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  1. Texas PaPaw

    Insulators on barbed wire

    My offsets are between the 2nd and 3rd wire from ground on a 5 wire fence. Has worked well for me.
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    For anyone with cancer or knows someone with cancer

    Please read the entire blog. Is quite amazing. Have since heard of others with similar results. Help spread the word. https://www.mycancerstory.rocks/
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    Changing Direction

    Might consider buying what I call "last calf heifers" in the early spring. These are old, mostly broke mouth heavy bred cows. Calve them out and raise calves thru summer then sell whenever run out of grass but no later than labor day because they always get cheaper between Labor Day and...
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    Texas Panicum/Hurrahgrass hay

    Does anyone have a comparison of tx panicum hay vs bermudagrass hay. Have opportunity to buy the 2nd cut tx panicum hay that was baled a second time after milo crop. It has almost no milo stalks since is 2nd cutting. What is your experience with this hay?
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    Ultra Saber Pour On ?

    Lice came back from hatching eggs that were laid before pouron was applied is my guess. Pouron killed adults and fly tags killed lice that hatched from previously laid eggs. Has kept cows lice free all winter.
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    Ultra Saber Pour On ?

    Have had good lice control using several different pouron insecticides plus a cheap permethrin fly tag. Pouron kills adults when treated and fly tag kills what later hatches from eggs.
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    Hot Wire Training

    In my receiving pen have a single polyrope wire that runs perpendicular to the perimeter fence. Hot wire extends about 15 ft into the pen and is between the water tank and the feed bunks. Usually only takes a couple of days to get them trained. Have trained everything from peewee calves to old...
  8. Texas PaPaw

    Feed ration and mixing

    If you can buy all the ingredients, except gin trash, premixed, then hand feed those ingredients. Feed the gin trash free choice in hay rings. Know a guy that does this and works well. Cattle will eat all the mixed feed and fill their bellies with the gin trash.
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    Injector lubricant, what to use?

    I just use a few drops of mineral oil.
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    Intimidator 750 4x4 UTV

    Does anyone have experience with these machines? Am looking at low hr 2014 model. They are American made and have Kohler engines. Please share your experience with these machines.
  11. Texas PaPaw

    Feeding Whole Cottonseed

    Have supplemented cows grazing stockpiled frozen bermudagrass with cottonseed thru winter for many years. Normally feed 1/2 of 5 gal bucket per cow, 3 times per week. If cows are really thin or lactating sometime feed 4X weekly. Is my understanding that gossypol is not such an issue with seed...
  12. Texas PaPaw

    Solar Panel Electric Fence Question

    Suspect the battery is bad. Even if kept in sunlight they will go bad in a few years. Seems like being kept in dark when not used, batteries go bad even quicker.
  13. Texas PaPaw

    Calf table and castrating

    After I bought Priefert S04 chute , I sold my filson calf table. Have worked a lot of 150 lb calves in the Priefert. Thought about hanging a removable 2x6 just inside chute at top of bottom door so could squeeze them a little better but never did it. I was banding instead of cutting. Maybe try a...
  14. Texas PaPaw

    New to the board - Seeking advice on Custom Grazing

    Been my experience in central Tx that stockers don't gain very well on bermudagrass in summer without supplement, so best factor that in your plan. I've come to the conclusion that our grass is better suited to cows than stockers. Good luck with whatever route you take.
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    When to start using Grazon and fertilizer on a mesquite filled pasture treated with Sendero

    Remedy with water does not hurt the grass, just broadleaves. Have used Grazon but like this better. Less chance of drift onto neighbors cotton field. Also The Cimarron has some soil residual that Grazon does not. It will keep down late emerging broadleaves such as wooly croton.
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    When to start using Grazon and fertilizer on a mesquite filled pasture treated with Sendero

    For the past 2 years have been spraying my pastures with 8 oz of remedy and 1/2 oz/ac of Cimmaron plus. Have gotten excellent broadleaf weed control plus the mesquites are mostly dead. Where have thick mesquites, had this sprayed with a chopper. Will be surprised if very many mesquites green up...
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    The middle East is about to implode.....

    Middle East has been at war for thousands of years. Every since Cain killed Abel in fact. Am wondering if USA hasn't wasted lots of lives and resources over there..
  18. Texas PaPaw

    Thoughts on this grain

    IMO-would think this ration should work fine for what you want to do. Just make sure they have adequate hay, grass or other roughage. Also probably need to feed loose mineral that has 2+:1, ca:phos ratio, not a 12:12 mineral like so many sell. Maybe look for a ddg balancer mineral.
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    Potential lease place. Grazing land will need some work

    If you are expending any significant money or labor getting the place going, you need to get a long term written lease. Have heard of numerous situations where person did quite a bit of fence work and pasture improvement. About the time place was getting productive enough to repay them, the...
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    Story trip through time.... something to ponder on

    Suppose it could although due to last years drought, many pastures just getting recovered so not a lot of heavy vegetation at this point.
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