When the plane landed at Lewistown Airport, when he got off the plane, Ju An felt the coldness of Montana. The temperature in New York was much lower. When he got out of the airport, he found that Er Zhuang had come to pick him up. He put his luggage in the back seat.
With a throw, Ju An got into the co-pilot's seat. Once Ju An was firmly seated, Erzhuang started the F150 and drove the two of them towards the pasture.
"By the way, has Thomas made arrangements for those old Americans to go home for Thanksgiving?" Ju An asked.
"Well, it has been arranged. When the herd is gathered together in the evening and morning, they can go back to the ranch. They will return to the ranch in two days. The ranchers need to gather the cows twice," Erzhuang said.
"That means it will be more difficult to round up the cattle tomorrow and the day after tomorrow. Then, when the group of Chilean cowboys in the east have finished rounding up the cattle, ask them to bring a few people to help you round up the cattle here," Ju An thought.
Said next.
Erzhuang said with a smile: "Brother An, don't worry. The cows here are easier to gather than the cowboys in Chile. Needless to say, the gray cows. The strongest cow among them is equivalent to the leader, driving the cows."
If he follows him, a group of cows will follow him. The cows assigned to the ordinary herd are also similar. The gray bulls assigned to the past
He was much more energetic and spent the whole day fighting with the original bulls. Naturally, he divided the original herd into several small groups. As long as he drove these cows, he could easily gather them up. They were just ordinary breeding bulls.
Some were injured in the past few days, but there were no major problems. Thomas said they were basically useless."
Ju An raised his eyebrows and asked: "What's going on? How come those bulls are useless? When they are raised, they will be sold for the same price, but the meat will be more."
Erzhuang smiled and replied: "The bulls in the pasture are mainly kept for breeding. The young bulls are usually sent to the slaughterhouse for slaughter when they are two years old. Now some bulls in the original herd have no chance of breeding at all. Those who are ready for breeding
The bull had several fights with the gray bull that was assigned to him. He was injured a lot by the gray bull that was twice as big. Thomas said that he might as well discuss with you and send it to be slaughtered when you come back."
Ju An nodded and said: "That's good, but don't send it to be slaughtered. Slaughter it on your own ranch and eat it. It will save money on buying beef. By the way, the weather is getting colder and colder. It won't take more than a month."
It's going to snow, and the grass in the pasture has dried up?"
Erzhuang said happily: "Other pastures have dried up. Although the grass in our pasture looks like it has dried up, the roots are still growing slowly. It just grows much slower. It is also much shorter, and the grass leaves have changed.
The cows are much wider, but they wither and turn yellow soon after they grow. The cows still like to eat the dead grass leaves on the ground, but they don’t like to eat the hay we store ourselves.
Mas now pens the cows in a few woods at night and feeds them hay. He is afraid that the cows will chew the grass roots and damage the pasture. The pasture will not grow well in the coming year. Part of the pasture of Taylor and the three of them is similar to the grass we have. The day before yesterday
They also came over to chat with Thomas and said that if grass can cover their pasture next year, their life would be much easier."
Ju An smiled. This was because he was afraid of being too conspicuous, so he allowed the pasture to be expanded. If Taylor's pastures were to be covered, then at least a dozen pastures nearby would have to be covered. My brothers have a relationship with them.
That friendship, not just after next year?
That's it. After saying that there are still a few corners of his pasture that he has not expanded, he can still consider others. Then he asked: "Then the hay storage this year should be enough, corn, oats, etc."
How much does Thomas think can be consumed?”
"Half is enough, and there are too many corn, oats and so on. Thomas estimates that only one-third of these two items will be enough. I will tell you to sell some when you come back." Erzhuang looked at it.
Lu Bian replied.
Ju An said: "Where is this? The coldest night in Meng Da Lao is minus ten or twenty degrees. It's not necessarily too much. Just take the time to stay in the pasture. If there is too much, you can feed the cows from time to time."
consumption”.
"Thomas said that it will snow by then. Once it snows, the temperature under the snow will be much higher than above the snow. Maybe the grass will dry up and grow faster," Erzhuang replied with a smile.
After hearing this, Ju An thought about it, and it was right. After all, the old cowboy's consideration was quite reasonable. Since there was no need to worry about forage, Ju An settled down and followed Er Zhuang to understand the situation at Er Zhuang's home.
, the two of them arrived at the ranch chatting like this.
As soon as the two of them returned to the ranch, Er Zhuang parked the car back to the warehouse, saddled his horse, and went about his own business.
As soon as he opened the door and returned to the house with his luggage, Ju An was naturally warmly welcomed by two comrades, Teddy and Wu Song. He followed Teddy and Wu Song for a good make-out session. He looked at the two items on the cabinet of [Wu Cang].
It's just a little eagle. The two little guys are still growing very fast. They have become much sharper after a few days. They have more black feathers.
