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Fishing -
Debbie, Mary and Glinda went fishing yesterday at the pay pond north of Hartville, MO They came home with 13 fish. Debbie caught the largest. It was hot all day but the girls stuck with it and had a successful day. I had the privilege of cleaning them after the evening chores. Below are some photos.
Not to be outdone Scott C. went fishing at Lake Dawson and caught lots of green sunfish, bluegill, young bass and one nice catfish. Photo below.
Scott and Marvin arrived just as I got done cleaning the ones the girls had caught. Scoot cleaned his right away and we had an excellent fish fry. Glinda made homemade Au Gratin potatoes, fresh from the garden corn on the cob, cucumbers and tomatoes. She also made some fresh corn bread to go with a pot of brown beans and we had a feast.. A great meal and good visit was had by all.
Cheerily
IJK
Cheerily
IJK
New calf at Kelley's Dairy
I had been watching a heifer for several days as she was late calving so I was expecting troubles and was sure the calf would be a bull. It seems heifers come early or on due date but but when it approaches ten days overdue you can be positive it will be a bull.. Wife was mowing youngest son's yard while they were on vacation and it was 95 degrees or so and I decided to walk out among the heifers and check on them. I found this. See photo below.
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IJK
I thought "This isn't good. Now what do I do?" I started slowly easing her to the house about 1/4 mile but she didn' want to go. Like I said my wife was mowing so I could not call her so I called "Skeezix" to come and help me get her to the house and in a small lot.
We worked together despite her trying to go back to the pasture and her friends and finally got her in the pen. The feet had gone back inside so I left her and sat in the shade a bit to see if she would lay back down and begin again. She finally found a place to lay down that was to her liking and in the shade. I continued watching for a bit and after she had the feet back out I saw also that the nose was coming and everything seemed fine. It was hot and I didnt want her to be working too long in such extreme heat so I decided to assist. Grabbed the OB chains and the handle and tied on and helped when she strained I pulled and held and in a few minutes we again experienced the miracle of live birth. I cleared the mouth and nose of mucas and pulled the calf into the shade. The heifer got up and began licking her calf. All was great and still is with her and the calf. The photo below was taken a few minutes after birth.
We worked together despite her trying to go back to the pasture and her friends and finally got her in the pen. The feet had gone back inside so I left her and sat in the shade a bit to see if she would lay back down and begin again. She finally found a place to lay down that was to her liking and in the shade. I continued watching for a bit and after she had the feet back out I saw also that the nose was coming and everything seemed fine. It was hot and I didnt want her to be working too long in such extreme heat so I decided to assist. Grabbed the OB chains and the handle and tied on and helped when she strained I pulled and held and in a few minutes we again experienced the miracle of live birth. I cleared the mouth and nose of mucas and pulled the calf into the shade. The heifer got up and began licking her calf. All was great and still is with her and the calf. The photo below was taken a few minutes after birth.
Cheerily
IJK