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Friday was a terribly windy day, October 2, 2009

Soapweed

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Fighting a horrendous wind on Friday
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We trailed these 59 heifers a couple miles to join up with 144 others. We had to cross a busy highway on a bad hill,
but fortunately the heifers crossed swiftly and without incident.
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The farmer that planted wheat in this field had left a gate open from the pasture where the heifers were being grazed.
Right after I took this photo, the heifers found the gate and bombarded across the blowing field.
Luckily for me, Kosmo was on the downwind side and had to turn them back out. :wink:
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Loading heifers late in the day
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The job was somewhat of a challenge with the existing facilities.
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One of the truckers and the Kosmo Kid
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Trucks waiting to load
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Unloading by the light of the silvery moon
 

Cedarcreek

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Soapweed said:
Thefarmerthatplantedwheatonthisfiel.jpg

The farmer that planted wheat in this field had left a gate open from the pasture where the heifers were being grazed.
Right after I took this photo, the heifers found the gate and bombarded across the blowing field.
Luckily for me, Kosmo was on the downwind side and had to turn them back out. :wink:

Don't you just love it when farmers do that? :wink:
 

Soapweed

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Cedarcreek said:
Soapweed said:
The farmer that planted wheat in this field had left a gate open from the pasture where the heifers were being grazed.
Right after I took this photo, the heifers found the gate and bombarded across the blowing field.
Luckily for me, Kosmo was on the downwind side and had to turn them back out. :wink:

Don't you just love it when farmers do that? :wink:

It is quite challenging trailing cattle through farm country. The fences are bad enough that cattle can crawl through them anywhere, but good enough that a horse with rider attached can't get through without taking loose staples and dropping the wires. If the fences were completely non-existant, the life of a cattle drover would be much easier. :wink:
 

Denny

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Around here it's deer hunters that leave gates open the greatest day in the fall is the monday after season is over.

How far from home were your heifers none of my business but just wondering.
 

Soapweed

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Denny said:
Around here it's deer hunters that leave gates open the greatest day in the fall is the monday after season is over.

How far from home were your heifers none of my business but just wondering.

About forty miles northwest of home.
 

Denny

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My son just loves semi's he thinks we need one which we don't. If I would ever need the use of one I think I'll just hire it as you have.Around here we have alot of farmer pastures 20 cows here 30 there all about 5 miles from home so it's not bad hauling to them with a gooseneck stocktrailer.Those smaller pastures work well for these registered cows anyhow makes it easy for sire groups.
 

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