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Deb Johnson
Innisfail, Alberta - Canada
Phone
/ Fax 403.227.6060 - Cell 403.396.9054
www.northernhorse.com/johnson/
This
year I only had 9 foals, and have 3 weaned in the
barn, and in October, I'll bring in the rest and
get them weaned. I have leased some
beautiful pasture with 4 dugouts on 80 acres this
year. The lady that owns the pasture,
said they could stay on it until November, so that
will help, as our hay prices are crazy this year.
We had such a cold, dry spring that the hay crops
and pastures never came on until the second week
in July. Then we started to get some
rain, and the second cuts are doing better.
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purchased a horse of another kind!
Since I have been depressed, (about the horse
business), and I'm dealing with empty nest
syndrome, I decided, instead of wearing purple and
red hats, that I would buy myself a ford MUSTANG,
and its a CONVERTIBLE! yup.....I feel
like , when I was a kid, galloping full tilt, no
fear, with my long hair flying in the wind!
Now, when I have those old 70's tunes up high, the
top down, and couldn't feel happier!
Everyone should indulge in their secret wishes! I have had more fun this summer with my car, and so many
"nice car" comments, that it sure makes
a person feel good! I always had a
sport muscle car when I was a teenager
(was a dodge Charger, then), so I have
done something fun for myself, instead of spending
every available dollar on hay! Take
care, and experience reckless abandon, once in a
while.....its hellishly good for your soul ! |
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Bar~On
Ranch
Gene & Rose Baron
350
North 320 West
Hyde Park, UT 84318
(435) 563-3538 - Ranch
Picture at 10 wks old
Hello
from Utah,
Everything
is going great here in Utah, as most of you know,
we had a dispersal sale in 2002, sold sixty-five
head, and kept one stallion, Skippoleon. In
2007 we went to the Skipper-W Show in Moab in our
5th wheel.
Susie Taylor and John Ogden donated a mare
to the club to auction off, her name was Mexicali
Chantilly. We bought $100 worth of tickets and won
that mare. We
got Jerry and Theresa LeRoy to haul her to Ken and
Connie Durfee's and we picked her up after we
got back home.
In 2002 when we sold all our horses, I
promised my wife that I wasn't going to breed any
more mares, but you know how those Wiescamp
horses have a reputation of jumping fences during
the night, breeding a mare or two and jumping back
over and all those babies wondering "whose my
daddy" well we only had one mare and one
stallion so we know who the daddy was, but, she is
still wondering how he got over that 5ft fence!!!!
I told her, the same way Hank's did.
We have had some pretty
expensive mares over the years, but, I have to say
that this filly is one of the very best fillies
that I have ever raised and she is out of that
$100 mare!!! As Hank would say "that's
the way it goes, you never know".
Hope everyone had a good foaling season and
until next time.
Best
Regards,
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