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Yard critters, rabbits, white wing on the curb and I wasn't fast enough with the camera to get the breeding pair of quail.

Best thread ever.

Cottonwoods leafed out last week.

That pups getting big, looks like he's enjoying the weather.

Don thats my favorite horse!


Q: Why would you spay the heifers? Ranch at capacity?

To settle them down and put their minds to eating(and putting on weight) instead of screwing. Kinda/sorta like castrating the bulls and turning them into steers....

10-4! Gotcha!

I was curious about the heifers also.

ingwe;
Good evening to you sir, I trust this finds you folks well.

I was mulling the same query over in my mind when you so succinctly articulated it to Don.

Obligatory photo of cows to keep the thread direction flowing.


Thanks in advance for any information you care to share with the inquiring minds Don.

All the best to you ingwe and to Don and crew as well.

Dwayne

Turn some yearlings that have been in a feedlot for 5 months out into a big pasture and watch what they do.

Sometimes they hit the fence line and circle the entire pasture.

Sam;
Good evening to you sir, I trust this finds you well and getting some rest once in awhile.

The quoted photo brings back lots of memories for me - that's a Versatile hood, no?

I spent many, MANY hours with that view running a mid '70's 935 back in the day. I think my personal record was 28 hours in a row on that thing - stopping only to fuel up, grab food that was eaten in the cab and of coarse take care of unmentionable bodily functions too...

The only tractor I run nowadays is this little 2 cylinder diesel which I call my "garden tractor on steroids".



All the best to you folks this spring Sam.

Dwayne

My granddaughter's a lefty and the Imperial is perfect size and sheath for when she turns 6 or 7, I picked it up a few years ago.

The Case will go to the grandson about the same age.

The sturdier Western official boy scout knife will go to either when they are older and can prove they won't lose it.

Starting to put other pieces of their outdoors kits together. Got some trips planned this summer. they are 4 and 1, can't start them too early.

Dwayne, that is classic!


1983(?) Versatile 875, 7500 hours on it, currently 25 hours past an oil change, no auto-steer, could be a stray mouse in the cab, pulling a 40' Concord air drill which needs to be refilled every 60-65 acres(takes about 2 hours 40 minutes at 5mph). About 22 acres an hour.

Small setup compared to some of the modern uber farmers.



Regardless Versatile tractors are some of the best machines ever built. And Cummins engines are hard to be beat.

Though we always raised and butchered/sold calves on a small scale, onliest picture I have of cattle and me is this one.

I remember seldom wearing shoes, except school and church.

That's cool.


My parents have some really neat old pics.

Baby calves in the bath tub warming up. Us kids. Stuff from 30-40 years ago when they were just starting out..

And, just a story about old times and how it was.

I grew up out in the fields, dairies and farms here in Mesa. My friends were from those families. We dove hunted, gigged frogs in the canals, went on large camps to fish and hunt. I knew many of the old timers and they taught us plenty... and how to be men.

One story I remember is about Buck Owens, the country singer. They moved to Mesa during the depression, he went to the same elementary school many years prior to me.

But the old timers knew him. Said they were so poor the kids had no shoes for school. All well mannered... just poor as hell.

Success from hard times is always a good story and timeless.

Kent

krp;
Good evening to you Kent, I'm hoping this finds you and yours doing well.

I'm liking the direction you're taking with the grand kids and knives, they're handy tools to be familiar with for sure.

As you're likely aware though, it can lead to "greater interest" in them in later life....

For instance this was a family tour of the Buck factory in Post Falls years ago.


It's really stuck with one of our daughters, though I confess expanding her collection mainly costs me money.

All the best to you all this spring Kent.

Dwayne

Very true.

Nice....