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| We have a new Longhorn heifer
calf a Sweetwater. "JG's Strawberry Pie TL5" was
born January 19, 2007. She was 54 pounds at birth. Her sire,
Blue Ruler 61, was born in 1977 and she was conceived through
Artificial Insemination with a straw of semen collected in
1979. |
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Our first calf of the fall calving season arrived
on August 8, 2006. We currently have 61 calves on the ground
with more arriving daily. Our last calf arrived March 8, 2007.
We had a total of 260 calves born in the fall 2006, spring
2007 season.
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Game Cleaning
Station
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Our new game cleaning station features large
stainless steel sinks, concrete floors with drains, a hoist
for dressing large game, vacuum sealer and an ice machine.
We can't wait for hunting season to start.
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New Hay Barn Location
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Duck Boxes |
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| Site of new hay barn shown above. Worked started on Tuesday,
September 19, 2006 on our new hay barn. When completed the
barn will be 60' x 125'. |
An additional five wood duck nest boxes where placed at
Sweetwater this spring. The boxes are hand constructed of
cypress lumber and have predictor guards to keep predictors
from eating the eggs or hatchlings. Each box is numbered and
a record of how many eggs are hatched from each is recorded
when the boxes are cleaned in the fall. Everyone of our wood
duck boxes where utilized by pairs of wood ducks this spring
with successful hatches in each. |
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| Horses at Sweetwater
Plantation |
Crystal was the first horse we purchased. She is a Palomino
registered Tennessee Walker . We found her atop Signal
Mountain in Chattanooga, Tennessee. |
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| For years we have had a horse barn but no horses at Sweetwater,
this spring we decides to change things and four horses came
to call Sweetwater their home. |
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| A friend told us about a 6 year old Thoroughbred gelding
that was in need of a good home. He had been a race horse
in Kentucky and a Hunter Jumper at the fox hunts here in McDuffie
County. We agreed to give "Wall Street Wizard" a
good home. We call him Murphy. |
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We decided Crystal was lonely and need some
other horses to hang out with so we found
Smoke and Sumner. Smoke is a chestnut Quarter horse and Sumner
is a Sorrel Tennessee Walker. They both are mares from Tennessee. |
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