Just a Dumb Ranchers Wonderings

  • Free Speech

    I thought our Universities were all about free speech. It appears that <a href="http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2007/04/18/america/NA-GEN-US-University-Shooting-Colorado.php">this isn't the case in Colorado</a>. Say the wrong thing there and get charged with interfering with staff, faculty or students of an education institution. <br />n<br />nDon't get me wrong, the guy wasn't real brilliant with what he said. He definitely…

  • Why?

    Why is it necessary for our <a href="http://www.billingsgazette.net/articles/2007/04/18/news/state/28-gov.txt">Governor to go to California to raise money</a> for his Montana Governor re-election campaign? Not enough money in Montana for his tastes or not enough people like him well enough in Montana to contribute to him? <br />n<br />n<strong>What do we believe? Why do we believe it? Joey…

  • Two-Year Olds

    <center><a class='serendipity_image_link' href='http://www.sarpysam.net/gallery/Cow-Pixs/twohills04172007?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/twohills04172007.sized.jpg" alt="" /></a></center><br />n<br />n<center>Trailing the two-year olds and their calves out to the hills. There might not be much grass yet but they will get along until there is more. Taken 4/17/2006.</center>

  • Interesting News

    I was visiting with a neighbor the other night and heard something really interesting. Many of the people on the Rosebud flat run out of hay during the recent snowstorm and had to go with no feed for their cattle since none was available. This to me shows how much some people were hurt by…

  • Waiting

    <center><a class='serendipity_image_link' href='http://www.sarpysam.net/gallery/Calves/waiting04132007?full=1'><img width='640' height='427' style="border: 0px; padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 5px;" src="http://www.sarpysam.net/gallery/albums/Calves/waiting04132007.sized.jpg" alt="" /></a></center><br />n<br />n<center>A horde of calves waiting for their moms to finish eating. Taken 4/13/2007.</center>

  • The Issue

    I'm sure everybody has heard about the <a href="http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/V/VIRGINIA_TECH_SHOOTING?SITE=MTBIL&SECTION=US&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT">tragedy at Virginia Tech</a>. Right away on the Internet I read stuff about how this tragedy was caused by the ability of Americans to own guns and then read articles about how this tragedy was caused by people not being able to freely carry guns. Let's keep…

  • Ole

    <center><a class='serendipity_image_link' href='http://www.sarpysam.net/gallery/horses/ole04142007?full=1'><img width='640' height='480' style="border: 0px; padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 5px;" src="http://www.sarpysam.net/gallery/albums/horses/ole04142007.sized.jpg" alt="" /></a></center><br />n<br />n<center>Ole patiently waiting for me to trim his hooves and saddle him so we could take the yearlings out. Taken 4/14/2007.</center>

  • Dentists

    An interesting story about the <a href="http://www.billingsgazette.net/articles/2007/04/16/news/state/40-legidentist.txt">lack of Dentists in rural Montana</a> and some of the solutions the Legislature has tried to implement for it. I'm no expert on such things so I don't pretend to know the solution but I understand that there is a lack of Dentist throughout the US so a solution…

  • Responding

    I had a comment left by my buddy at MSU, Paul, and I decided to answer it here instead of the comments.<br />n<br />nHere's the comment to start with.<br />n<br />n<blockquote>This corn thing is all hype to drive down the prices we get for our calves this year. After processing the corn in the ethanol…

  • Home

    <center><a class='serendipity_image_link' href='http://www.sarpysam.net/gallery/Yearlings/home04142007?full=1'><img width='640' height='480' style="border: 0px; padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 5px;" src="http://www.sarpysam.net/gallery/albums/Yearlings/home04142007.sized.jpg" alt="" /></a></center><br />n<br />n<center>The yearling replacement heifers entering their new home, the mountain pasture. I finally decided the weather looked nice enough to take them up yesterday. There isn't as much grass as I would like to see but it is coming on…