Shuttle Service

There isn't much to report today.  The morning was dismal and did not help keep my exhaustion at bay, but today's tasks were far from strenuous.  Dad and I went up Bradford (our Stark County farm) to bring our corn planter home.  One of our waterways also needs partially reseeded, so we first set markers indicating to the men who will be applying our fertilizer where to stop spraying.  Dad drove the tractor that hauled the corn planter home while I followed behind with the truck.  It's always a good idea for a truck to follow when someone is hauling equipment to forewarn the public of the slow-moving vehicle.  The hazard lights works on the tractor, but the truck is the first line of warning.  After we got back, we fed the west and south yard.  I once again fed the feeders in the west yard.  This time, I only really missed one of the bunks and that was because I was too close to the building, so the feed was piling up against the bunk lids and slipping over.  I managed to correct myself and I even backed up the wagon to fill a few bunks again.  I confirmed the number of head and weights with dad.  The south yard has 78 feeders ranging between 700 and 900 pounds. The west yard has about 60 feeders between 550 and 800 pounds.  There are roughly 30 bred cows left to calve, with 5 first-time heifers at the home place, and 11 replacement heifers.  I had the rest of the afternoon off, so I caught up on a few projects in my house.  We are waiting for the rain to come.  There was a dust-settler this morning, but it has now cleared up nicely.  While it is currently quite beautiful outside, we could use a few inches to improve ground moisture.  We'll see what happens.