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Old 01/09/09, 08:55 AM
 
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Pic after freak storm
Thought I would just share this pic that for some reason I find enjoyable. Just a few evenings ago the wind was so storng I could hardy stand as I attempted to move the cattle. Within minutes, there was a break in the weather and it shifted to this which only lasted for 3 or 4 minutes. Following this hail or sleet was falling.
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This is how the storm appeared prior to the above pic.
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Old 01/09/09, 09:08 AM
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very nice. You have some good lookin cows there. How many head are you up to?
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farmerjon, Thanks! Cows and mature heifers are just under a 100 head if my count is accurate. I cannot count them in the pasture and I only get a true count when I sort to send calves to market. Even then there is room for doubt as my wife, the designated gate tender and counter, cannot tell a heifer from a cow at times.
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Old 01/09/09, 09:22 AM
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Wow, these look like good pics for next year's HT calendar.
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Old 01/09/09, 11:00 AM
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Great pictures!
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Old 01/09/09, 11:08 AM
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Great pics and good looking stock!
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Old 01/09/09, 11:58 AM
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Wow, these look like good pics for next year's HT calendar.
i like your thinkin there deacon!
nice pix agman, least its not white stuff comin down!
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Beautiful photos, DO enter them in the contest...
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I always enjoy your posts and pictures. As a kiwi all I know is grass based livestock farming. To me housing grazers and/or browsers seems almost cruel except in the very worst of weather. (Sorry to those of you who house your animals but it is just what I have grown up with).
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Old 01/09/09, 09:42 PM
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that is a good pic. i will cast my vote for the 2010 calender right now.
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Old 01/09/09, 09:55 PM
 
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What gorgeous photos!! (And you still have grass!)
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Great pictures. Thanks for sharing them.
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I really like that first pic, very nice!
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