January 20-23, 2013

[Soapweed]

Unloading hay from afar. Delivered in at $170 per ton.

It might come in handy before the winter is over.

Welfare recipients

Suzy Homemaker

Boy with a ball

His little cousin

Fun little critters to have around.

Solar pump in motion

Not much sun, but enough

Pumping a good stream

The solar panel

Standing ground tied

Sunflower making a self portrait clay figure.

The next step will be putting on the ears.

Look into my eyes. :shock:

The task is accomplished.

Happy that the job is done.

Corner post for out in a lake, made from an old auto-gate. These were positioned out on the ice, so they will fall through
in the proper spot whenever the ice melts enough.

Another one ready to go

Cold weather project

For a couple of hard working young men.

Presentation by SDSU and the SD Department of Agriculture.

Held at Martin Livestock.

Good sized crowd in attendance

Including none other than JF Ranch. Martin Livestock promoted this event very well by sponsoring a wonderful hamburger feed
prior to the presentation. Thank you, Martin Livestock.

 

[Triangle Bar]

Sunflower is a real artist. Tell her that's great as long as she doesn't make you a clay cake for your birthday. :wink:

 

[Nicky]

Very cool that Sunflower is doing sculpture! What a talented young lady. Have you had the solar pump for quite awhile? Don't think we've seen pictures of it before...course it's not quite as scenic as a windmill. The corner posts for the ponds are interesting...

 

[Soapweed]

Very cool that Sunflower is doing sculpture! What a talented young lady. Have you had the solar pump for quite awhile? Don't think we've seen pictures of it before...course it's not quite as scenic as a windmill. The corner posts for the ponds are interesting...

This solar system was installed this past September. Here are the photos and explanation at that time. It works quite well, but I'm still partial to windmills.

http://ranchers.net/forum/viewtopic.php?t=59980&highlight=solar+pump

I was recently visiting with a rancher who uses a three pasture rotation in the summer time. He says each pasture has one windmill and one solar pump, with the theory being there is usually either sunshine or wind, if not both. I think he is right.

 

[DustDevil]

Good lookin hay, cute kids, beautiful sculpture / sculptor (sculptress ?), pretty ingenious design for an aquatic corner post and method of deployment ! 8)

 

[jodywy]

Good to see everbody stay busy, even if one just shoots pictures

 

[mrj]

Your family certainly has done a great job of making/allowing time to develop the talent God gave you! Even the photography takes more than simply pointing and shooting as most of us do.

Your grandbabies are a little older than ours and I love the glimpses of their development giving me a 'heads-up' on what is ahead with our little great-grand girl.

Do you have any report on that program at Martin livestock? It seems to us that SDSU is doing a good job and am curious what others think of current programs.

mrj

 

[R A]

Thanks for sharing! Does look like fun critters to have around!... Can't imagine being able to sculpt that! Having hay like that on the place sure is a nice feeling!

 

[nortexsook]

Wow, $170 per ton delivered seems like a bargain....

 

[Larrry]

How far did it come from and what direction

 

[Soapweed]

How far did it come from and what direction

Probably over 300 miles, from NorDakoda.

 

[JF Ranch]

The SDSU presentation must not have been very interesting, Soapy. It looks like your friend is dozing.....

 

[Faster horses]

The SDSU presentation must not have been very interesting, Soapy. It looks like your friend is dozing.....

Did you tell on yourself? I couldn't tell you were dozing...

 

[Soapweed]

The SDSU presentation must not have been very interesting, Soapy. It looks like your friend is dozing.....

Probably concentrating, reflecting, and contemplating how best to execute all of the new ideas being proposed. :wink:

 

[Larrry]

That doesn't seem bad at all when you figure three hundred miles of freight. I know guys who pay more than that for FOB feed

 

[Justin]

we've been paying $125-$160/ton delivered. i also bought some barley straw for about $80/ton deliverd. i've found a fair amount of "reasonably" priced hay in ND and Canada, but if a person isn't careful on the trucking side of things, the hay can get pretty spendy, pretty quick.