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Rainy, snowy June morning We woke up to this beautiful view yesterday morning after 1 1/2″ of rain the night before! Things are happening at Cream of the West today…we have a group of graduate students from the University of Montana visiting. They’re on an eight day adventure, touring central and eastern Montana studying a diverse group [...]  As a newly-minted farm wife, I used to be faintly amused when my farmer-husband took spring rainfall—more specifically, the lack of it– so personally. I’d watch him turn into a Glum Norwegian as the rain clouds passed over us to dump on the neighbor’s fields. Now that I’m a 13-year farming veteran, I too have become [...] Whitetail deer in wheat field. Richard in his beautiful wheat field. Richard’s started harvesting our spring wheat which, thanks to plentiful rain and no hail, stands hip-high and golden. He took the camera along this morning and captured a shot which gave a whole new definition to BuckWheat! Maybe that should be a new Cream of [...] “We’re sleeping outside tonight so we can watch the stars before it gets too cold,” Richard announced. By dusk we were packing a mattress and sleeping bags from the attic to the east yard to set up our star gazing post. Although we’d planned to share our backyard adventure with our dog and cat, they stood [...] Branding is a common practice that indicates ownership. Using brands as marks of identification has occurred at some point in all countries and civilizations. Ranchers have been branding their livestock for hundreds of years making them easier to separate at round-up time. Brands consist of letters, numbers, characters and symbols. Brands are not just used for [...] |
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