One year ago yesterday

[burnt]

we finished planting the oats/barley/peas mix into very dry ground. Then it turned cold and stayed dry until May before it warmed up.

This year we still have a foot or more of snow in places with just the hilltops sticking through the snow.

Quite a difference.

 

[Big Muddy rancher]

Last March my str calves graze out on the flats with no weather protection and did just fine.

NOT this year.

But we do have moisture for run off.

 

[Faster horses]

Talked to a friend and customer today and he said last year they didn't have to
put any cows in the barn. This year they have had 180 through there already.
It's a really tough calving season in SE Montana. A neighbor said it was 2
below last night with a lot of wind. They saw 4 calves being born and before
they could get them all in, they froze their ears.

We noticed that even when we got them in our metal barn, they still froze their
ears. In SW Montana we had an Alberta clipper come through in late Feb. 1989.
We had some syncronized cows that were just starting to calve. It was really
cold, and we put those calves in a wooden barn and none, NOT ONE, froze
their ears. It was so cold some cows froze their bags and of course a lot of
bulls were no good after the storm. Can't beat a barn made from wood. And
it wasn't even a real good barn...

 

[burnt]

That's really interesting! Kinda makes sense too.

 

[Soapweed]

Talked to a friend and customer today and he said last year they didn't have to
put any cows in the barn. This year they have had 180 through there already.
It's a really tough calving season in SE Montana. A neighbor said it was 2
below last night with a lot of wind. They saw 4 calves being born and before
they could get them all in, they froze their ears.

We noticed that even when we got them in our metal barn, they still froze their
ears. In SW Montana we had an Alberta clipper come through in late Feb. 1989.
We had some syncronized cows that were just starting to calve. It was really
cold, and we put those calves in a wooden barn and none, NOT ONE, froze
their ears. It was so cold some cows froze their bags and of course a lot of
bulls were no good after the storm. Can't beat a barn made from wood. And
it wasn't even a real good barn...

This is very different, but somewhat the same concept. Hoping that Leanin' H might someday come for a visit, I have stocked up on Pepsi. :wink: This Pepsi is stored in our "mud-room," which isn't maybe quite as warm as the rest of our house. The Pepsi is on the floor, near a north wall, and is in both aluminum cans and in plastic bottles. When you grab an aluminum can out of the box, it is as cold as if it were in a refrigerator. If you take a plastic bottle instead, the Pepsi is just room temperature, and needs to be put in a glass with ice. It is an interesting phenomenom.

 

[Big Swede]

We were fighting fire in 80 degree plus temps last March. This feels more like normal to me.

 

[leanin' H]

Talked to a friend and customer today and he said last year they didn't have to
put any cows in the barn. This year they have had 180 through there already.
It's a really tough calving season in SE Montana. A neighbor said it was 2
below last night with a lot of wind. They saw 4 calves being born and before
they could get them all in, they froze their ears.

We noticed that even when we got them in our metal barn, they still froze their
ears. In SW Montana we had an Alberta clipper come through in late Feb. 1989.
We had some syncronized cows that were just starting to calve. It was really
cold, and we put those calves in a wooden barn and none, NOT ONE, froze
their ears. It was so cold some cows froze their bags and of course a lot of
bulls were no good after the storm. Can't beat a barn made from wood. And
it wasn't even a real good barn...

This is very different, but somewhat the same concept. Hoping that Leanin' H might someday come for a visit, I have stocked up on Pepsi. :wink: This Pepsi is stored in our "mud-room," which isn't maybe quite as warm as the rest of our house. The Pepsi is on the floor, near a north wall, and is in both aluminum cans and in plastic bottles. When you grab an aluminum can out of the box, it is as cold as if it were in a refrigerator. If you take a plastic bottle instead, the Pepsi is just room temperature, and needs to be put in a glass with ice. It is an interesting phenomenom.

I really think i had better come give that interesting phenomenom you have described a closer look.

 

[Soapweed]

Talked to a friend and customer today and he said last year they didn't have to
put any cows in the barn. This year they have had 180 through there already.
It's a really tough calving season in SE Montana. A neighbor said it was 2
below last night with a lot of wind. They saw 4 calves being born and before
they could get them all in, they froze their ears.

