It's past breakfast time...

[burnt]

...and it still hasn't rained or snowed today. Amazing!

We have had the wettest fall in a while with soybean and corn harvest shut right down for quite a while. Water laying in a lot of fields. Not sure how it goes cutting soys in those conditions. Maybe some of these big guys won't be trying to rent another big chunk of ground next year...

Had a heavy wet snow on the weekend that knocked some corn down.

It's a great day! The sun is shining (a bit)

Well it was when I started typing this anyway. :?

I don't think there's any need to start building an ark though.

 

[LazyWP]

I'll bet there isn't much of a bean yield after sitting in water. We went to Akron Iowa, on Saturday. Bought another horse. Anyway, there were still lots of beans left in the field then. Combines running all over. In places all the crops were out, but 10 miles down the road, all still in the fields.
They are talking rain, snow and cold for the next couple days. I am gonna run out to McGill Nevada this week to pickup some Longhorns for a friend of mine. Hopefully there won't be nasty weather all the way.

 

[gcreekrch]

Been relatively dry here. It did rain for 7-8 hours on Saturday. Snow on the mountains again.

-16 c here this morning. Sun isn't up yet. Or the breakfast cook even....

 

[Tom in TN]

gcreekrch,

I've never been to British Columbia, but I have an old book that I've read more than once entitled "Grass Beyond the Mountains". It's a real life story about two cowboys from the US (Wyoming or Montana as I remember), who moved to the Chilcotin area of BC back in the 1930s and homesteaded a huge area for a ranch.

The two old cowboys passed away long ago, but I believe that the ranch is still in operation.

It's a great book (probably not Pulitzer Prize material, but just right for this old man).

Tom in TN

 

[gcreekrch]

gcreekrch,

I've never been to British Columbia, but I have an old book that I've read more than once entitled "Grass Beyond the Mountains". It's a real life story about two cowboys from the US (Wyoming or Montana as I remember), who moved to the Chilcotin area of BC back in the 1930s and homesteaded a huge area for a ranch.

The two old cowboys passed away long ago, but I believe that the ranch is still in operation.

It's a great book (probably not Pulitzer Prize material, but just right for this old man).

Tom in TN

The book was a good "story".

I was fortunate enough to know Lester Dorsey, Tommy Holte, Alfred Bryant, the Lehmans and a few others in the book. Lots of their progeny still around.

Tommy Holte told me one that Rich Hobson could have gone fishing for an hour, seen a butterfly and wrote a full length book about the day.

Home Ranch has had several owners but has been basically abandoned since the late 70's. The guy that owns it now is in process of putting in year round access. There is a logging road within 15 miles of the ranch.

 

[Denny]

I cut some hay yesterday. It's freeze dried and I'll bale it today.

 

[starvin'dog]

My wife's grandpa was a sparring partner of Rich Hobson. I wonder if "poetic licence" has him in the book as one of the wild Indians he duked it out with. He was a 'half breed' as they called themselves.
I too enjoyed the book Tom, it was my dad's favorite.
Did you know any of the Savards at Vanderhoof Dave?

 

[Tom in TN]

gcreekrch,

Thanks for the update. That is way cool that you knew some the principals involved.

I had a horse-riding friend in Georgia back in the late 70s. He made arrangements with the ranch operators to fly up there and ride across the length of the ranch. He and one of the cowhands on the ranch rode and camped for about a week or 10 days riding across there. He took tons of pictures. It was really interesting.

Thanks again for the information. I'm not nearly tough enough to do what those guys did, but I sure do enjoy reading about their exploits.

Tom in TN

 

[Faster horses]

Grass Beyond the Mountains was Mr. FH favorite book. He first read it in high school and never stopped talking about it. I found it in a book store in Anaconda, Mt. and bought it for him. In fact, that book had a big bearing on us meeting Gcreek and Debbie. Probably the best
thing that came from reading it was meeting those great folks................

Actually, there are 3 books in the series. Grass Beyond the Mountains;
Nothing too good for a cowboy; and The Rancher takes a wife. All are
available on Amazon.

It's snowing here and we have a winter storm advisory til 6 am Tuesday.

 

[Faster horses]

Been relatively dry here. It did rain for 7-8 hours on Saturday. Snow on the mountains again.

