Category: ranch
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Slow
Boy, things are going slow around here. As far behind as I am getting they should be going fast, but they're not. I'm not really complaining though. What's slowing me down is rain and more rain and more rain. It keeps it to wet to do most of the work I need to do right…
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Interesting News
I was visiting with a neighbor the other night and heard something really interesting. Many of the people on the Rosebud flat run out of hay during the recent snowstorm and had to go with no feed for their cattle since none was available. This to me shows how much some people were hurt by…
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Just Go Away
I've always liked the saying, Don't go away mad, just go away. Well the hired hand didn't follow this advice. He left, but he left madder than hell. It's been coming for awhile so in a way it wasn't a surprise, but it sure was sudden.<br />n<br />nWe were out doing morning chores this morning…
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Ruin My Day
<center><a class='serendipity_image_link' href='http://www.sarpysam.com/sarpysam/uploads/ruin03032007.jpg'><!– s9ymdb:106 –><img width='640' height='480' style="border: 0px; padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 5px;" src="http://www.sarpysam.com/sarpysam/uploads/ruin03032007.jpg" alt="" /></a></center><br />n<br />n<center>Here is a really good way to ruin a persons day. By the time I got it fixed yesterday it was after noon and the cows decided we weren't going to feed them at all. Taken 3/3/2007.</center>
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That Was Quick
No sooner did I put an ad up with Montana Job Service for a hired hand and now I have a new Hired Hand. Usually it takes months to find somebody but this time a qualified guy stepped up right out of the box and I went ahead and hired him. I really need somebody…
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Feed The Needy
<a href="http://www.billingsgazette.net/articles/2007/01/28/news/business/25-donate.txt" >Hamburger Helper</a><br />n<br />n<blockquote>Every rancher has cattle who get old or injured. And for most ranchers, their emotional attachment to the animals forces a financial decision<br />n<br />nIf the rancher takes the animal to the sales ring, on its way to the packing plant, it could fall and be injured. If it's injured…
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Funny Thing
A funny thing happened on the way to the feed ground the other day, the replacement heifer calves really started to look good to me finally. I'm still in shock about how good they look. Let me explain.<br />n<br />nAt weaning time I keep a number of the best heifer calves to use as replacement…
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Memories
The recent Blizzards in Colorado and a book I am reading have reminded me of the winter of 96-97 in this area. It rivaled the historical winter of 1887 in it's ferocity and snow cover around here. It started in mid October and didn't end until mid April.<br />n<br />nI have never fed cows so…
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Interesting Phone Call
I got an interesting phone call from my banker yesterday. He informed me that he was <strong>dropping</strong> the interest rate on my loan by 1.25%. He said "Your putting as much money in your business as we are putting in ours." I was quite shocked by all this but glad to hear it. Any way…
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Good Looking
I had a neighbor drive through my place "looking around" the other day. He stopped and visited when he was done and told me "That is one nice looking bunch of two-year olds, I think they are the best I've ever seen." I know, I should have just said thank you or something similarly modest…