Just a Dumb Ranchers Wonderings
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Walking Home
<center><a class='serendipity_image_link' href='http://www.sarpysam.net/gallery/Bulls/bulls06162008?full=1'><!– s9ymdb:111 –><img width="640" height="480" style="border: 0px; padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 5px;" src="http://www.sarpysam.net/gallery/albums/Bulls/bulls06162008.sized.jpg" alt="" /></a></center><br />n<br />n<center>Pulled the baby yearling bulls off of the replacement heifers yesterday. Forty five days of breeding is enough. If they didn't catch by now I don't need them around. Taken 6/16/2008.</center>
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It Happened
<a href="http://www.billingsgazette.net/articles/2008/06/09/news/state/21-bruce.txt">Montana to lose its status as brucellosis-free</a><br />n<br />n<blockquote>A Paradise Valley cow has tested positive for brucellosis, costing Montana its status as a brucellosis-free state.<br />n<br />nThe announcement came Monday afternoon and means Montana cattlemen must now test all bulls and nonspayed heifers older than 18 months before they can be sold to out-of-state…
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Winner
Hardin Prison wins.<br />n<br />n<a href="http://billingsgazette.net/articles/2008/06/06/news/state/21-hardinjail.txt">Judge overturns opinion from AG on detention facility</a><br />n<br />n<blockquote>A Hardin detention facility can take federal and out-of-state inmates, a Helena District Court judge has ruled.<br />n<br />nJudge Jeffrey Sherlock's ruling overturns an opinion issued in December by Montana Attorney General Mike McGrath. The decision barred Two Rivers Detention Facility…
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Sorry
I know I haven't posted for a bit and I am sorry. The boy had a medical condition come up that removed my eye from the ball and caused a personal medical condition for me. Don't worry, all will be all right, just not much time for the computer right now. Hell, I am not…
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Nice Day
<center><a class='serendipity_image_link' href='http://www.sarpysam.com/uploads/branding05292008.jpg'><img width="750" height="563" style="border: 0px; padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 5px;" src="http://www.sarpysam.com/uploads/branding05292008.jpg" alt="" /></a></center><br />n<br />n<center>We got in one of the neighbors braidings that was missed due to all the rain. Here you see the cattle streaming towards the corral. It sure was a nice day. Taken 5/29/2008.</center>
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Tired
I'm real tired of people.<br />n<br />n<a href="http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/S/SKOREA_US_BEEF_RALLY?SITE=MTBIL&SECTION=INTERNATIONAL&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT">SKoreans protest against US beef deal</a><br />n<br />n<blockquote>Thousands of protesters marched through Seoul against a U.S. beef import pact that has renewed fears of mad cow disease. Police said Tuesday that 30 demonstrators were arrested after scuffling erupted.</blockquote><br />n<br />nWhat, do these idiots think, Americans are dropping over…
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Wet
It has rained now for about 3 days now. We have got around 3 inches of rain. How nice. Two neighbors have canceled brandings because of all the rain. I'm sure glad mine is done. I am reminded of something I heard an old timer say a while ago. <br />n<br />n"The way to make…
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Down
<center><a class='serendipity_image_link' href='http://www.sarpysam.net/gallery/Cow-Pixs/run05212008?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/run05212008.sized.jpg" alt="" /></a></center><br />n<br />n<center>We managed to get all the pairs cut out that I want into the high country before the rain hit. It kept spitting on us this day but never started raining until nightfall. This is the last bunch we kicked…
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Rain
Boy, it has been raining for a couple of days now and it is supposed to rain at least another day now. Flood warnings in effect in the area and creeks and streams rising. Isn't it great. This is really what the hay and grass needed. Moisture. I should have enough grass now. I was…
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Bloom
<center><a class='serendipity_image_link' href='http://www.sarpysam.net/gallery/views/plums05192008?full=1'><img width="640" height="480" style="border: 0px; padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 5px;" src="http://www.sarpysam.net/gallery/albums/views/plums05192008.sized.jpg" alt="" /></a></center><br />n<br />n<center>The wild plums are finally blooming. It sure seems late for them but I guess they won't freeze this way. I could make a fortune if I could bottle the smell of these plums. My was it sweet. Taken 5/19/2008.</center>