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Well for me anyway-we just leased our new Horned Hereford bull to Genex-I just have to sign the contract and mail it back. It sounds like some is Argentina bound-it will be pretty cool beans to finally have one of my own to go out and sell for a change.
 
Northern Rancher said:
Well for me anyway-we just leased our new Horned Hereford bull to Genex-I just have to sign the contract and mail it back. It sounds like some is Argentina bound-it will be pretty cool beans to finally have one of my own to go out and sell for a change.
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Is it going to be sold in the states their Horned hereford lineup is pretty thin.And I've never been real interested in polled herefords.

congratulations.
 
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Here he is the day before I bought him-I guess I'd could take some credit if I'd been the guy who'd bred him but I'll have to reserve that for my buddy. His niche will be calving ease,soundness and being a cowmaker. The guys at the A'I stud said he really thickened up over summer as he was pretty lean and mean going in this spring. They'd used him and another yearling on 80 cows and then ran them out most of the winter before I bought him. I think he's a pretty useful bull-he could be a touch longer bodied I suppose.
 
NR - Good looking Hereford. . . and for him to have been worked that hard speaks well for his hardiness and feed utilization!

What is your feelings regarding the effectiveness of your wind-break fencing? Do the cattle "make use" of it in windy periods? Is it also an effective 'snow fence'? In my 'inventive and gimmicky' mind, it seems to me that the engineering design could be improved upon, and I am curious as to how you like the fences.

Thanks

DOC HARRIS
 
When it's -40 with a wind they darn sure use it-nothings better for wind protection than a stand of spruce or willows-as for it's effectiveness there's thousands of miles of it up in Canada. That pic is taken 8 hours southwest of me at Fraser's.
 
Doc Harris; Believe me there's nothing gimmicky about our wind breaks; there's hundreds of thousands of prairie cattle in cow herds and feedlots that rely on these slab fences for shelter from wind and storms. Our cattle are tough and can take extended periods of subzero temperature; but properly designed windbreaks do and will help negate the serious windchill effects and do provide some relief from the serious storms we can expect. Natural bush cover is nice but is not available to many of us over the Great Plains areas!
 
I've never heard a slab fence called 'gimmicky' before that's a new one on me lol. Right now you can buy 1st cut slabs for the same price per chord as you can firewood so it's fairly economical to build too. I tyhink were going to make some 30' sections with a drill stem frame and winter outr calves out in the pasture instead of the yard.
 
NR and cowsense-

I am afraid that both of you misunderstood my question regarding the windbreak fences!

I did NOT mean to infer that I thought your fences were 'gimmicky'! If you will read the post again I said, '. . .in my 'inventive and gimmicky'." mind. The "Gimmicky" reference was to MY mind . . . not YOUR fences!
I am well aware of how effective wind and snow fences are - I have lived within them at times. I just thought that I had an idea of how to improve them. But if you are happy - - FINE.

DOC HARRIS
 
That looks like the windbreak we build too. You have to leave the open
spaces or you'll get a big dump of snow on the other side. I'm interested in the logistics (for lack of a better word) of building snow fence myself.
I read where in Wyoming they had done studies and recommended
stacking the hay in a V s hape and then gave the dimensions needed.
It was pretty neat and we tried it, as did our neighbor. The neighbors worked better because he was on the level. With ours there is a slight
incline away from the middle of the V, and it didn't work as well. He got
more shelter over a bigger area than we did. So many things to take into
consideration.

Daniels Mfg. show you how to put windbreak away from the sides of
your barn to keep the snow from in front of the barn.

This is a very interesting subject. Glad you brought it up, Doc Harris!!

I'd appreciate anyones thoughts on good, effective windbreak.

(Of course, you can't beat natural shelter. Trees, brush, draws that run
the right way, etc.)
 
DOC HARRIS said:
NR and cowsense-

I am afraid that both of you misunderstood my question regarding the windbreak fences!

I did NOT mean to infer that I thought your fences were 'gimmicky'! If you will read the post again I said, '. . .in my 'inventive and gimmicky'." mind. The "Gimmicky" reference was to MY mind . . . not YOUR fences!
I am well aware of how effective wind and snow fences are - I have lived within them at times. I just thought that I had an idea of how to improve them. But if you are happy - - FINE.

DOC HARRIS
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DOC,if you have a way to improve them let us know :) The thing is though our cattle are climatised,even with the wind breaks we have now,rarely will the cattle use them...nothing to see cattle huddled together out in an open field even when a wind break IS available.Animals like people adapt to thier conditions.
 
Here in windy southern alberta slab fences are a required feature. The slab spacing allows for some wind to penetrate the fence thereby preventing a total blow down. The slabs also prevent a buffeting effect that would deposit a snow drift on the leaward side.
 
Doc- Some of the best and cheapest windbreak fencing material used around here is hay....Build the stacks in an area or design to protect best from the predominant winds...If you V the stack with the point of the V facing north you get some beautiful protection from the north, east and west which is our usual cold winds- and allow in sunlight from the south..... The V design gives you protection and a clear area for about double the length of the stack...

Only problem is that you eventually feed up your windbreak and toward spring when some of the spring storms hit, your windbreak is getting mighty small...
 
Well, I think that bull's worth his weight in gold just for having the guts (or other things) to "hang out" in that kind of weather.

Most fellas would be high and tight until it gets to civilized temperatures around 70F!

If that bull is doing that kinda job in those conditions, just imagine what he could do if half his swimmers weren't frozen!

Congrats--nice bull!
 
I'm interested in how you would improve in their design Doc-I'm open to suggestions for sure-most times my cows winter out without too much windbreak depending on what field they are in. I thought I'd revolutionized slab fencing when I went to wood screws instead of nails lol. I see in Wyoming they put boards on horizontally instead of vertically.
 

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