By Tyler Trieglaff

Notes from the Chief

Notes from the Farm…Quite a lot of work done on the farm the last week. The calves were given their second round of vaccinations, weighed and the weaning tags were put in their noses. The calves were turned back with their mothers, but they won’t be able to nurse.  

Research has shown that taking the milk away for 4-7 days will cause the calves to not miss mama when they are separated. After four days, we separated the calves, removed the tags and gave each a dose of dewormer on their back. The calves were then turned into their own feedlot to begin the backgrounding phase of their life. Hopefully they won’t miss mama too much and will get to work putting on pounds of meat.

The next step completed was pregnancy checking of the 78 or so cows on our place and the 36 from the neighbor. The veterinarian uses an ultrasound probe to check for the baby calf in the uterus. You can sometimes see the backbone and ribcage on the developing fetus in the cow.  

We had seven open cows, which seems to be in the normal range for us looking back several years. We have already expanded the herd by 11 mama cows to make up for any that we will be selling due to being open (not pregnant).  

We will for sure sell a couple of those seven, but we may keep the others to move them to a fall calving schedule. We have eight on a fall calving schedule, so adding a few more won’t hurt being we have plenty of feed.  

The cows will be in the feed area next to the calves in a fenceline type of weaning for a few days. This will help somewhat with the stress on the calves as they can still see and hear their mother. The cows will soon be moved farther away and finally to their winter pasture after deer hunting. Next week  I will give an update on our deer hunting at the farm.

Have a nice week!

Friday, Nov. 7

8:43 a.m. Report of a student trespassing at the high school. Officer took the student home.

9:59 a.m. Report that a male party was in Frazee and reporting party thought that he was trying to intimidate a female who he is prohibited from having contact with.

10:23 a.m. Party reporting that they received a suspicious package.  

12:34 p.m. Vehicle unlock.

6:17 p.m. Traffic complaint on US Hwy 10, no headlights and all over the road.  UTL

6:58 p.m. Civil issue between property owner and party buying the house contract for deed.  

Saturday, Nov. 8

1:56 p.m. Male party served trespass notice for two businesses in town.

5:45 p.m. Party reporting that he saw a bear in his yard.  

Sunday, Nov. 9

8:42 p.m. Traffic stop with warning for following too close.

9:59 p.m. Party wanting reassurance that they would be ok after having gastro-intestinal issues.

Monday, Nov. 10

2:49 p.m. Report of possible threats from a male party towards family after another family member was assaulted.

7:49 p.m. Report of possible court order violation.

9:09 p.m. Traffic stop with warning for stop sign violation.

11:14 p.m. Assist with a medical.

Wednesday, Nov. 12

2:53 a.m. Traffic stop with warning for stop sign violation.

7:59 a.m. Assist with a fender bender on Lake St N.

12:33 p.m. RR crossing arms malfunctioning. BNSF contacted.

12:58 p.m. Traffic stop with warning for stop sign violation.

2:36 p.m. Vehicle unlock.

7:46 p.m. Assist with a medical.

Thursday, Nov. 13

8:12 a.m. Assist with a student having a mental health issue at the high school.

1:29 p.m. Report of a male going door to door trying to sell roof repairs.  Officer told him that he needed a permit from the city office.

* Editor’s note: Those who were stumped by Chief Trieglaff’s Halloween costume last week will be relieved to find out he was dressed as an “under cover cop.”