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Mostly cattle photos, July 24, 2009

Soapweed

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Struttingalongthebeach.jpg

Strutting along the beach
GladItookthispicture.jpg

Glad I took this picture, because the wire fell off the vehicle before
arriving at the next stop. Now I at least know where to look on my
next trip through the pasture.
Nine-year-oldcowandhercalf.jpg

Nine-year-old cow and her calf
Wateryoudoingwiththatcamera.jpg

Water you doing with that camera?
Riseshineandstretch.jpg

Rise, shine, and stretch
Thirstysituation.jpg

Thirsty situation
StilldisplayingmarkingsofaHerefordh.jpg

Still displaying markings of a Hereford heritage
Thecounterfeitcowboyridesagain.jpg

The counterfeit cowboy rides again, getting a bull out of the wrong pasture
Mommasboy.jpg

Momma's boy
Onelastdrinkbeforedark.jpg

One last drink before dark
Lookingacrossthehills.jpg

Looking across the hills
Theyletmeoutonbale.jpg

They let me out on bale.
Scarletamblingover.jpg

Scarlett ambling over
 

burnt

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leanin' H said:
Those steer calves look great! Why didnt ya throw a couple bales in your ranger and haul them home with ya? :wink:

Because after he made bale, he was too wired to care. :wink: :roll:
 

Cal

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Nice looking calves, Soap!

At $35 per ton to have this done, a check was written out for $22,750 for them.

Soap, I was just wondering about that quote I hijacked. Are you running any balers with net wrap? Wide pickup? If not, adding a few bucks to that $22750 ought to get you a machine that could roll through 650 T pretty darn fast.....maybe twice as fast as a conventional baler. Just my opinion.

I've also got to give a plug for the New Holland rotary windrowers with the rear air bag suspenion.....can't believe how much they soften the rough meadows and alfalfa ground.
 

Soapweed

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Cal said:
Nice looking calves, Soap!

At $35 per ton to have this done, a check was written out for $22,750 for them.

Soap, I was just wondering about that quote I hijacked. Are you running any balers with net wrap? Wide pickup? If not, adding a few bucks to that $22750 ought to get you a machine that could roll through 650 T pretty darn fast.....maybe twice as fast as a conventional baler. Just my opinion.

I've also got to give a plug for the New Holland rotary windrowers with the rear air bag suspenion.....can't believe how much they soften the rough meadows and alfalfa ground.

I'm not too sure I'd like the net wrap in the winter time. The hay couldn't be fed through a processor because the net wrap would litter the place badly. One thing about hiring some of the hay put up, it gets done when it should get done. Any summer rains give the after grass a chance to grow. The best part is it is just that much more hay that we don't have to put up. :) Our contractors are great people, and they do the job right.
 

WyomingRancher

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Your calves are sure growing and looking great :D . I agree with you on the net wrap. It can be quite the pain removing it once it freezes to the bale.
 

Justin

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boy those calves are sure looking good, Soap. i'm not going to feel good about posting pics of mine after everyone saw yours. :? thanks again for the tour :D
 

Faster horses

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Nice stretchy calves, Soap.

And it is nice to get the hay up when it's ready,not when it's ripe.
Amazing what you find with a hay test; the earlier hay is put up,
the better it is.

Mr. FH uses net wrap and a bale processor. He likes it better than twine and he likes it twice because he can bale much faster too.

If ever you are interested, you'll have to visit with him in regards
to using twine in the processor;
he maintains there is less net wrap on the ground than twine.
But on the other hand, he uses a cowdog too. :shock: :wink: :p :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:

FWIW.
 

Sundancer

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Here in this wet neck of the woods, all our hay is net wrapped. And usually just before feeding time in Dec. we get an ice storm. We feed 99% of our hay and spread all our corn stalk bales for bedding with a Vermeer BP7000 processor. It is quite amazing that there is virtually no net wrap that ends up on the ground. The secret is to slowly turn the bales in the processor until the wrap is off and that keeps the wrap around the rotor. Then once a week, just slice it with the knife that comes with the machine and it pulls right off. It works great here, but as we know, everyone's situation is a little different.

Wow, Soapweed, those steers are really coming along nicely! October is not all that far off! ($$$$$$)
 

Jassy

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Great photo of the cow getting her last drink...I like that one..of course I like all of em..Things are still looking good up yur way I see...at least yur haying...not so much down here...still a tad bit wet...

We bought hay a couple years ago that had netting wrap on it..and it was awful..still have some of the stuff laying around..never again!
 

Soapweed

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Jassy said:
Great photo of the cow getting her last drink...I like that one..of course I like all of em..Things are still looking good up yur way I see...at least yur haying...not so much down here...still a tad bit wet...

We bought hay a couple years ago that had netting wrap on it..and it was awful..still have some of the stuff laying around..never again!

That picture would have been better if the cow would have had a complete tail. :wink: She is a pretty good cow anyway, and I can't point my finger at her deficiencies. :roll: :)

As for the net wrapping, I once visited a ranch that had been feeding net-wrapped bales all winter with a bale processor. The place looked like a high wind had gone through the city dump and deposited everything on their pastures. What a mess. I pretty much decided then and there to never use net wrapping. :?
 

talldog

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What a beautiful place--Great scenery-- Love your Flag, we still have Patriots in our great country---God Bless You'll !!!!!! :wave:
 

Cal

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Sundancer said:
Here in this wet neck of the woods, all our hay is net wrapped. And usually just before feeding time in Dec. we get an ice storm. We feed 99% of our hay and spread all our corn stalk bales for bedding with a Vermeer BP7000 processor. It is quite amazing that there is virtually no net wrap that ends up on the ground. The secret is to slowly turn the bales in the processor until the wrap is off and that keeps the wrap around the rotor. Then once a week, just slice it with the knife that comes with the machine and it pulls right off. It works great here, but as we know, everyone's situation is a little different.

Wow, Soapweed, those steers are really coming along nicely! October is not all that far off! ($$$$$$)
That's our experience using the same machine, except it has to be cut about 5 times a day. Where we had a mess was where we took the net off of bales to put them in hay feeders in pens. In the spring just gathered it together and burned it. The stuff melts really easy.
 
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