[AT] was oil dry now Congratulations to Chuck and cold weather ramble

[Cecil R Bearden]

I have a 4 yr old gelding that can hold 2 cups of water in his back...

Cecil in OKla



On 2/25/2015 10:27 AM, Indiana Robinson wrote:
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>> From: Cecil R Bearden <crbearden at copper.net>
>> To: Antique tractor email discussion group
>>
>> Congratulations Chuck
>> This is our 35th Anniv. this year.  Welcome back to the sunny South.  I
>> don't remember where in TX you are, but it is pretty much cold anywhere
>> around here in OK.  We got 4 inches of snow on Monday afternoon.  It was
>> nearly gone yesterday afternoon. The afternoon it gets up to 50deg, then
>> after 9pm, the bottom falls out of the thermometer.   Now we have to get
>> ready for the next wave of cold.  This one has some freezing rain in the
>> prediction for Sunday night.. <Snip>
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> It is supposed to be 52 years this June for Diana and I. My parents didn't
> approve... Especially my mother. Ironically in her advanced years as
> Alzheimer's slowly drained her life almost all of what little joy was in
> her life came from Diana's constant visits and the care she gave her to the
> end.
> We intend to be together for a while yet even though my cardiologist and I
> were recently joking about the potential waste from buying green bananas
> ahead.  :-)
>
> It's a nice toasty 20 degrees here at TMCOTKU this morning and to warm up
> to a heat wave of 30 degrees later. Lately we just can't break this
> abnormal pattern (for Feb.) of -2 to -10 at night and highs in the teens
> and 20's. Getting really old... Looks like it is breaking out about Sunday
> at 40 degrees with nights staying much warmer than recent temps.
>
> The horses are running on about 75 acres of grass and corn stalks and
> soybean stubble. Most of the time we don't  even feed them anything but
> minerals and supplements and they tend to get fat over the winter. They are
> looking real well now but when we have extra cold temps and / or we get a
> lasting snow cover (now about 6" to 8") we start feeding them alfalfa cubes
> each night. We do give them cubes along as snacks to keep them used to them
> (and just because we like to). When it is about zero or the wind is bitter
> (they have shelter but usually opt for just a windbreak) we give them about
> 3 pounds each (varied a little based on horse size) of the cubes and that
> along with the roughage they sort through all day does them very well.
> There is a low growing weed that starts growing in the stubble fields along
> about now (being technically oriented we call it "that little green weed")
> that they just love and get fat on in the spring. Sometimes we have to
> start limiting them on fields and just give them grass to keep them from
> blubbering up to much. Their ribs shouldn't be sticking way out but you
> should be able to see a little rib profile. I haven't seen or felt a rib
> since last summer. If I could teach Rosie Belle the Belgian draft to lay
> down on command we could use her back as a picnic table...
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