Category: The Ranch
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Water Rights Fee
I got my bill in the mail for <a href="http://www.montanaforum.com/modules.php?op=modload&name=News&file=article&sid=4378">water rights</a>. I find the statement that a persons bill could be up to $400 dollars a laugh.<br />n<br />n<blockquote>Individuals can expect to pay $20 per water right every two years for the next decade. People with multiple water rights will pay up to $400.</blockquote><br />n<br…
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Still too Warm
It still is too warm around here and getting real slick and muddy. This is December and it shouldn't be happening. I still have over two weeks worth of big square bales to haul from home to feed the cows and it's so muddy I can't load and get them hauled over to the cows.<br…
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Squeaky Wheel
The squeaky wheel gets oiled first. I guess I just don't complain about things enough.<br />n<br />n<a href="http://www.billingsgazette.com/index.php?id=1&display=rednews/2005/12/23/build/state/30-buffalo-elk.inc">FWP takes aim at hay-eating elk near Buffalo</a><br />n<br />nI read this article a few days ago and thought of a few things.<br />n<br />n1. Landowners don't let the public hunt and then complain that the wildlife are…
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No Happy Medium
I swear there is no happy medium in the weather any more. We went from freezing our a**es off to shirtsleeve weather all in a couple of days. Yesterday morning I woke up to rain hitting the house. I couldn't believe it. Rain in December. This is just too strange. It was soft and muddy…
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Amazing
It was simply amazing, we actually saw the sun yesterday. It seems like it has been forever since we last saw the sun around here. Don't get me wrong, it was cold. It started out the day at -20F and worked its way up to 9F. The weather service said it was supposed to be…
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Blizzard, Kind Of
It was like a blizzard around here yesterday. Not quite, so I guess I will call it a near blizzard. There were time while feeding that I couldn't see where I was or where I was going. It was miserable as the pictures I hope show.<br />n<br />n<center><a href='http://www.sarpysam.net/gallery/Yearlings/blow12142005?full=1'><img width='250' height='188' border='0' hspace='5' src='http://www.sarpysam.net/gallery/albums/Yearlings/blow12142005.thumb.jpg' alt=''…
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Back Breaker Done
With the warmer weather the other day we managed to get the tractors running. We got roads plowed so we could move big loads of hay around and quit the back breaking work of loading the little bales by hand. We are feeding the big bales I bought last year.<br />n<br />n<center><a href='http://www.sarpysam.net/gallery/Cow-Pixs/protest12092005?full=1'><img width='250' height='188'…
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Finally Started
<center><a href='http://www.sarpysam.net/gallery/Cow-Pixs/feed12062005?full=1'><img width='250' height='188' border='0' hspace='5' src='http://www.sarpysam.net/gallery/albums/Cow-Pixs/feed12062005.thumb.jpg' alt='' /></a></center><br />n<br />nI finally started feeding the cows yesterday morning. We got quite a shot of snow overnight and with the cold temperatures it was time. I wanted to start feeding the big square bales I bought which I had left over from last year but that…
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Ten Days
<a href="http://www.billingsgazette.com//index.php?id=1&display=rednews/2005/12/06/build/local/25-snow.inc">10 days of snow breaks record</a><br />n<br />nLike I said I could use a break and that headline says it all. We never seem to have gotten much but every day does wear on a person and it wears on the cattle. Yesterday morning the snow and 50 MPH winds were very obnoxious and…
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Continues To Snow
It seems like every night we get more snow. This morning the wind is blowing hard and more snow is falling. I'm not saying the snow is bad but I am tired of it for now. Give me a few warm days to let things warm up once and I would appreciate it. The wind…