Archive for May, 2009

Posted on May 18, 2009 - by Hubba

The ESN; Graduations!

 

The wind blew fiercely through the middle of the week, but then subsided so that the kind citizens could enjoy weekend activities.

And golly what a pile of those there were.

But first, Al, Bridget and Patrick Trask were proud to announce the birth of Josef Benedict. After proudly announcing such, their cellular phone died. Steph Trask was able to add that Josef Benedict was born on Friday night just shy of midnight, and that he weighed “8 pounds, 13 odd ounces.” Such measurements should not be taken as fact. Back to the weekend news- (more…)

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Posted on May 15, 2009 - by Hubba

Huh?

I got this in an email today, and after the post about technology and ranching, it seemed pertinent.

I will offer my thoughts at the bottom.

News Update
April 23, 2009

A Partnership to Promote a Cattle Herding Device

The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Agricultural Research Service (ARS) has agreed to grant an exclusive license to Canadian firm Krimar of Lower Sackville, Nova Scotia, for their interest in marketing a type of nonwire (more…)

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Posted on May 15, 2009 - by Hubba

Big Dan; The Neighbor

The next day, one of the neighbors came to help Joe with the job we didn’t get done the day before, which turned out to be sorting all the bulls off and moving them to the bull pasture behind the house, and moving the cows to another pasture.

We didn’t start until afternoon, and once again Joe rode me.  I was starting to feel a little overused, but I got to meet George and Gus.  George was the neighbor who came over to help, and Gus was his horse.

I was saddled and tied to the fence when George pulled in.  He drove clear through the yard, around back somewhere, and I could hear the trailer gate swinging open and then slamming shut (more…)

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Posted on May 13, 2009 - by Hubba

In Pictures: Doctoring A Cow

It would be the height of folly to suggest in an article on the internet that technology hasn’t changed ranching.  However you may be surprised to learn how some of us have adopted technology on the lone prairie.

Doctoring a herd of cattle has changed very little; there have been advancements, such as the serpentine chute, “semi-automatic” vaccine guns, pour-on dispensers, and women wearing visors, but the premise is the same- gather the cattle into an enclosed area and subject them to whatever medicinal benefit we think they need. (more…)

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Posted on May 13, 2009 - by Hubba

Horses I’ve Rode

If I time to dig in the attic, and familiarity with the scanner (something I’ll probably need to work on) I could post a picture of Stormy, who was my first horse.  Me and Nick and Al communally had Buckshot and Sandy before I got Stormy.  Stormy also came with a really nice Heiser saddle with tapadero-less roping stirrups.

Apparently I’m going to digress here, because I had forgotten all about the “taps.”  I have been known to poke a little fun at people with fancy tapaderos (it’s all in fun guys, come on) but we didn’t have the fancy poofy-outy taps on our first saddle, we had the old army style taps, which were very small and rigid.  I think the idea was to prevent cavalry people and kids from putting their feet too far through the stirrups, but actually they made it impossible to get your feet into the stirrups, and I hated them. (more…)

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