Just a Dumb Ranchers Wonderings
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Hay
<center><b>FROM THE PHOTO ARCHIVES </b><br />nNew not previously published<br />n<br />nI've been putting up hay like mad the last couple of weeks so I thought I would look back and see the purpose of what I am doing.</center><br />n<br />n<center><a href='http://www.sarpysam.net/gallery/Cow-Pixs/feeding12292005?full=1'><img width='640' height='480' border='0' hspace='5' src='http://www.sarpysam.net/gallery/albums/Cow-Pixs/feeding12292005.sized.jpg' alt='' /></a></center><br />n<br />n<center>Feeding the cows thier hay during…
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Insulting
<img width='165' height='220' border='0' hspace='5' align='left' src='http://www.sarpysam.com/sarpysam/uploads/noose.serendipityThumb.jpg' alt='' /><a href="http://www.billingsgazette.net/articles/2006/06/24/news/local/80-rape.txt">Man accused of raping 16-year-old</a><br />n<br />n<b>Man</b>, I don't think so. No <strong>man</strong> I know goes out and rapes anyone, let alone a 16 year old girl. Let's try scum-sucking loser or cowardly asshole to describe this less than human beast. Calling him a man insults…
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Babies
<center><a class='serendipity_image_link' href='http://www.sarpysam.net/gallery/wildlife/little06222006?full=1'><img width='640' height='426' border='0' hspace='5' src='http://www.sarpysam.net/gallery/albums/wildlife/little06222006.sized.jpg' alt='' /></a></center><br />n<br />n<center>I spooked up two antelope kids (calves, fawns?) yesterday on my way home. I finally saw mom up on the hill a little ways away. They ran up to her. Taken 6/22/2006.</center>
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More Money Than Sense
<a href="http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060622/ap_on_fe_st/100_burger">Fla. restaurant sells $100 hamburger</a><br />n<br />n<blockquote>A hundred bucks might buy you more than six dozen burgers from McDonald's, but the swanky Old Homestead Steakhouse will sell you one brawny beef sandwich for the same price.<br />n<br />nBoca Raton Mayor Steven Abrams could barely speak between bites as he devoured the 20-ounce, $100 hamburger…
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I Like This
Now here is an idea I can get behind.<br />n<br />n<a href="http://www.nasda.org/InterstateMeatShipment/">AGRICULTURE COALITION URGES ACTION ON INTERSTATE MEAT SHIPMENT BILL</a><br />n<br />n<blockquote>A broad-based coalition of agricultural and farm organizations is urging Congress to take prompt action on legislation introduced June 15 that would allow interstate sales of state-inspected meat and poultry products. S. 3519, the…
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International
<center><a class='serendipity_image_link' href='http://www.sarpysam.net/gallery/misc/international06142006?full=1'><img width='640' height='480' border='0' hspace='5' src='http://www.sarpysam.net/gallery/albums/misc/international06142006.sized.jpg' alt='' /></a></center><br />n<br />n<center>When I put a submersible pump in a well I hang it on black plastic but a few metal pieces are always required. When I put the pump in the new well with the big tank the other day I noticed the place of…
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Monster Tank
<center><a class='serendipity_image_link' href='http://www.sarpysam.net/gallery/misc/tank06202006?full=1'><img width='640' height='480' border='0' hspace='5' src='http://www.sarpysam.net/gallery/albums/misc/tank06202006.sized.jpg' alt='' /></a></center><br />n<br />n<center>I got the tank installed at the new well I drilled. It's a 25 foot steel tank with a cement bottom in it. It supposed to hold 6000 gallons of water. I can remember as a little boy my dad having trouble with water…
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In Demand
Earlier in the month the guy who bought my calves last year came up again and looked the calves over. He also shared with us some kill sheets he had just got from the packer on how some of the calves did at the slaughter plant. It was all gobbledygook to me but here the…
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Agreement
<a href="http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_JAPAN_MAD_COW?SITE=MTBIL&SECTION=BUSINESS&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT">Japan agrees to lift ban on U.S. beef</a><br />n<br />n<blockquote>Japan agreed Wednesday to lift its ban on U.S. beef imports, pending planned inspections of U.S. meat processing plants, the agriculture ministry said. The Asian nation imposed the ban over concerns about mad cow disease.</blockquote><br />n<br />nI am glad to see that this long running…
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Lounging Around
<center><a class='serendipity_image_link' href='http://www.sarpysam.net/gallery/Cow-Pixs/lounge06122006?full=1'><img width='640' height='480' border='0' hspace='5' src='http://www.sarpysam.net/gallery/albums/Cow-Pixs/lounge06122006.sized.jpg' alt='' /></a></center><br />n<br />n<center>Full bellies, green grass and shade. Life is good according to these cattle. Taken 6/12/20006.</center>