Just a Dumb Ranchers Wonderings
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Love Thy Neighbor
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Cranes
<center><a class='serendipity_image_link' href='http://www.sarpysam.net/gallery/wildlife/cranes09052006?full=1'><img width='640' height='480' border='0' hspace='5' src='http://www.sarpysam.net/gallery/albums/wildlife/cranes09052006.sized.jpg' alt='' /></a></center><br />n<br />n<center>The pair of Sandhill cranes that have been hanging around here. Last year I seen their baby around but this year I don't see one. It must not have made it. Hopefully they will have better luck next year. Taken 9/5/2006.</center>
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Disaster Relief Going Nowhere
<a href="http://www.billingsgazette.net/articles/2006/09/11/news/state/50-billions.txt" >Billions for drought a tough sell</a><br />n<br />n<blockquote>Penny Altendorf isn't a farmer, but the ongoing drought is affecting her family nonetheless.<br />n<br />nShe and her husband Richard own an aerial sprayer company, a business that is dependent on the weather in eastern North Dakota where they live. And it's been so dry this…
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The Food Chain
Recently, a large corporation hired several cannibals to increase their diversity,<br />n <br />n"You are all part of our team now," said the Human Resources rep during the welcoming briefing. "You get all the usual benefits and you can go to the cafeteria for something to eat, but please don't eat any employees."<br />n <br…
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The Sun
<center><a class='serendipity_image_link' href='http://www.sarpysam.net/gallery/sunrise/sun09082006?full=1'><img width='640' height='480' border='0' hspace='5' src='http://www.sarpysam.net/gallery/albums/sunrise/sun09082006.sized.jpg' alt='' /></a></center><br />n<br />n<center>My Darling Wife sure catches some good shots with her camera. What a nice sunrise, the only way it could be better is if rain was pouring out of the sky. Taken 9/8/2006.</center>
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Good News
<a href="http://www.forbes.com/entrepreneurs/feeds/ap/2006/09/07/ap3001799.html" >South Korea to Resume U.S. Beef Imports</a><br />n<br />n<blockquote>South Korea on Friday approved resuming imports of U.S. beef after repeated delays in implementing an earlier decision to lift a 2003 ban imposed because of mad cow fears.<br />n<br />nSouth Korea's Agriculture Ministry said 36 U.S. slaughterhouses designated to handle meat for export to…
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Yet Again
I go out yesterday morning to do chores and line things out and what do I see, smoke. There is a fire off by the mountain yet again. No lightning for weeks, I have no idea how it started but I know what to do, off to fight it. I start to head for it…
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The Problems of Not Being Able to Read
Remember, wolves <u>do not</u> attack human beings.<br />n<br />n<a href="http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20060906.wwolff0906/BNStory/National/home#" >Wolf that attacked 6 tests negative for rabies</a><br />n<br />n<blockquote>A lone black wolf that attacked six people, including several young children, in a provincial park over the long weekend has tested negative for rabies, the Algoma Health Unit said Wednesday.<br />n<br />nThe remains of the…
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Brown
<center><a class='serendipity_image_link' href='http://www.sarpysam.net/gallery/views/content09062006?full=1'><img width='640' height='480' border='0' hspace='5' src='http://www.sarpysam.net/gallery/albums/views/content09062006.sized.jpg' alt='' /></a></center><br />n<br />n<center>The cattle out grazing early in the morning. You can see the smoke from the Derby Fire in the background of the sky. It isn't reaching here so we are lucky. Taken 9/6/2006.</center>
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Get the Story Straight
I think Leo McDonnell, Past President of R-CALF USA, needs to get his story straight. At a recent <a href="http://www.r-calfusa.com/News%20Releases/090506-mississippi.htm">get together in Mississippi</a> he told the gathered crowd;<br />n<br />n<blockquote>“R-CALF USA does not support the proposed Animal ID system,” he said. “It is hypocrisy to put such a costly and burdensome regulation on the U.S.…