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    Drought and Depression

    One is bad enough but both at the same time is really rough.Nothing we can do about either one right now except pray.But it really burns me and chaps my hide seeing on the NEWS how the bail out money being spent.Top executives,CEO,Managers getting million in a bonus,while the companies are...
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    Zebu Brahman Cattle on Youtube

    Wow never seen so many Brahma cows on the internet as there in South America.Guess they found a easy and free way to advertise their cattle.Kind of tricky to find them searching.But type in Indubrasil click search.Then you can surf from there.See lot of Gir mostly and some Nelore and Guzzeret...
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    Land Prices 2009?

    Watching the Nightly News on the current situation here in America.Then looking at the listing prices on farmes and ranches 300 to 1,000+ acres.Some asking $3000 to $4000+ per acre.Wonder if the same will happen to land prices as the housing market,price of gas and price on new pickups.They say...
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    Pipe Pens vs Wood Pens

    I am sure this has been discussed a few time.I guess it is + and - on both sides.My vet just told me to stay with my wood pens,go pipe and you'll end up with something dead in your pen.Then if you get any part of your body between the animal and the pipe,it might be a serious injury and trip to...
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    Finding Pasture for lease?

    Is it almost impossible to find any grazing pasture for lease now days?Like finding a needle in a hay stack is what I am being told.The ones who got the lease are playing hardball politics money under the table to keep it like that.Just wondering if it is the same in other parts of Texas or in...
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    Black & White Speckle Brahman

    Just got a pretty good deal on a small herd of Black & White Speckle Brahma Heifers.Will be few years before I will have some to sell.So just want to test the market and get all your you input.Right now I saw some cows skin and bones,wild, rough and salty commerical grays sell from .52c t o .70...
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    Hard Work or Good Exercise?

    Reading a lot of topics on farm topics and even hunting,different web site too.Lot of talk about saving labor,easier ways to do it,less work.When it comes to hauling hay,packing bags of feed,feeding cows,digging post holes, burning brush,do a lot of walking hunting.It all requires and demands...
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    Hunting Partners

    Just looking how do a group of hunters get together to take advantage of drop camp hunts in Colorado?All of you on vacation at same time,have same tags,same unit,same season. All of you hunt good as a team.Some serious hunters.Anyone ever outfit themself.I just bought a horse.Thinking about a...
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    Little Joe had a Tobiano?

    Hadn't watched a Bonanza in so long.Was wondering was Little Joes's horse a Tobiano or similar.I know it was a Mustang.
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    White Mountain Wilderness

    Has anyone hunted elk in the White Mountain Wilderness?I am saving my coins to do an elk hunt.Reading the info on it,you must be in top physical condition,best shape of your life to hunt in the most rugged and almost brutal terrain.Climbing 4000 to 8000 vertical feet,covering 5 to 7 miles...
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    Need Remedy For Cold Cracks

    Anyone tell me a remedy for those little cold cracks you get on your fingers and back of your heals..Have tried lot of things but haven't found anything that prevents them or speeds up the healing.Another reason why I hate cold weather.They hurt like thunder when you bump your finger or when...
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    Keeping The Cows Warm

    I tried to Google any discussions on keeping the cows warm, winter care.Only saw an article about giving them plenty groceries during bad weather.I have a cow shed I put hay and cubes for them on those cold rainy winter days.Of course Texas is nothing like up North.Some keep their cows in a...
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    What and Where is Winning?

    What breed and cross has been winning in the shows around the country such as local 4-H/FFA to Houston/San Antonio Livestock Shows?Talking about the Steers.Think the cross would beat the pure breed hands down.I have never seen anyone just try to market "show steers" as their main product for...
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    Seedstock and Commerical Replacements Price?

    Off hand without me doing a lot of looking.What is the average price today on top quality seedstock and commerical replacement heifers?Price at the breed sale,in the pasture and at sales barn.The 3 breeds I am looking at are Beefmaster,Gert and Red Brahma.What I found was unbred reg.heifers...
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    Things Not Used Anymore

    Just what are somethings that were once used on the farm but not any more for all sorts of reasons?Will have to refresh my memory.Carbide latern,(bar-d-z-o)not sure how you spell it,butter churn and old harness for a plow horse and a old pull type hay rake still have on our farm.DDT if I am...
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    Moo Tones

    Saw an ad on here,said Moo Tones/Anyone tried it yet?So you have a choice in sounds of mooooo?Like a hereford bull or hereford cow or a bellow like a mom ma brahma cow?
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    Elk and Buffalo Stores?

    Anyone know any stores selling fresh elk,buffalo,deer or antalope?Got to do a road trip in Jan. from Texas to Fort Collins Co.I see a lot advertised on the internet.Sure beats eating chicken.
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    New Smokehouse

    Since I am having a new house built.Just soon build a new smokehouse,outhouse and doghouse too.Any suggestions on new and improved ones?4'x8' smokehouse?The doghouse is around 16" off the ground with a 2x6 covered porch.The dogs love it.
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    UFO???

    NO I do not believe in any UFO.But when I was around 13,I saw something.I had to let the cows out of the cowpen.It was almost dark.I was walking back to the house.Beside a big oak tree near the house was a bright light size of a dinner plate.I froze,couldn't move.It was there for about 10...
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    A Very Clean Farm

    A few years ago I started cleaning up my farm.In the pasture and woods,around the cow pen,behind the house.Keep all my trailers,fence post,equipment and junk pile off to the side.Walk the farm picking up every little bit of junk,almost anything or everything.My mom would always tell me every...
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