We noticed that even when we got them in our metal barn, they still froze their
ears. In SW Montana we had an Alberta clipper come through in late Feb. 1989.
We had some syncronized cows that were just starting to calve. It was really
cold, and we put those calves in a wooden barn and none, NOT ONE, froze
their ears. It was so cold some cows froze their bags and of course a lot of
bulls were no good after the storm. Can't beat a barn made from wood. And
it wasn't even a real good barn...

This is very different, but somewhat the same concept. Hoping that Leanin' H might someday come for a visit, I have stocked up on Pepsi. :wink: This Pepsi is stored in our "mud-room," which isn't maybe quite as warm as the rest of our house. The Pepsi is on the floor, near a north wall, and is in both aluminum cans and in plastic bottles. When you grab an aluminum can out of the box, it is as cold as if it were in a refrigerator. If you take a plastic bottle instead, the Pepsi is just room temperature, and needs to be put in a glass with ice. It is an interesting phenomenom.

I really think i had better come give that interesting phenomenom you have described a closer look.

There is plenty of Pepsi on hand. Come and we'll drink together.

At the time of John F. Kennedy's funeral on November 25, 1963, school was dismissed so that all the little children could watch the funeral on television. We didn't have a TV at the time, so went to our neighbor's place to watch on his TV. This is the same house where Peach and I now live, and have since May 1, 1986. Our neighbor was batching at the time, as he had recently gone through a divorce. He always had lots of soda pop on hand, and there were stacks of wooden crates with glass bottles of pop in his basement. I recall both watching the Kennedy funeral on television, and having all the Pepsi and Hydrox cookies that one little twelve-year-old boy could handle. :wink:

 

[Big Muddy rancher]

This is very different, but somewhat the same concept. Hoping that Leanin' H might someday come for a visit, I have stocked up on Pepsi. :wink: This Pepsi is stored in our "mud-room," which isn't maybe quite as warm as the rest of our house. The Pepsi is on the floor, near a north wall, and is in both aluminum cans and in plastic bottles. When you grab an aluminum can out of the box, it is as cold as if it were in a refrigerator. If you take a plastic bottle instead, the Pepsi is just room temperature, and needs to be put in a glass with ice. It is an interesting phenomenom.

I really think i had better come give that interesting phenomenom you have described a closer look.

There is plenty of Pepsi on hand. Come and we'll drink together.

At the time of John F. Kennedy's funeral on November 25, 1963, school was dismissed so that all the little children could watch the funeral on television. We didn't have a TV at the time, so went to our neighbor's place to watch on his TV. This is the same house where Peach and I now live, and have since May 1, 1986. Our neighbor was batching at the time, as he had recently gone through a divorce. He always had lots of soda pop on hand, and there were stacks of wooden crates with glass bottles of pop in his basement. I recall both watching the Kennedy funeral on television, and having all the Pepsi and Hydrox cookies that one little twelve-year-old boy could handle. :wink:

I had to google Hydrox cookies. Don't think I had ever heard of them. :?

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB120069573721101481.html

 

[Soapweed]

I really think i had better come give that interesting phenomenom you have described a closer look.

There is plenty of Pepsi on hand. Come and we'll drink together.

At the time of John F. Kennedy's funeral on November 25, 1963, school was dismissed so that all the little children could watch the funeral on television. We didn't have a TV at the time, so went to our neighbor's place to watch on his TV. This is the same house where Peach and I now live, and have since May 1, 1986. Our neighbor was batching at the time, as he had recently gone through a divorce. He always had lots of soda pop on hand, and there were stacks of wooden crates with glass bottles of pop in his basement. I recall both watching the Kennedy funeral on television, and having all the Pepsi and Hydrox cookies that one little twelve-year-old boy could handle. :wink:

I had to google Hydrox cookies. Don't think I had ever heard of them. :?

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB120069573721101481.html

They were just like Oreos, only better. I haven't seen any around for years.

That is an interesting article. This passage describes me to a T.

Hydrox eaters tend to be independent-thinkers, favor underdogs and be skeptical of corporate marketing, he says. Even with Hydrox gone, they won't switch sides.