-16 c here this morning. Sun isn't up yet. Or the breakfast cook even....

It's her turn for breakfast in bed....... :wink:

 

[gcreekrch]

Been relatively dry here. It did rain for 7-8 hours on Saturday. Snow on the mountains again.

-16 c here this morning. Sun isn't up yet. Or the breakfast cook even....

It's her turn for breakfast in bed....... :wink:

Do that once and women start to expect it. :wink:

 

[gcreekrch]

My wife's grandpa was a sparring partner of Rich Hobson. I wonder if "poetic licence" has him in the book as one of the wild Indians he duked it out with. He was a 'half breed' as they called themselves.
I too enjoyed the book Tom, it was my dad's favorite.
Did you know any of the Savards at Vanderhoof Dave?

I think there is a Don Savard at Vanderhoof that I've heard of. Don't know any though.

 

[gcreekrch]

gcreekrch,

Thanks for the update. That is way cool that you knew some the principals involved.

I had a horse-riding friend in Georgia back in the late 70s. He made arrangements with the ranch operators to fly up there and ride across the length of the ranch. He and one of the cowhands on the ranch rode and camped for about a week or 10 days riding across there. He took tons of pictures. It was really interesting.

Thanks again for the information. I'm not nearly tough enough to do what those guys did, but I sure do enjoy reading about their exploits.

Tom in TN

He must have had a very creative guide. You can ride across Home Ranch itself in about hour on a slow horse. This is pretty country when it wants to be.

I'm not tough enough to want to do what the first ones did. Randolph Mulvahill, who was second generation rancher at Chezacut BC was born about 1910 and died at 91. I used to visit Randolph often after he sold the ranch. He once told me, "Anyone ever tells you about the good ol' days Dave, you tell them to shove them right up their @&&".

 

[burnt]

What a difference one sunny day makes.

Neighbors took my field of corn off this afternoon and evening and I only got the tractor and wagon stuck once.

Corn was 24% moisture and yielded well. Just a test plot left for tomorrow.

Next project is to cut the stalks for corn stover and see if we can stretch the hay /haylage a bit further this winter.

This gig is still enjoyable but I'm finding that it is further up and down the tractor steps than it used to be . . . :? . . . or something . . . :???:

 

[gcreekrch]

What a difference one sunny day makes.

Neighbors took my field of corn off this afternoon and evening and I only got the tractor and wagon stuck once.

Corn was 24% moisture and yielded well. Just a test plot left for tomorrow.

Next project is to cut the stalks for corn stover and see if we can stretch the hay /haylage a bit further this winter.

This gig is still enjoyable but I'm finding that it is further up and down the tractor steps than it used to be . . . :? . . . or something . . . :???:

Did ya buy a bigger tractor?

 

[burnt]

What a difference one sunny day makes.

Neighbors took my field of corn off this afternoon and evening and I only got the tractor and wagon stuck once.

Corn was 24% moisture and yielded well. Just a test plot left for tomorrow.

Next project is to cut the stalks for corn stover and see if we can stretch the hay /haylage a bit further this winter.

This gig is still enjoyable but I'm finding that it is further up and down the tractor steps than it used to be . . . :? . . . or something . . . :???:

Did ya buy a bigger tractor?

That's kinda the kicker - I have one about the same size, but with MFD, coming but the dealer had to wait until the loader frame came in.

But at least I'll be able to feed cows in the comfort of a cab this winter so missing one day of corn harvest seems a bit less critical...

 

[Faster horses]

Been relatively dry here. It did rain for 7-8 hours on Saturday. Snow on the mountains again.

-16 c here this morning. Sun isn't up yet. Or the breakfast cook even....

It's her turn for breakfast in bed....... :wink:

Do that once and women start to expect it. :wink:

Kinda like men changing a roll of toilet paper. I don't think it's ever been
tried before... :lol: :lol: :lol: :wink:

 

[gcreekrch]

It's her turn for breakfast in bed....... :wink:

Do that once and women start to expect it. :wink:

Kinda like men changing a roll of toilet paper. I don't think it's ever been
tried before... :lol: :lol: :lol: :wink:

I CAN do that! :wink: