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Its always nice to see the new spring calves getting out and exploring the world on a sunny day in Sask. I shot this within the past week and put it on youtube to share with the rest of the world. These few head of cattle are more a hobby than a living for me. Keeping cattle seems to be a hard habit to break.

Nice video Ralph. So entertaining to watch the energy of a newborn.

Good to see some bare ground there. Looks like the calves have a very comfortable place in the sun.

More rain here today. Sure sorry I was concerned about soil moisture earlier. Rain forecast daily for the next week. Will be well into May before we can get serious about field work.

Gene

It has been many years since I experienced that, Ralph.  When I was growing up, there were always at least two cows on the farm that I milked twice a day.  They each had calves every spring.  The herd never got below two and sometimes was up to six.  Funny thing, when I went off to college, the cow herd left too.  1961.

Ron;

My experience was similar, but instaed of the herd leaving, dad acquired more equipment. I left for the Air Force in August 1960 and when I came home on leave, my dad had bought a milking machine system, Had a loader mounted on the Farmall H. A baler was setting in the granary. Never figured if the equipment was to make up for the work I had done or if having one less mouth to feed freed up enough money to afford the machinery

Gene

Gene,
In my case, it was my labor that was not replaced.  My school teacher step-mother preferred bottled milk from the store anyway and no one wanted to run the cream separator and have to clean that thing.  A different way of life had come about and I was out on my own.

Ron