Just a Dumb Ranchers Wonderings
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Nests
<center><a class='serendipity_image_link' href='http://www.sarpysam.net/gallery/misc/nests06132007?full=1'><img width='640' height='427' style="border: 0px; padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 5px;" src="http://www.sarpysam.net/gallery/albums/misc/nests06132007.sized.jpg" alt="" /></a></center><br />n<br />n<center>I know it is a little hard to see, but there is a bunch of mud bird nests in these rocks. I had never seen so many in this particular spot before. Taken 6/13/2007.</center>
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Moving Out
<center><a class='serendipity_image_link' href='http://www.sarpysam.net/gallery/Yearlings/yearlings06262007?full=1'><img width='640' height='480' style="border: 0px; padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 5px;" src="http://www.sarpysam.net/gallery/albums/Yearlings/yearlings06262007.sized.jpg" alt="" /></a><center><br />n<br />n<center>Gathered the yearlings and moved them to a different pasture yesterday. I had two bulls with foot rot with them in the past few days so I decided it was time to pull the bulls, normally I do it the…
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Cool
<center><a class='serendipity_image_link' href='http://www.sarpysam.net/gallery/views/cool06252007?full=1'><img width='640' height='427' style="border: 0px; padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 5px;" src="http://www.sarpysam.net/gallery/albums/views/cool06252007.sized.jpg" alt="" /></a></center><br />n<br />n<center>Can you say, "not haying weather?" That's definitely the case here. Cloudy, cool, and high humidity. I haven't been having much luck putting up hay. I think I am going to have to start using the diesel to turn the…
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Birds
<center><a class='serendipity_image_link' href='http://www.sarpysam.net/gallery/wildlife/birds06132007?full=1'><img width='640' height='480' style="border: 0px; padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 5px;" src="http://www.sarpysam.net/gallery/albums/wildlife/birds06132007.sized.jpg" alt="" /></a></center><br />n<br />n<center>These birds have nests in the rocks and were really flying around like crazy while I was around. Taken 6/13/2007.</center>
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Moving Markets
You might remember from the pictures, that I had some cows and bulls on the market on Wednesday. I heard the market report the other day for Wednesday and heard that cows and bulls were up 2-4 dollars on that day in Billings. I thought that I was real lucky to hit the market on…
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Get It Right
This morning when I left house the National Weather Service was predicting a very hot day and the temperature was supposed to be 100 degrees. I thought this was a really good deal because I would really be able to put up the hay and make some progress in getting things done.<br />n<br />nWell, the…
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Drought
Every year it seems like I read about drought somewhere in the US having to sell cows because of the drought in their area. This year I see that in California they are having drought troubles and <a href="http://www.cfbf.com/agalert/AgAlertStory.cfm?ID=841&ck=02A32AD2669E6FE298E607FE7CC0E1A0">having to sell cows</a> to try to adjust for the drought problems. <br />n<br />nAnother area having…
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Rose
<center><a class='serendipity_image_link' href='http://www.sarpysam.net/gallery/flowers/rose06182007?full=1'><img width='640' height='480' style="border: 0px; padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 5px;" src="http://www.sarpysam.net/gallery/albums/flowers/rose06182007.sized.jpg" alt="" /></a></center><br />n<br />n<center>A beautiful rose. This picture turned out better than I expected. Taken 6/18/2007.</center>
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Regionalize
As you know, <a href="http://governor.mt.gov/governor/govbio.asp">Gov. Brian Schweitzer</a> wants to regionalize the Brucellosis problem in Montana and make a perimeter around Yellowstone National Park where Brucellosis would be monitored and treated differently than in the rest of the state. I was never very sure about the idea but I listened and wondered about the whole idea…