Just a Dumb Ranchers Wonderings
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Abrupt Change
You want to talk about an abrupt change in the weather, that is sure what has happened around here. No rain yet, damn the bad luck, but cooler weather abounds. Last week through Sunday it was low to upper 90's every day and since Monday I don't think it has gotten above 90. It's so…
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Out And About
<center><a class='serendipity_image_link' href='http://www.sarpysam.net/gallery/chickens/chicks08122007?full=1'><img width='640' height='427' style="border: 0px; padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 5px;" src="http://www.sarpysam.net/gallery/albums/chickens/chicks08122007.sized.jpg" alt="" /></a></center><br />n<br />n<center>The new chickens are really starting to get out and about now. We moved them over to the regular coop and they are integrating with the older ones. The survival rate of this bunch was a little lower than we…
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Sad Day
It's a pretty sad day when you are told a course of action in a legal battle, non criminal, you are involved in is going to cost $2000 and think to yourself, "what's $2000 more dollars at this point, it doesn't matter. I wonder where the people suing me are getting the money to pay…
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Moth
<center><a class='serendipity_image_link' href='http://www.sarpysam.net/gallery/misc/moth08152007?full=1'><img width='640' height='426' style="border: 0px; padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 5px;" src="http://www.sarpysam.net/gallery/albums/misc/moth08152007.sized.jpg" alt="" /></a></center><br />n<br />n<center>My Darling Wife caught this picture of a moth the other day and I found it interesting. Taken 8/15/2007.</center>
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Free?
<a href="http://www.billingsgazette.net/articles/2007/08/19/news/business/45-numbers.txt" >New tool allows for ranching by numbers</a><br />n<br />n<blockquote>A truly valuable computer program must be user-friendly. Jeff Printz calls the new Drought Management Calculator, set to be released at no cost later this summer, "rancher-friendly."<br />n<br />n"It's really designed for the rancher to sit at home and run a bunch of different options,"…
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Inscription
<center><a class='serendipity_image_link' href='http://www.sarpysam.net/gallery/misc/inscription06042007?full=1'><img width='640' height='430' style="border: 0px; padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 5px;" src="http://www.sarpysam.net/gallery/albums/misc/inscription06042007.sized.jpg" alt="" /></a></center><br />n<br />n<center>My Great-Granddad's brand carved in Chimney Rock and the date 1927. If nothing else proves Great-Granddad was a farmer at heart, his choice of brand proves it. He used both an X and a B in his brand which both…
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Passing Through
I've talked about by dad's father but I want to pass on some about my dad's mom and what I know of them. So in this story I will be talking about my Great-Granddad and Great-Grandma whom I don't think were alive when I was born.<br />n<br />nThe beginnings of this story have always intrigued…
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Poor Light
<center><a class='serendipity_image_link' href='http://www.sarpysam.net/gallery/Cow-Pixs/light08162007?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/light08162007.sized.jpg" alt="" /></a></center><br />n<br />n<center>With all the smoke from the fires in the area, the lighting for taking pictures has been horrible. You can see this here. There is a cow and two calves standing under the tree. I cleaned it up as best…
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Curiosity
I would really be curious to know the whole story <a href="http://www.cbc.ca/canada/edmonton/story/2007/08/17/beef-closure.html">here</a>. We cattlemen were being told a couple of years ago that packing plants in Canada would hurt US packing plants and start a trend which would require us to ship fats to Canada to be butchered there. I personally thought it was a…
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Knowledge
Don't you just love when people bring up a subject that you are not real sure why it's important. <a href="http://nowherethoughts.net/sarpysam/archives/2795-Good-News-Or-Not.html">Cliff Mason</a> questions my knowledge of firefighting as compared to Conrad Burns knowledge of firefighting in relation to my memories of a large fire on my place and what triggered those memories.<br />n<br />nWell Cliff…