Just a Dumb Ranchers Wonderings
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Before and After
<center><a href='http://www.sarpysam.net/gallery/Cow-Pixs/newmom02132006?full=1'><img width='250' height='167' border='0' hspace='5' src='http://www.sarpysam.net/gallery/albums/Cow-Pixs/newmom02132006.thumb.jpg' alt='' /></a></center><br />n<br />n<center>New momma laying with her baby on the nice warm day before the cold and snowy weather hit.</center><br />n<br />n<center><a href='http://www.sarpysam.net/gallery/albums/Cow-Pixs/newmom02132006.thumb.jpg'><img width='250' height='167' border='0' hspace='5' src='http://www.sarpysam.net/gallery/albums/views/snow02142006.thumb.jpg' alt='' /></a></center><br />n<br />n<center>The fresh snow, cold and cloudy weather will make things very interesting for the next week…
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Mixed Signals
Is the beef industry sure getting mixed signals from Japan now. <br />n<br />n<a href="http://www.brownfieldnetwork.com/gestalt/go.cfm?objectid=6A8E3CB0-CCF4-4589-C6AE330B283522DB">Japanese impressed with U.S. meat processors</a><br />n<br />n<blockquote>Japanese officials think the U.S. processes beef perfectly, according to a story from the Dow Jones Newswire. Leaders from Tokyo traveled to Kansas for a first-hand look at processing plants and American slaughter procedures.</blockquote><br…
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Comments
I won't point any fingers, but don't you just love it when you leave a coment on a blog that disagrees with what they are saying and they just delete it instead of responding to it. So much for blogs being about ideas, censorship of those who disagree with you is more like it.
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Humorous
Montana and many people in Montana oppose <a href="http://www.billingsgazette.net/articles/2006/02/01/news/state/65-cbm-letter.txt">dumping possibly contaminated water</a> into our streams and that is getting the attention of Wyoming coal bed methane (CBM) producers. The solution? The Wyoming Governor wants to <a href="http://www.billingsgazette.net/articles/2006/02/14/news/wyoming/30-pipeline.txt">pipe the contaminated water</a> to a different river that doesn't flow into Montana. They will just contaminate Nebraska's water…
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This is a Holiday?
Last year I posted my annual rant about Valentines Day being a fake, made-up holiday and how stupid I thought it was. It was amazing the number of people that took this personally. I lost over 90% of my readers over over my rant and I am just finally getting back up to the numbers…
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Waiting Around
<center><a href='http://www.sarpysam.net/gallery/Cow-Pixs/waiting02112006?full=1'><img width='250' height='216' border='0' hspace='5' src='http://www.sarpysam.net/gallery/albums/Cow-Pixs/waiting02112006.thumb.jpg' alt='' /></a></center><br />n<br />n<center>Some of the heifers that have yet to calve lounging around in the evening with the moon coming up behind them. The colors were interesting to me.</center><br />n<br />n<b>Waiting, waiting, waiting. All my life, I've been waiting for my life to begin, as if somehow…
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Homographs
Reasons why the English language is so hard to learn:<br />n<br />n1) The bandage was wound around the wound.<br />n2) The farm was used to produce produce.<br />n3) The dump was so full that it had to refuse more refuse.<br />n4) We must polish the Polish furniture.<br />n5) He could lead if he would get…
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Pulling a Calf
Almost 20% done with the heifers all ready and I just got in from pulling my first calf. That's pretty good if you ask me. It wasn't what I would classify as a hard pull but she definitely needed help. Have to go out and check on another one shortly. Boy the nights are short…
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Cute
<center><a href='http://www.sarpysam.net/gallery/Calves/calf02102006?full=1'><img width='640' height='427' border='0' hspace='5' src='http://www.sarpysam.net/gallery/albums/Calves/calf02102006.sized.jpg' alt='' /></a></center><br />n<br />nCute little fella if you ask me. We have a heck of a cold snap in the forecast as coming our way and by the end of the week we are supposed to be looking at high temperatures of below zero. That makes for miserable…
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Eartags and Identification
My friend in New York has a great picture up of what <a href="http://northviewdiary.blogspot.com/2006/02/this-is-what-happens-with-ear-tags.html">exactly happens</a> to the type of tags the <acronym title="United States Department of Agriculture, Bought and Paid for by The Big Meat Packers">USDA</acronym> wants us to use in this <acronym title="National Animal Identification System">NAIS</acronym> scheme. I couldn't agree more, I see this…