Ranch Wife's Slant

Cowboys, kids, and ranch life

Tag: feeding cows

  • Meals on Wheels

    A lot of today’s ranchers have modernized the way they feed their cows by using a hydraulic bale bed. My husband refers to ours sometimes as a tractor because the system replaces feeding cows with a tractor and is considered valuable equipment on our outfit. Our bale bed feeder is a DewEze. What’s handy, and…

  • Our V.I.T. (Very Important Tool)

    I recently wrote a column about twine cutters. They are a necessary implement in the wintertime for feeding cows hay that comes in round bales. Since these bales are held together tightly with nylon twine, a sharp-edged tool is needed to cut the strings.  Most guys will just use a pocket knife. My husband likes…