Just a Dumb Ranchers Wonderings
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Swift Horses
I've always been a somewhat supporter of <a href="http://www.r-calfusa.com/">R-Calf</a>. They do some very good things and then they turn around and do other things I don't understand. It is almost like they have a split personality.<br />n<br />nMy understanding of R-Calf was they were going to use their growing influence among producers to become a…
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Noise
Don't you love it when politicians make noise to hear their own voice.<br />n<br />n<a href="http://www.billingsgazette.net/articles/2007/03/04/news/state/67-budget.txt" >Schweitzer cautiously optimistic about budget</a><br />n<br />n<blockquote><a href="http://governor.mt.gov/governor/govbio.asp">Gov. Brian Schweitzer</a> predicts that the Legislature will finish its work on time and leave Helena with a balanced budget, despite the flap created when House Republicans split the big budget bill,…
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Ice Fog
<center><a class='serendipity_image_link' href='http://www.sarpysam.net/gallery/misc/icefog03012007?full=1'><img width='640' height='480' style="border: 0px; padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 5px;" src="http://www.sarpysam.net/gallery/albums/misc/icefog03012007.sized.jpg" alt="" /></a></center><br />n<br />n<center>We had a little bit of an ice fog going on here the other day. This may look like a black and white image, but it's not. It just shows all the color there was on this day. Taken 3/1/2007.</center>
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Mange
Am I supposed to feel bad that the <a href="http://www.billingsgazette.net/articles/2007/03/02/news/state/25-century.txt">wolves in Yellowstone Park have the mange</a>?<br />n<br />nI'll guarantee you I don't feel bad about it. I only notice mange in coyotes whenever there is too many of them around so this must be a sure sign God/Mother Nature believes there are too many wolves…
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Stand Off
<center><a class='serendipity_image_link' href='http://www.sarpysam.net/gallery/Cow-Pixs/standoff03012007?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/standoff03012007.sized.jpg" alt="" /></a></center><br />n<br />n<center>This heifer was so excited to have a calf she didn't know what to do with it. She kept throwing it around with her head and knocking it down she was so excited. I had to get in the stall…
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Seven Easy Steps
R-Calf has a press release out that gives <a href="http://www.r-calfusa.com/News%20Releases/022807-acol.htm">seven easy steps</a> to implement <acronym title="Country of Origin Labeling">COOL</acronym>.<br />n<br />n<blockquote><acronym title="United States Department of Agriculture, Bought and Paid for by The Big Meat Packers">USDA</acronym> can immediately implement <acronym title="Country of Origin Labeling">COOL</acronym> for beef by:<br />n<br />n *Allowing packers to indicate beef has come…
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Wolf Identified
There was a wolf that was killing livestock, 120 sheep, in the Circle area last year. Officials finally found and shot it. The state has finally released some information about the wolf. It was not a wild wolf, but a <a href="http://www.billingsgazette.net/articles/2007/03/01/news/state/20-wolf.txt">"domestic" wolf</a> that somebody let loose. The DNA of the wolf proves this since…
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What?
<center><a class='serendipity_image_link' href='http://www.sarpysam.net/gallery/Calves/what02132007?full=1'><img width='640' height='427' style="border: 0px; padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 5px;" src="http://www.sarpysam.net/gallery/albums/Calves/what02132007.sized.jpg" alt="" /></a></center><br />n<br />n<center>This calf is sure casting a suspicious eye on me and the camera. Taken 2/13/2007.</center>
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Blame
Now here is an interesting way to pass the buck, <a href="http://www.billingsgazette.net/articles/2007/02/28/news/state/70-phone.txt">blame the cell phone for killing someone</a> instead of the alcohol you consumed. Let me give you a little hint,<br />n<br />nYOU STILL KILLED SOMEBODY YOU IDIOT. IT DOESN'T MATTER IF THE BLAME WAS ON THE CELL PHONE OR YOUR DRUNKEN DRIVING, THE MAN…