Just a Dumb Ranchers Wonderings
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Questions Unanswered
The love fest for Tester has <a href="http://www.billingsgazette.net/articles/2006/06/08/news/state/20-tester.txt">started</a> but I am still wondering one thing. <br />n<br />nWHY WON'T HE ANSWER MY QUESTIONS!!!!<br />n<br />nJust over two weeks ago I emailed the Tester and Morrison Campaigns a series of questions regarding agricultural issues that are presently before the congress and asked for their opinion on…
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Rocks
<center><a href='http://www.sarpysam.net/gallery/views/rock06022006?full=1'><img width='640' height='480' border='0' hspace='5' src='http://www.sarpysam.net/gallery/albums/views/rock06022006.sized.jpg' alt='' /></a></center><br />n<br />n<center>One of the many sandstone formations scattered around the area. They are always interesting to look at and study. Taken 6/2/2006.</center>
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Unbelievable
<a href="http://www.billingsgazette.net/articles/2006/06/07/news/local/45-assault-charges.txt">Teen charged with attempted murder for hockey stick assault</a><br />n<br />n<blockquote>A 15-year-old Billings boy accused of beating another 15-year-old boy with a hockey stick after being stabbed in the leg was charged as an adult Tuesday in District Court with attempted murder.<br />n<br />nJohnny Allen Washee Jr. pleaded not guilty to attempted deliberate homicide.…
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Election Results
There are all kinds of election results in the <a href="http://www.billingsgazette.net/">Billings Gazette</a> this morning so I won't link to them all. Suffice it to say my streak holds firm. I am still voting on the opposite side of the majority of the citizens in the state and county and nobody, or ballot issue, I voted…
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Wild Roses
<center><a href='http://www.sarpysam.net/gallery/flowers/roses06052006?full=1'><img width='640' height='480' border='0' hspace='5' src='http://www.sarpysam.net/gallery/albums/flowers/roses06052006.sized.jpg' alt='' /></a></center><br />n<br />n<center>The wild roses are in full bloom now. They have been for a few days but I have been too busy to get a picture. I made the time and got one yesterday. Everything seems more fragrant this year. More than usual. Wish I could…
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Cull Cows
I always have to laugh when I read articles like this one: (warning: if you are not in the cattle business, this article will have no interest for you)<br />n<br />n<a href="http://cattletoday.com/archive/2006/June/CT488.shtml">HUNTIN' DAYLIGHT — BOOSTING RETURNS WITH CULL COWS</a><br />n<br />nWhy do I laugh at this article though? It tells you the advantages of not…
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Joining In
I will join Craig in saying "<a href="http://www.mtpolitics.net/archives/2330">The Duck Keeps Zapping My Comments</a>."<br />n<br />nDoes this explain <a href="http://duck.hekhet.net/?p=182">What happened to our community?</a> Our comments keep getting zapped? I don't think so but it might play a part.<br />n<br />nMy Comment that keeps disappearing to The Duck.<br />n<br />nThine arrow wounds me deeply. Whilst I…
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New Baler
<center><a href='http://www.sarpysam.net/gallery/Farming/baler06022006?full=1'><img width='640' height='480' border='0' hspace='5' src='http://www.sarpysam.net/gallery/albums/Farming/baler06022006.sized.jpg' alt='' /></a></center><br />n<br />n<center>The new baler arrived the other day. Boy is it a massive and complicated piece of machinery. I've spent two days setting it up and getting myself familiar with how it works. The dealer is supposed to send somebody out to help get it running…
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Wisdom
I may just be a dumb cowboy, but I am smart enough to know better than <a href="http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/B/BRF_BALLOON_DEATHS?SITE=MTBIL&SECTION=US&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT">this</a>. I really wonder sometimes about the intelligence and maturity of college students anymore. It's always funny, the older I get, the more immature the younger people seem. <br />n<br />nI know they are not really changing, just…
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Last Ones
<center><a href='http://www.sarpysam.net/gallery/Cow-Pixs/out06032006?full=1'><img width='640' height='480' border='0' hspace='5' src='http://www.sarpysam.net/gallery/albums/Cow-Pixs/out06032006.sized.jpg' alt='' /></a></center><br />n<br />n<center>We branded up the last twenty head of late born calves yesterday and trailed them out to pasture. The cattle should be set for a little while now. It's time to concentrate on Haying. Taken 6/4/2006.</center>