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Of an evening

leanin' H

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I ran up the valley to where I summer my little bunch a couple of nights ago. Wanted to check on them and the feed and water. We pump out of a well into 2- 1400 gallon underground tanks. Then they gravity feed the troughs. Only need to pump twice a month, but I always swing by a couple times a week incase of trouble. Dehyrated bovines aren't worth much. Here's my lone red cow. She's a tank but an easy keeper who raises long, fleshy calves. Her calf this year was born the end of April and is really starting to bloom.
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The heifer closest to ya is a teenage mother. She calved as a 18 month old on the 18th of May. She was a fall calf herself and won't be two until September. Had a yearling bull get through the fence for about 4 hours one day and nature finds a way! She's doing great and her calf looks good too.
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Here's the same cow and the cow she's out of behind her. The older cow is what every cow ought'a be if I was in charge of things. She's dog gentle, Soggy, has plenty of depth, decent length, great feet, nice bag and raises pretty calves. If I had the Million Northern was talking about in his post, I'd spend lots of it on more just like her.
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The rest of the bunch were up the ridge a ways where the grass is. The cows down below were chasing green bindweed and sunflowers. The ol' dryland grasses are pretty much seeded out and getting dry but the cows are doing great. It's been a while since I've seen the grass look like this out here! :shock: Amazing spring rains sure make it jump. For those of ya who havent got the moisture, I sure feel for ya! Know that we always fight that fight on a yearly basis. Maybe you can take some hope from our grass and you'll get buckets of water next year! I sure hope ya do!
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Even the bull looks short in grass like this! First year running him and will be fun to see what his calves turn out to be.
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Out of 6 calves we got 1 steer calf this year. Hoping to buy some light steers to feed this fall when the cattle come off the mountain. We'll see what we can do.
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The same steer with tall wheat, intermediate, crested and bunch grasses almost as high as his hip. Wish the 160 acres was a whole section. Or ten!
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The sun was heading west and the clouds were floating by, and the desert started cooling from the day.
The cows are fat and watered and the calves are slicking off, in a pasture full of feed as tall as hay.
And as the night approaches and I point the truck for home, my wife and kids and supper all await.
I send a little silent prayer to be carried by the breeze! Many thanks Lord, for a life that's pretty great!
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Triangle Bar

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You, my friend, are truly blessed...tall grass, fat cows, a new job, a lovely family and (last but not least):

You may be a poet,
and didn't even know it. :)
 
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