“Nothing but the principles of the Bible can save our happy nation or the world…” (Peter Cartwright).
As I write this late afternoon the wind is howling outside, snow is blowing and things are just downright miserable. I just got done packing the cowherd and the calves that have been born so far into [...]
Things are getting to be a tad bit more like spring as the days go by. Calves are being born, had four born today so far so that’s picking up a little bit. All was well although yesterday I discovered one calf that was born last Thursday with a severe navel infection, and I [...]
After the comments on the last post I figure that its time to put in my two cents worth. Reestablish some things around here on this old blog. The comments were excellent on the last thread. Some might sound like moaning and groaning but rest assured they ain’t. The state of agriculture today [...]
The snow is slowly melting and the forecast is for some warm windy weather tomorrow and that should cut it back and get spring ushered back in here. I keep thinking as I try to hold everything together that in a month from now that old cowherd will be on grass, one way [...]
The winds are slowing down and the sun is trying to come out even though there’s a high haze in the skies. The snow is melting slowly and the weather forecast is looking like the season temperature rise should get a small start this coming week. As of today I’m abandoning the corral [...]
We got hit point blank with an old fashioned spring blizzard these last couple of days around here. Heavy stuff and the winds are howling. Had a three foot drift by my old pickup this morning and I couldn’t get it out of the yard. Can’t push the snow with the Bobcat, have [...]
We snuck out of the snow storm that hit parts of Minnesota yesterday, and not by much. Within an hour of here there’s allot of snow and even the interstate was closed. But we received around an inch of rain out of the deal. So we have no snow slop to contend with [...]
This past week, we had an interesting discussion with a college student who is a physics major at a small, expensive college. We were talking about the cost of gasoline. I pointed out that a large percentage of the US grain crop is fed to ruminant livestock – livestock that do not need grain. My [...]
Contrary to what a neighbor thinks, I am still around and actively working with our livestock. One of our nearest neighbors told a friend from church that I was never around and that my wife was doing all of the chores. He hinted that there might be problems in the family – which is entirely [...]