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Oh, come on....you can do it.  Go for Talledega.    I am not sure where you live, I am in North Alabama, it has been HOT here too.  Dry, grass is dying fast, one match and the whole place would go up.  I condition at Bankhead National Forest....and I can't go up there anymore.  All the creeks, and I mean big ones, are completely dried up.  Hard enough to ride in this weather, but you sure can't ride and not have any water for your horse to drink.  So, Joni and I are bound to staying at home, riding on the farm fields/trails and going to a trough/pond in a cow pasture for water while riding.  We're still riding in the evening, around 5pm....and it is very hot then.   Horse hay is up in the barn, and I have plenty of that where it came from.  So hay wise, I 'm way better off than most.  In fact, we haven't had to sell any cows, right now we have enough hay for them all winter too.  That is around 250 head of mamma cows + bulls.   Prices for round bales that we raise and sell is $30-$35 for a 5 x 6 bale.  So, sounds like our hay prices are better too.   I am just hoping we get a break in the weather and a nice hurricane to bring us some rain.....before Big South Fork.

 

Jody

L gin <ladurgin@xxxxxxx> wrote:

> Wow----it's been triple digits plus humidity anywhere from 80% in early 
> morning plus to 35% when it hits over 100 for over 3 weeks plus. -- My barn 
> thermoemter in the shade read 108, ground is fine dust,grass is 
> non-existant, I water new shrubs and trees weekly to keep them alive. Fire 
> danger is extreme.
> I didn't believe it was reading right, came inside and checked the indoor 
> outdoor one, it says 106. And it is only 1pm, hottest is later in the
>  
> day...........
> I finally got my new saddle right when the weather hit the triple 
> digits, that I spent 6 months of demoing 6 saddles to finally fit us both 
> and be somewhat secure. ---------- It is still sitting on the stand.
> So much for restarting both of us anytime soon.;0( Either I am a wimp or 
> no idiot.
> My old dog can hardly breathe for 15 minutes after she goes out to do 
> her thing, if I left her out for an hour she'd probably die.
> The old horse is somewhat puny, increasing his feed and salt.
> Horses are drinking 2.5 gallons of salty water next to their trough 
> every day, along with salt block and loose salt.
> I caught a squirrel coming out of the salt water bucket..........
> Just paid 50$ a roundbale for a large supply of large roundbales , that 
> I have to tarp. Feed store guy who bought it from the same farmer is 
> selling it for 60$ . (that is about double the normal rate).(2 years of 
> local drought).The only good thing
>  is this year I can do that, normally I 
> couldn't buy so much at once.Another farmer is planning on holding some hay 
> back in a barn and "' bout December, he's gonna sell it for about 75$ a 
> bale" (4 x5 roundbales).
> A neighbor was riding a couple days to a week ago--------both 
> covered in sweat, told them it had hit 105, that 
> day----------wow--------some horse.
> This is not fun. I was going to try and aim for Talledeaga ride, but 
> now think I may just be volunteering..........
> My horses need trimming, I may just set up some lights and do it about 
> midnight..............
>
> This heat also is giving me headaches and making me really tired----Can 
> you die from " Hot Flashes", while outdoors in 108? ;p
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