 

[Big Muddy rancher]

There is plenty of Pepsi on hand. Come and we'll drink together.

At the time of John F. Kennedy's funeral on November 25, 1963, school was dismissed so that all the little children could watch the funeral on television. We didn't have a TV at the time, so went to our neighbor's place to watch on his TV. This is the same house where Peach and I now live, and have since May 1, 1986. Our neighbor was batching at the time, as he had recently gone through a divorce. He always had lots of soda pop on hand, and there were stacks of wooden crates with glass bottles of pop in his basement. I recall both watching the Kennedy funeral on television, and having all the Pepsi and Hydrox cookies that one little twelve-year-old boy could handle. :wink:

I had to google Hydrox cookies. Don't think I had ever heard of them. :?

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB120069573721101481.html

They were just like Oreos, only better. I haven't seen any around for years.

That is an interesting article. This passage describes me to a T.

Hydrox eaters tend to be independent-thinkers, favor underdogs and be skeptical of corporate marketing, he says. Even with Hydrox gone, they won't switch sides.

Ya i thought of you as I read that. :wink: :lol: :lol:

 

[Hayguy]

I see lot's about Pepsi on here but nothing about Coke. am i missing something :? or am i just from the wrong side of the river :wink:

 

[Soapweed]

I see lot's about Pepsi on here but nothing about Coke. am i missing something :? or am i just from the wrong side of the river :wink:

Just say NO to Coke and other drugs. :wink:

 

[Big Muddy rancher]

I see lot's about Pepsi on here but nothing about Coke. am i missing something :? or am i just from the wrong side of the river :wink:

YEP :wink: :lol: :lol:

 

[S.S.A.P.]

I see lot's about Pepsi on here but nothing about Coke. am i missing something :? or am i just from the wrong side of the river :wink:

I'm on that side of the river also ~ pepsi tastes like flat coke to me But if that is all there is for mix ... I'll use pepsi

 

[gcreekrch]

Talked to a friend and customer today and he said last year they didn't have to
put any cows in the barn. This year they have had 180 through there already.
It's a really tough calving season in SE Montana. A neighbor said it was 2
below last night with a lot of wind. They saw 4 calves being born and before
they could get them all in, they froze their ears.

We noticed that even when we got them in our metal barn, they still froze their
ears. In SW Montana we had an Alberta clipper come through in late Feb. 1989.
We had some syncronized cows that were just starting to calve. It was really
cold, and we put those calves in a wooden barn and none, NOT ONE, froze
their ears. It was so cold some cows froze their bags and of course a lot of
bulls were no good after the storm. Can't beat a barn made from wood. And
it wasn't even a real good barn...

1 wrap of duct tape to hold the ears next to the neck is all it takes. :wink:

 

[burnt]

Talked to a friend and customer today and he said last year they didn't have to
put any cows in the barn. This year they have had 180 through there already.
It's a really tough calving season in SE Montana. A neighbor said it was 2
below last night with a lot of wind. They saw 4 calves being born and before
they could get them all in, they froze their ears.

We noticed that even when we got them in our metal barn, they still froze their
ears. In SW Montana we had an Alberta clipper come through in late Feb. 1989.
We had some syncronized cows that were just starting to calve. It was really
cold, and we put those calves in a wooden barn and none, NOT ONE, froze
their ears. It was so cold some cows froze their bags and of course a lot of
bulls were no good after the storm. Can't beat a barn made from wood. And
it wasn't even a real good barn...

1 wrap of duct tape to hold the ears next to the neck is all it takes. :wink:

Duct tape? :shock: Poor lil beggar when the tape comes off!

Hey why not cut those "defective" yoga pants into short chunks and put them to a good use? Well you know what I mean . . . :lol:

 

[TizHot]

The steel barn thinking seems to have merit. Walk in our machinery shed and a blast of cold air hits you. Especially if sun is out (of course). Bought ear hoods from lady at Agribition and they wer junk. Then it was on to my mother in law with some ideas and poof a hoodie that stays on,keeps ears warm and fits even the small calves. If she wasn't busy with other things we would have a business. Best I have seen yet.

I must be from wrong side of river cause it's Coke all the way.