Message #67742

[Wmwendler]

Cward......Got to watch out for those cracks on horse back.  Most of the Grain fields around here that are in heavy land have 4 inch cracks 1-2 foot deep right now.  I was fixing fence not too long ago and set my hammer down on the ground and could not find it when I went to get it again.  I thought I was crazy loosing an 18 inch hammer with a red handle on black dirt but it was down in a crack had to reach down to my elbow to get it out.  

A couple years ago, I think 06', we had a place that we recently sold it got very dry that year also, and had very deep cracks it was black land, heavy clay soil.  Well came time to wean calves in the fall we had just had a decent rain but did'nt even start to close the cracks up but the ground was slicker than greased owl poopoo.  You could'nt take a horse past a walk with out risking stepping in a crack.  When we met the cowboys at the gate while they unloaded I was telliin the cowboys about the cracks so they would'nt find out the hard way,  I told them take your time I'll keep the boss man occupied.  They got the cows together and let the dogs bay for 15 mins. so the cows would settle then drove them to the lot at a slow walk.  Had a few run offs but the dogs did thier job,  that was about the only way we could have penned those cows that day.

Waylon