Just a Dumb Ranchers Wonderings
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Complete
<center><a class='serendipity_image_link' href='http://www.sarpysam.net/gallery/misc/tank06282006?full=1'><img width='640' height='480' border='0' hspace='5' src='http://www.sarpysam.net/gallery/albums/misc/tank06282006.sized.jpg' alt='' /></a></center><br />n<br />n<center>The finished product. The tank full of water and the fence put back in to separate the pastures. I think it will work real good. there are a few leaks thanks to the hired hand not tightening the bolts enough but I will be…
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Despair
On a rare occasion I have hope that the hired hand is coming around and will be a really good man to have around. The other day he independently remembered that there was a stretch of fence needed fixing before we turned cattle into a pasture and went and fixed it. That really made me…
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Another Time
<center><a class='serendipity_image_link' href='http://www.sarpysam.net/gallery/Farming/equipment06122006?full=1'><img width='640' height='480' border='0' hspace='5' src='http://www.sarpysam.net/gallery/albums/Farming/equipment06122006.sized.jpg' alt='' /></a></center><br />n<br />n<center>Another piece of old equipment that sits over at the Williams Place. I am not sure what it is. maybe somebody could tell me. Taken 6/12/2006.</center>
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Parents Abdicating Their Responsibilities
<a href="http://www.billingsgazette.net/articles/2006/06/28/opinion/gazette/50-gazetteopinion.txt">Gazette Opinion: Reasonable road rules for teen drivers</a><br />n<br />n<blockquote>As of this weekend, Montana joins the other 49 states in making special provisions for helping young drivers gain skills they need to be safe drivers.<br />n<br />nAt long last, Montana's graduated driver's license law will take effect. For the most part, the law reinforces…
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Sliding By
<center><a class='serendipity_image_link' href='http://www.sarpysam.net/gallery/views/sliding06202006?full=1'><img width='640' height='480' border='0' hspace='5' src='http://www.sarpysam.net/gallery/albums/views/sliding06202006.sized.jpg' alt='' /></a></center><br />n<br />n<center>The last time I seen any rain in the area and it slid way south of us. Damn the bad luck. Taken 6/20/2006.</center>
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Wow, What a Concept
Did you know if I move my mustache out of the way so the boy can see my lips he has a lot better luck copying the sounds I am making? I'll have to remember that.<br />n<br />n<strong>It was an opportunity and we did the best we could and you just move on after that,…
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Watching
<center><a class='serendipity_image_link' href='http://www.sarpysam.net/gallery/wildlife/watch06232006?full=1'><img width='640' height='427' border='0' hspace='5' src='http://www.sarpysam.net/gallery/albums/wildlife/watch06232006.sized.jpg' alt='' /></a></center><br />n<br />n<center>On the left of this picture you see my boy out for his morning walk climbing the hills and rocks for fun. I know it's hard to see but there is a fox on the right hand side of the picture watching him. There…
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Food Production
Over at <a href="http://www.mtpolitics.net/archives/2341">mtpolitics</a> there is an interesting link to a story on ethanol (http://www.nytimes.com/2006/06/25/business/25ethanol.html) in the NY Times yesterday. If you are at all interested in the politics of ethanol it is a good read. It also raises some of the concerns I have as a livestock producer in the US.<br />n<br />n<blockquote>"Unless we…
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About Time
I have ranted here more than once about <a href="http://governor.mt.gov/governor/govbio.asp">Gov. Brian Schweitzer</a>'s idea of a coal to fuel plant in the Otter Creek area being premature and that people need to slow down and think. It's never done any good, Schweitzer's sycophantic legions just keep touting his plan like it is going to solve the…