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Golden Valley News
February 28, 2013
Calving time
Weekly SUDOKU
Hello,
This time of the year you start
thinking about calving. And a few
people are starting. Those that are
ambitious and want to wean big
calves. Others wait until April or
May. But, we like many others, for-
get how those March and April
storms can fill the canyons with
snow. And there are a lot of people
like us. You turn your bulls out
when you no longer can keep them
in, or you are out of hay.
The last ten years, more people
are switching to fall calving. You
calve those cows out in August or
so. The chances of a blizzard are
slight. Very few ears are frozen off.
No short tails or frozen feet. You
don't have to have sharp shoes on
your horse. Just saddle up and trot
around the pasture and enjoy the
best nature has to offer.
But now [ am going to let you in
on a secret: We invented fall calv-
ing. Only we didn't call it that. We
called them late. And then you sold
her cause she was always late. After
they were gone a few years, we re-
alized those cows weren't late. We
were early.
But, back to spring calving. We,
using the word 'we' loosely, always
buy a few heifers. Cause I like to
watch Shirley wrap up and check
, heifers at midnight or two in the
morning. She is good at it. And you
always calve your heifers early. To
get them out of the way before the
cows start, give them a chance to
breed back easier, and give their
calves a little head start on growing.
Now, I'm getting a little long in the
tooth. And last year I bought a few
heifers that were to calf in March.
They started in January. But it was
a mild winter and things-worked
out alright.
Shirley made me promise that
we were done calving heifers. Her
knees hurt when she walks around a
frozen pen in the dark. And I can't
• get back to sleep when she wakes
me up with her whining. So, under
the threat of death or worse, I
agreed. But that was last spring.
I was at a sale a while ago and
evidently, word was ou_t that calv-
ing heifers can be a tough task.
Heifers got cheap. I tried to stop,
but my hand shot in the air com-
pletely on its own. Shirley now has
120 heifers to calf. Then Shirley re-
minded me of a time years ago
when we were young enough to
kind of enjoy the challenge.
I don't know what year it was,
but we had some heifers to calve
out and I talked Gene into sending
his down too. No sense the w.hole
neigh b0rhood slopping around the
BY
HOCUS -FOCUS
HENRY BOLTINOFF
But now I am
going to let you in
on a secret. We in-
vented fall calving.
• Only we didn't call }
it that. We called
them
late.
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I fought my way down to the
Hat Tips
By Dean Meyer
corral in the middle of the night.
Shirley could handle that for all of
us. One night Shirley couldn't
check heifers. She was at some kind
of meeting. And a storm set in. I
mean a rip-roaring blizzard like
they used to make.'
barn at about midnight. The heifers
were in a pen right in front of the
door, . under a yard light. One of
Gene's heifers was just starting. I
opened the door and proceeded to
put her in. And it wasn't easy. She
kept ducking back and running over
me. The snow was up to my knees
and gaining fast. I was playing out.
Running out of things to throw and
things to say. Finally she gave up
and walked into the barn• I figured
I would let her sit awhile and settle
down. I checked her in an hour.
Nothing• I checked her in two
hours. Nothing• Finally at three
a.m., I decided I'd better reach in
her and see if that little guy was
breeched.
Now, it is dark inside a cow. But
even in a dark place like that, if
there is a calf in there, even a dumb
guy like me will find it. There was-
n't one. I sat down on the edge of
the pen and had a cigarette and tried
to think this thing through. I know
that cow was bred. And I know she
was about ready to calf. And the
calf wasn't in the cow. And it was-
n't in the barn. Then it dawned on
me why that heifer was reluctant to
leave that snowy pen and go in the
barn !
I'd like to tell you that the story
had a happy ending. I would like to
tell you I vent out in the sub-zero
temperatures and found another
heifer had dried that calf off and al-
lowed it to nurse. It was up and
bucking and feeling good. I'd like
to, but that would be a lie. And I
hate a guy that lies!
But now, I have to run! I believe
our first calf is coming today. One
month before they were supposed
to start !
Later, Dean
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