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Hold still woman!

I missed something. When I used hobbles on the heifers I was breaking to milk, I had mixed, mostly poor results.

Richard, you ever use a couple ropes when applying 'therapy?

Haha!

Had another fellow ask about some hobbles.



He mentioned that he did not like the padded style........wanted them to get raw and painful right away.

I, and most of have done a lot of things Sam.

Jim, we've made 'em out of that heavy twine they use on big square bales. Those will chafe a dirty, kickin' no good bitch up real quick....

God damn I hate a cow that kicks at her calf.......



I brought the rebuilt hobbles out to the farm this morning and my old man gave full approval on your work. And he is a picky sonuvabitch.......grin


Just scratched out a check for tomorrow's mail and you better cash it or I'm driving over there to kick your ass!

A lot of people have done a lot of chit no doubt.

At least you have not broken them yet.



I got big plans for when you do.


Glad you and your dad like em.

A couple of pictures from today Jake filling the drill.

The best I could do with a Redtail on lunch break.

We had 3 heifers calve today.


One was a pusher.... We made the $10 milkshake and hopefully by tomorrow ol' #344 has settled down or she just might be the first patient to try out your handi-work...

Trees almost all pruned. Prunings chopped.
6 orchards burned
Sprayed the trees twice.
Planted a lot of trees.
Burn off asparagus patch tomorrow
A greenhouse full of starters and time to uncover the strawberries planted last year.
And vegetables to plant under plastic.
Social distancing in the orchards

Brought down ~ 125 cows, and a few early calves the last couple of days. We mostly start calving in June so the calves will fit with the calves we run through the summer, on our high country (8100 feet at the corrals). More cows to come later - but we're REAL short on hay, right now.
60+ degrees today, but the wind hasn't dropped much below 20 mph for at least a week - and projected to maintain for at least the next 10 days!
3 wells are not pumping good, so we have that to deal with, also.
Block layer is coming out to skirt the new double-wide on Wed, if all goes as planned.
I also need to go out and set a pump in the new well, and get new solar panels fitted to the mast, build a new fence between the well and tank, and permanently wire everything together, electrically.
Then I start re-building a corral - 4" pipe and overheads, guardrail, etc.
Afeered my "city job" may suffer a bit.
I hope to take a day off sometime between now - and my 90th birthday!

90 Mark? WOW! May God Bless You!

Martha hand me that diamond willow we are fixing to have whipped cream 🤣🤣

Mark, well trouble is a major PIA, good luck!


We have easy to pull shallow pumps here at home on the river bottom but summer grass is another deal.



Lorne, no whip cream here, just a tight rope or two to provide encouragement!

I probably shouldn’t comment what calving is like in this part of the world.

Fred

Did ya notice that I beveled the edges on the straps and used an oval punch for the holes for speed?


Mark of a true craftsman.............

Interesting - most farmers around here rarely use a disc any more... Chisel-plowing, then using a finisher before the planter arrives... I went by the farm yesterday and Tom has had the planter out near the shop being serviced and readied... Average planting time around here is mid-May to June 1st.. But that's just this area..

Thank you Men !