Just a Dumb Ranchers Wonderings
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The Day
Today's the day, the day the Montana Republican party completely disenfranchises Montana voters and picks the primary winner in <a href="http://www.billingsgazette.net/articles/2008/02/05/news/local/18-gop.txt">party only caucuses</a>.<br />n<br />n<blockquote>Voting will be done by local and state Republican leaders, precinct committee people and GOP politicians elected to statewide and county office. All told, Montana's Republican presidential nominee will be decided…
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Load
<center><a class='serendipity_image_link' href='http://www.sarpysam.net/gallery/misc/load01302008?full=1'><img width="640" height="427" style="border: 0px; padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 5px;" src="http://www.sarpysam.net/gallery/albums/misc/load01302008.sized.jpg" alt="" /></a></center><br />n<br />n<center>One of the two loads of hay I feed every day. Busted a spring on this trailer the other day. Luckily I had the parts to fix it. Taken 1/30/2008.</center>
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Walking
<center><a class='serendipity_image_link' href='http://www.sarpysam.net/gallery/Cow-Pixs/walk02022008?full=1'><img width="640" height="427" style="border: 0px; padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 5px;" src="http://www.sarpysam.net/gallery/albums/Cow-Pixs/walk02022008.sized.jpg" alt="" /></a></center><br />n<br />n<center>Drag view of taking the heifers home to calve. There is not a lot of snow but they sure didn't want to walk in it. Taken 2/2/2008.</center>
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Quotes
<strong>A man needs a wife. There's lots of things you can't blame on the Government. Jed Clampett</strong><br />n<br />n<strong>It would be really nice to be a cow or horse or any other critter on your place, but it's hell being a piece of equipment. Damn you treat your pickup rough.</strong> My Hired Hand
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Eating
<center><a class='serendipity_image_link' href='http://www.sarpysam.net/gallery/Cow-Pixs/eat01232008?full=1'><img width="640" height="426" style="border: 0px; padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 5px;" src="http://www.sarpysam.net/gallery/albums/Cow-Pixs/eat01232008.sized.jpg" alt="" /></a></center><br />n<br />n<center>Two year old eating on a flake of hay. Taken 1/23/2008. </center>
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Over
The calves are finally really starting to look good. I don't know what the bug was that was holding them back but they are finally over it and going strong. All told I probably doctored about 25 of them for coccidiosis. Just under 20% of them. I think a few more had it but got…
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Cows
<center><a class='serendipity_image_link' href='http://www.sarpysam.net/gallery/Cow-Pixs/feed01232008?full=1'><img width="640" height="480" style="border: 0px; padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 5px;" src="http://www.sarpysam.net/gallery/albums/Cow-Pixs/feed01232008.sized.jpg" alt="" /></a></center><br />n<br />n<center>The cows wandering up to the feed truck looking for hay on a very beautiful day. Taken 1/23/2008.</center>
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Black Eye
I hate it when a bunch of assholes give the whole beef industry a <a href="http://www.brownfieldnetwork.com/gestalt/go.cfm?objectid=CCD314BC-BA90-E7B6-0752DE473E118D6A">bad name</a>. Not only am I talking about the assholes at the slaughter plant, but also the owners that sent such animals to slaughter in the first place. If they are that bad of shape that the critters can't stand…
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Conversation
Back room conversation at Earthjustice:<br />n<br />n<blockquote>We can't have the state's controlling the wildlife in their borders now can we? No, the Constitution and us would never allow such a thing. The tenth Amendment to the Constitution you say? Who cares, we've ignored it before. <a href="http://www.billingsgazette.net/articles/2008/01/29/news/state/30-wolfsuit.txt">Let's sue</a> to prevent prevent states from having any…
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Sunning
<center><a class='serendipity_image_link' href='http://www.sarpysam.net/gallery/cats/cats01262008?full=1'><img width="640" height="480" style="border: 0px; padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 5px;" src="http://www.sarpysam.net/gallery/albums/cats/cats01262008.sized.jpg" alt="" /></a></center><br />n<br />n<center>Two of the barn cats, Socks and Sambo, sunning themselves on a hay bale during the cold weather. they don't look to bad for 14 year old cats but the cold weather has been tough on them. Taken 1/26/2008.</center>