Teresa & Mike CHS - Our journal

[Mike CHS]

Hope the weather is nice there, it will make for a nice road trip - to get feed.

It's a gorgeous day today. Clear sky and temps in the mid 80's for a change. I got back early enough I still need to go out and work on trees as soon as I get the feed in the cans.

 

[Senile_Texas_Aggie]

I still need to go out and work on trees

Pictures before and after please!

 

[Mike CHS]

I found another use for leftover beef brisket. I'm making a pot of beef and barley vegetable soup for dinner tonight. I usually use leftover beef roast for my soup but the smoked meat gives it a great taste.

 

[Mike CHS]

The soup is done and tastes as good as I hoped but I don't think I've ever had a soup using barley that I didn't like.

 

[Bruce]

Beef barley soup - yum!

5 gallon bucket of sliced cucumbers about 1/4" thick

Go big or go home!
I'm a dill pickle kinda guy. Are there substitutions between sweet and dill or are they totally different?

 

[Mike CHS]

I was out picking some of the Tabasco Peppers and the plants are loaded. I was curious about the heat level and bit into one, I did not chewing, all I did was bite it. Immediately I started sweating, my nose started running, I had the hiccups and my mouth felt like it was on fire. I won't be biting into any more of those things, they will just be used in vinegar for pepper sauce.

 

[CntryBoy777]

Yeh...and the sauce may be like Brylcreem....a little dab will do ya....

 

[Mike CHS]

We drove up to Cookeville right after chores this morning. The KHSI did themselves proud as the auction started exactly on time and check-in for the buyers took about 30 seconds per person and there was probably a little over 250 of them.

Prices were about as expected with the top ram going for just under $3000. The top ewes (and they were top) were running between 700-1200 with most in the $700 range. The majority of the ewes were going for $500-$700. The reserve on the ewes was $300 and there was only a couple that went for that. I wouldn't have brought them to the sale as my culls look better. A couple of yearling rams brought the $250 reserve but again, I wouldn't have brought them to the sale. Most of the decent rams were selling in the $500 range which is typical even for farm sales.

What made us happy is that Sand Mountain Katahdins out of Alabama overall brought some of the best prices of all the consignments and their ewes sold for a low o $700 with 4 of their best bringing in $1100. Four of our ewes are from that farm.

 

[B&B Happy goats]

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We drove up to Cookeville right after chores this morning. The KHSI did themselves proud as the auction started exactly on time and check-in for the buyers took about 30 seconds per person and there was probably a little over 250 of them.

Prices were about as expected with the top ram going for just under $3000. The top ewes (and they were top) were running between 700-1200 with most in the $700 range. The majority of the ewes were going for $500-$700. The reserve on the ewes was $300 and there was only a couple that went for that. I wouldn't have brought them to the sale as my culls look better. A couple of yearling rams brought the $250 reserve but again, I wouldn't have brought them to the sale. Most of the decent rams were selling in the $500 range which is typical even for farm sales.

What made us happy is that Sand Mountain Katahdins out of Alabama overall brought some of the best prices of all the consignments and their ewes sold for a low o $700 with 4 of their best bringing in $1100. Four of our ewes are from that farm.

Is Cookville a ok area Mike, saw some houses ther for sale ????

 

[Mike CHS]

I don't know a lot about it other than it is home to Tennessee Technical University which is a huge school. Most of the downtown area is tied to the University in one form or another. Even the Ag Center where we had the sale today is theirs. Like any place else it has it's bad parts but overall it looked well kept and the rural area like most places in Tennessee are kept neat unless you get a neighbor like I have.