Snowy

These are shots looking northeast, west of the house. Got a strong 2 inches but no wind. Yet!

Went over and helped the neighbor shear. Bob loves working sheep. They bounce and jump and run from him! Wheeee!

He did pretty good for a dumb ol’ cowdog!

Here’s a picture of hm and Delbert’s young dog, Rowdy. Pretty hard to get a good picture of Bob as he’s scared of the camera because of the flash.

At noon I called Cindy to plug in the tractor in case I got home late, so I could feed cows. She called back and said that there was no electricity to plug in to. So when we got about done I headed home. Fiddled around and couldn’t make anything work, so after I harnessed up the team and fed we went to Punkin Center and got some fuses and dog food and came home, when I snapped the top pictures. I swapped out all the cigar fuses and no luck. Then I swapped out a small type fuse and viola! I had electricity! Now when someone calls to tell me they are bringing hay I can plug that cold blooded tractor in to unload it.

Wee bit nippy

Only up to 11 or so now, at noon. Used the tractor to feed and set out some more bales. Supposed to get a little snow today and tonight. Helping the neighbor shear his sheep tomorrow so we will see if Bob is a sheep dog! 🙂

I ran Chance his horses and trailer yesterday. We met at Newel which is almost half way. Sure was blizzardy looking going out across the “gumbo” but then, there is nothing between the “gumbo” and the north pole other than a 3 strand barbed wire fence and it has two strands broken!

Overcast

and cool, but not real cold. Lite breeze coming in, but all in all, it could be worse. Went to Punkin Center after I got chores done to get a tire on my bale unroller fixed. Heard  of a guy not much older than me, I went to high school with who passed away from Cancer. Seems I am at the age where lots of people I know are susceptible.

Headed to Wall this afternoon for a fund raiser/benefit auction for another feller I know who has cancer. It is just so damned expensive to try and treat and deal with these things.

McDonalds

Jut got this in an email. I knew they were using imported South American beef that does not have the same health standards as the beef in this country and this guy has a point. Thought I’d share it. You do to if you feel as he does.

MUST READ ABOUT MCDONALDS

THIS IS A GOOD DECENT MAN WHO TOOK THE TIME TO WRITE THIS AND: HE SIGNED THE
STATEMENT AND: INCLUDED HIS CONTACT INFO:

PLEASE READ ON

I’m sure those of you who aren’t in the cattle business don’t understand the
issues here. But to those of us whose living depends on the cattle market,
selling cattle, raising the best beef possible… This is frustrating. This
will keep us from ever stopping there again, even for a drink. The original
message is from the Texas Cattle Feeders Association American cattle
producers are very passionate about this.

McDonald’s claims that there is not enough beef in the USA to support their
restaurants. Well, we know that is not so. Our opinion is they are looking
to save money at our expense. The sad thing of it is that the people of the
USA are the ones who made McDonald’s successful in the first place, but we
are not good enough to provide beef.

We personally are no longer eating at McDonald’s, which I am sure does not
make an impact, but if we pass this around maybe there will be an impact
felt.

All Americans that sell cows at a livestock auction barn had to sign a paper
stating that we do NOT EVER feed our cows any part of another cow.. South
Americans are not required to do this as of yet.

McDonald’s has announced that they are going to start importing much of
their beef from South America . The problem is that South Americans aren’t
under the same regulations as American beef producers, and the regulations
they have are loosely controlled.

They can spray numerous pesticides on their pastures that have been banned
here at home because of residues found in the beef. They can also use
various hormones and growth regulators that we can’t. The American public
needs to be aware of this problem and that they may be putting themselves at
risk from now on by eating at good old McDonald’s..

American ranchers raise the highest quality beef in the world and this is
what Americans deserve to eat. Not beef from countries where quality is
loosely controlled. Therefore, I am proposing a boycott of McDonald’s until
they see the light.

I’m sorry but everything is not always about the bottom line, and when it
comes to jeopardizing my family’s health, that is where I draw the line.

I am sending this note to about thirty people. If each of you send it to at
least ten more (30 x 10 = 300) …and those 300 send it to at l east ten
more (300 x 10 = 3,000) … And so on, by the time the message reaches the
sixth generation of people, we will have reached over THREE MILLION
consumers!

I’ll bet you didn’t think you and I had that much potential, did you? Acting
together we can make a difference. If this makes sense to you, please pass
this message on..

David W. Forrest, Ph.D ., PAS, Dipl.
ACAP Department of Animal Science
Texas A&M University
Phone (979) 845-3560
Fax (979) 862-3399
2471 TAMU College Station , TX 77843-2471

Birds?

I got your birds right here.

Chickadee’s we always called them. Cute, but they sure make a mess in my horses grain boxes, cleaning up the tidbits of grain and also in the big bag of extruded soybeans setting in the shed. If I close it up, some still manage to wiggle in there as do Starlings evidently as there was one in there this winter when I went to get grain one day. All in all, I likes ’em! We lost so many birds some years back when West Nile was going thru’ this country. Nice to see them cheeky little buggers!

30 when I went out this morning and little to no wind. I like it and have it ordered for the cold spells from now until summer!

Brrr

I think March is trying to come in like a lion, real slllloooowwwwllllyyy. Just dragging it out! 5 below when I looked this morning and an evil eastern breeze blowing, that is slowly switching to the north.

Harnessed up and fed and fed plenty as when I am cold i think my cows are cold. I am such a softy!

Delbert came over yesterday afternoon and we put a new rigging in one of his saddles. Hope it works for him. Had a good visit while we puttered in the shop. I realized after he had left I overcharged him, but talked to him later and told him about it. Wasn’t a lot but I still feel bad. Oh well, when he pays we will get it straightened out.

About noon Dean came down and rode with me to Punkin Center as I needed to get more bean for the cattle. Casey drove over and ate lunch with us and we had a good visit. Setting here with cold feet waiting on Cindy. She said she went to the grocery store so I suppose we will have a big load to unload. Looks like we have more snow coming in first of next week. O boy! Just what everyone wanted!

Cindy talked to Hope and Addy is doing good. Lost a little weight as is to be expected with a new born, but they said she was good and to bring her back in a few days or a week, I guess. Chance hasn’t called so I don’t know how he’s getting along with the new job. Learning all the land and where every thing is and what gets fed how much and all that cool stuff that he will forget he had to learn in a couple months. 🙂

Won’t be long and he will be calving and then lambing later. He’s gonna be busy. 🙂