Weekly Meeting Update: 10/20/08
No meeting was held last Monday as Dad was not feeling well.
I have missed reporting on the last 3 meetings so I will up date the farm activity.
Crops
- it was too dry to plow, will have to wait for a lot of moisture or do it in the spring.
- sold 20 bales of straw
- most people want small baled straw
- Dad cut the south field and got 7 bales of third crop hay
- Jared cleared off about 10 acres and Matt has the range drill to plant the pasture seed. He has the drill until the 28th.
Cows
- we lost the two cows we had here at the ranch
- one came back but have not been able to find the other
- we will need to bring the cows home on Saturday, Nov 1 and ween the calves
- talk of buying 5 more short horns
- got 2 steers from Mickel’s pasture and sent last 4 steers for processing
- talk of buying a new milk cow as this one we have now will not breed up
Thanks to Chad, Milo, Matt and Travis for help on the shed roof. It looks great. Thanks to Chad
for help in all the little jobs I have around here, gathering wheel line hoses, taking down the
trampoline.
The corral is finished except for two gates to be hung. I finished all the poles and Nate cemented the
chute in. Now I want Matt to come with his power tools and hang the two other gates.
Last job is the back of the east shed and the big barn roof. All the other fall jobs have been checked
off the list. Thanks so much for the help.