, the white lanugo hair was almost invisible, so I took the bird's nest upstairs and put down my luggage, and put the bird's nest into the space. Then I found some thick clothes in the cloakroom and put them on. When I arrived at Ma Gai, I prepared some bean curd.
I got my saddle and water reins, rode on Beancao, and prepared to patrol my pasture for a while, and fight with the cowboys by the way.
I greeted everyone and told everyone that I was back. Who would have thought that just as I stepped on Doucao's back and ran for a certain distance, I felt chilly. I didn't feel the same in the house or in the car. But when I got on Doucao and ran, it felt cold.
, he turned back again, put on a windbreaker before continuing to patrol the pasture, and after going around in a circle, the situation was satisfactory to Ju An
Satisfied, I looked at the pasture and it was just as Er Zhuang said. When I arrived at the pond, I saw that the leaves of some dwarf vines were black and full of energy. The geese and ducks that Sisi was watching alone were still green.
The same old ones, with fat heads and big ears, are rowing in the water, but they can be used to their full potential when eating hot pot in winter.
After lunch, Ju An was playing with Teddy and Wu Song on the sofa. Old Thomas opened the door and came in. He put his cowboy hat on the coffee table and started to tell Ju An about the ranch.
In the Thanksgiving arrangements, in addition to a few nearby American cowboys, Lawrence will also go back to the town to spend the holiday with his family, but it will only be one night. Thomas is his wife no longer, and neither Wynn nor Andrew are married, so it is not
So they all stayed to take care of the ranch.
After finishing talking about Thanksgiving, Thomas thought for a while and mentioned another thing: "Ann, there are thirty or forty deer on the pasture near the foot of the mountain, which happens to be upstream of the east river. I guess they know where it is.
The grass is good, the pasture grass grows there, and it’s close to a water source. It looks like I’m going to spend the winter there.”
Ju An said: "As long as they don't sneak into the pasture, don't worry about them. There is time to take care of any deer there. If there is a deer with more than ten forks, I would be interested." This guy himself did not consider this at all.
The situation is that deer also eat grass. There is so little grass outside in winter that even the deer know that they have to go to the edge of their buddy’s pasture to catch the autumn breeze.
"Haha, don't think about this. Taylor and the others have already hunted some big deer. This is what they told me. Bigger deer, such as moose and red deer, can't get through, but smaller ones can't get through.
Deer are capable, just like white-tailed deer. If there are too many, they have to be driven away. If they don't compete with cattle for pasture, and if the wolves in the mountains find that deer are spending the winter here, maybe the wolves will also
I'll come over," Thomas said.
Hey! This guy is so good at raising cattle that he has also attracted wild deer. This may also attract wolves. This guy has serious side effects. He patted his forehead, thought for a while and said, "If the wolves come to eat the deer, just eat it."
Well, it’s a wild deer anyway, what does it have to do with us?”
Thomas shook his head and said: "Deer run fast after all. After it snows, it will be more difficult for wolves to hunt deer on the snow. I am afraid that the wolves will shift their targets to the calves in the pasture at night."
When Ju An heard this, he realized that this was really a troublesome matter. He thought about it and said, "Then let me know if you have any suggestions."
"The key is that we have too few cattle dogs now. We can only take a few cattle dogs to walk around the fence every few days and leave a scent, so that the wolf pack of seven or eight wolves will know that there are cattle dogs in the pasture.
, when everyone wakes up at night, basically nothing will happen," Thomas said.
Ju An nodded: "If you find a pack of wolves near the pasture, this is what you will do. If you dare to enter the pasture and fight one by one, you can kill two." The brother had not planned to raise so many cows at the beginning. According to the original plan,
In more than a year, the pasture will have
There are already forty or fifty cattle dogs. Who knew that so many cattle would be added at once? Are you asking me to go to China to get dogs again? Think about it, forget it, the dogs will serve as alarms, and people will be smarter then. Seven
Why does the eight-headed wolf make you so nervous?
Then Ju An said to Thomas: "Let's buy some turkeys in the afternoon. No one will be sharing a small turkey for the holiday tomorrow night at the ranch. Is there anything else to eat for Thanksgiving?"
Things, you make a list when the time comes and I will go to the town to buy them in the afternoon."
Thomas thought for a moment and said: "It's turkey, pumpkin pie, etc. You will know when the time comes. Ask the store clerk. The main ones are two, turkey and ham. By the way, when buying turkey, you must buy bread crumbs, that's
Remember to buy honey for stuffing in the turkey belly. Just buy two larger turkeys. Then one will be sent to the east for them to roast, and we will roast one here."
Ju An nodded, and then the two of them talked for a while before Thomas stood up and left. Ju An was left making a list on paper, thinking about what he was going to buy in the afternoon.!~!
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