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Company for breakfast, July 9, 2009

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Soapweed

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Shortgrass and his dear wife, Jan, stopped by for breakfast this morning as they traveled between Wisconsin and Colorado.
It was fun getting to see and visit with them again. We had met once before, in October of 2007.
Shortgrass had worked in the Sandhills back in the early 1970's.
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Peach and I switched places.
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Hit the hayfield today. This was the view through my dirty tractor windshield as I baled hay.
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For the past several years, I have hired part of our hay baled by two local brothers, and the son of one of them.
These gentlemen bale a lot of hay every summer, and they do a very nice job.
I am paying $35 per ton for this service, even though it is hard to justify during tough economic times.
My theory is that the hay gets put up early when it is at its peak for protein and digestibilty, and if summer rains keep falling,
there will be abundant aftergrass for grazing later in the season. Besides, it is sure more fun letting someon else do the work,
which leaves more time for me to take pictures. :wink:
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Kosmo Kid back in the saddle again
 
Your running a real guest ranch Soap. :D

Kinda nice to company. Keeps ya outa the rut. :D :D

Do you have a problem with leaving hay behind between the V on the rake or do you have the middle kicker wheels?
 
Out here in the desert most of our hay is alfalfa. We gotta get up early to catch a little dew or it just beats the leaves off and you get a pile of dust. What meadow hay we get is slim and only one cutting. Must be nice to get to bale all day! :D Hope Mr. & Mrs. Shortgrass have a safe trip home! What was for breakfast? :wink:
 
Big Muddy rancher said:
Do you have a problem with leaving hay behind between the V on the rake or do you have the middle kicker wheels?
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The first V-rake I obtained several years ago had a kicker wheel. It seemed like it was more problem than benefit, so I've not gotten them since. When the hay has been mowed with bar mowers, it works best to rake in the same clockwise direction that the grass was mowed. The hay picks up better by doing it this way. Our rake is an H & S brand with eight wheels on each side. It widens to rake 27 feet.

leanin' H said:
Out here in the desert most of our hay is alfalfa. We gotta get up early to catch a little dew or it just beats the leaves off and you get a pile of dust. What meadow hay we get is slim and only one cutting. Must be nice to get to bale all day! :D Hope Mr. & Mrs. Shortgrass have a safe trip home! What was for breakfast? :wink:
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Scrambled eggs, link sausage, and coffee cake, along with some tasty strawberries that our guests brought along from Wisconsin. Sunflower concocted some cold drinkable fruit-flavored "smoothies" with the blender, and orange juice was also available. It all kind of tided me over until dinner-time. :wink:
 
The Soapweed Guest Ranch is most hospitable, :tiphat: , meals are top notch, and company full of horse, hunting and calfpulling stories. We really enjoyed meeting Sunflower, Kosmo and bride, Soaps sister & dad. We had not met the kids, but felt like we already knew them from Soap's posts. A great couple of hours in the sandhills before we headed on home. Arrived here early evening after a great time with good friends and our kids & grandkids.
I almost forgot Peach Blossom that I wanted to ask you for that delicious coffee cake recipe to give Jan for her birthday. (Oh, I don't mean I'm going to make it, she can make it a serve it on her birthday for breakfast if she wants too, I don't care.) :) :)
 
Glad to see yur haying...we haven't even started any hay equipment yet! All our meadows are low ground and still have lots of water standing...another dry week and we may be able to mow the roadsides..lol
 
Jassy said:
Glad to see yur haying...we haven't even started any hay equipment yet! All our meadows are low ground and still have lots of water standing...another dry week and we may be able to mow the roadsides..lol
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My uncle in East River S.D. is having the same problem, he's had 15 inches of rain since the first of June. Crops are washed away and he cann't get into the hay fields :shock:

Edit: Make that 17 inches of rain since the first of June :shock:
 
Shortgrass said:
The Soapweed Guest Ranch is most hospitable, :tiphat: , meals are top notch, and company full of horse, hunting and calfpulling stories. We really enjoyed meeting Sunflower, Kosmo and bride, Soaps sister & dad. We had not met the kids, but felt like we already knew them from Soap's posts. A great couple of hours in the sandhills before we headed on home. Arrived here early evening after a great time with good friends and our kids & grandkids.
I almost forgot Peach Blossom that I wanted to ask you for that delicious coffee cake recipe to give Jan for her birthday. (Oh, I don't mean I'm going to make it, she can make it a serve it on her birthday for breakfast if she wants too, I don't care.) :) :)
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It's nice to put a face with the name, Shortgrass . I've always enjoyed your Saturday late night/early Sunday posts. I've been an inactive Catholic for several years and just recently, i've rediscovered how beneficial going to Mass can be.
 

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