

 

[jodywy]

was always told spring snow stoms put down more N then a rain Storm....looks like animal handled it pretty good

 

[mrj]

was always told spring snow stoms put down more N then a rain Storm....looks like animal handled it pretty good

That's what my English grandma said too, Jody. But more recently, have heard or read that you need thunder and lightning with summer storms to put it down.

Sure do wonder if either of them are any more than 'old womens' tales'.

Snow seems more likely to me to be a good carrier. Maybe that's because I really hate lightning for the fires it brings all to often.

mrj

 

[Faster horses]

was always told spring snow stoms put down more N then a rain Storm....looks like animal handled it pretty good

That's what my English grandma said too, Jody. But more recently, have heard or read that you need thunder and lightning with summer storms to put it down.

Sure do wonder if either of them are any more than 'old womens' tales'.

Snow seems more likely to me to be a good carrier. Maybe that's because I really hate lightning for the fires it brings all to often.

mrj

We have been on ranches with irrigated hay meadows in the past, mrj and I can assure you that there is something to the lightening and thunder putting down
nutrients with the rain. You can flood irrigate and not much happens to the grass, but let it start raining, especially accompanied with thunder and lightening, and you can see the grass change almost immediately. But I
agree about the lightening starting too many fires.

 

[mrj]

Thanks for the encouragement re. thunder, lightning, and nitrogen, FH.

I try to convince myself of it, but worrying about fires usually leaves nitrogen the last thing I think about!!!

mrj