Just a Dumb Ranchers Wonderings
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Taking the Boys Out
What a day. It seems like it would never end. First off a generator wasn't working. It was no big deal got it working and got water pumping for the cows. Then came the excitement for the day.<br />n<br />nThe plan was to put the bulls out with the yearlings today. So I drove up…
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Small Branding
We got the little bunch branded today. One hundred and ten head done and out of the way. I never have done a spring branding of calves in May when it was snowing but it was today when we <a href="http://www.nowherethoughts.net/pics/snow05012005.jpg" onclick="window.open('http://www.nowherethoughts.net/pics/snow05012005.jpg','popup','width=1020,height=686,scrollbars=no,resizable=no,toolbar=no,directories=no,location=no,menubar=no,status=no,left=0,top=0'); return false">started</a>. I am really tired of this cold weather and the snow…
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Snake Oil Salesman
<blockquote>"I said after the election, 'I'll ride tall in the saddle for Montana,"' Schweitzer said. "And I think that's important to have an image for Montana that people can respect."</blockquote><br />n<br />nMaybe someday we will "respect" the image but it definitely isn't the person that is in their now. Snake in the grass is a…
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Not a Suprise
Is <a href="http://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory?id=717798&CMP=OTC-RSSFeeds0312" target="_new">this</a> really a suprise? I assumed when she had been "found" this morning that she had just taken off. It didn't take rocket science to figure that out. Somewhere I heard that the wedding ceremony she was going to be in had over 600 guests and 14 bridesmaids. I would be out…
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Responding To an Idiot!
Excuse me <a href="http://www.billingsgazette.com//index.php?id=1&display=rednews/2005/04/29/build/opinion/50-reader-voice.inc" target="_new">Susan O'Leary</a>, but I disagree.<br />n<br />n<blockquote>We need to assume our children will bully and begin teaching them as soon as they are old enough to recognize bullying and how to stop it.</blockquote><br />n<br />nMaybe your children were horrible enough that you had to "assume" they were bullies, but mine are…
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Freezing Temperatures
There has been around 8 years of drought so far, I will not say it is over, and all through this I have never had to feed hay once I turned cattle "out in the hills." There has always been enough grass for the cows to get them along once they were out.<br />n<br />nThat…
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Computer Problems
<a href="http://www.theinquirer.net/?article=22838" target="_new">This</a> report kind of tickled my fancy this morning. <br />n<br />nIt would probably be a whole lot funnier if my main computer wouldn't have bit the big one yesterday afternoon. I think my hard drive is done in. Luckily I have a backup of all my personal files but it is taking…
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Weather
I am real happy about the moisture we have been getting but is it ever going to warm up? All that moisture doesn't grow much grass with the tempartures like they are. I took a generator to town today and heard the sugar beets were up and with the freezing tempartures coming up more than…
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Bulls
Forgot my camera yesterday but we got 6 bulls in from Sitz Angus Ranch that we bought earlier this spring. They were pretty good looking fellows. It is a pretty good year to replace a bunch of bulls. In the bunch of critters we sold last week was 6 bulls that needed to be sold…
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Things Never Change
Doesn't this just give you that warm, fuzzy feeling?<br />n<br />n<a href="http://www.billingsgazette.com//index.php?id=1&display=rednews/2005/04/27/build/world/98-opium-crop.inc" target="_new">Harvest of opium crop begins in Afghanistan</a><br />n<br />nIn more news from Afghanistan I find this.<br />n<br />n<a href="http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/A/AFGHAN_HONOR_KILLING?SITE=APWEB&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT&reload=true" target="_new">Afghan Woman Killed for Alleged Adultery</a><br />n<br />nOur Army went in and did a great job of kicking the bad guys out. I would…