Just a Dumb Ranchers Wonderings
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Geography Lesson
I see the state of Wyoming is again looking at <a href="http://www.billingsgazette.net/articles/2007/02/22/news/wyoming/35-pipelines.txt">building a pipeline</a> to carry coalbed methane water to another water basin other than the Powder River basin. The drive to get this water out of the Powder River basin is that Montana is currently suing Wyoming about the contaminated water the CBM industry…
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Full Of Bull
Reading Karen's story about the <a href="http://www.karbonkountymoos.com/2007/02/11/tangled-up-blue/">tied up bull</a> reminded me of one of my bull wreck stories. Sometimes these critters get in the biggest predicaments. I know I'm not a very good story teller but bear with me.<br />n<br />nIt was many, many, many moons ago and I believe I had gotten the bulls…
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Lonely
<center><a class='serendipity_image_link' href='http://www.sarpysam.net/gallery/views/lonely01292007?full=1'><img width='640' height='427' style="border: 0px; padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 5px;" src="http://www.sarpysam.net/gallery/albums/views/lonely01292007.sized.jpg" alt="" /></a></center><br />n<br />n<center>This was taken back when we were bringing the heifers home. The hired hand was bringing up a slow heifer to the rest of the bunch. I titled the picture lonely because it had a very open, lonely feeling to…
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What Road?
<center><a class='serendipity_image_link' href='http://www.sarpysam.net/gallery/misc/road02122007?full=1'><img width='640' height='480' style="border: 0px; padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 5px;" src="http://www.sarpysam.net/gallery/albums/misc/road02122007.sized.jpg" alt="" /></a></center><br />n<br />n<center>This is what the road across one of my big open flats looked like during the recent snowstorm. Real easy to see. isn't it. I went slow and stayed near it until I was across the flat and could pick…
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Roundup Ready Alfalfa
Now that I have the Internet back I see a group of organizations want to <a href="http://www.billingsgazette.net/articles/2007/02/21/news/state/20-alfalfa.txt">ban the use and sale of all seeds and hay</a> from Roundup Ready alfalfa. They claim that the <acronym title="United States Department of Agriculture, Bought and Paid for by The Big Meat Packers">USDA</acronym> did not do an EIS as…
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Internet Outage
I'm more excited than a gopher in soft dirt, my Internet's back. Monday the 11th, something went out on my Internet and it has taken until now to get it restored. It really has shown me how much I rely on the internet for my news and information. I wish to thank everyone that attempted…
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Partners
<center><a class='serendipity_image_link' href='http://www.sarpysam.net/gallery/dog/partners02102007?full=1'><img width='640' height='480' style="border: 0px; padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 5px;" src="http://www.sarpysam.net/gallery/albums/dog/partners02102007.sized.jpg" alt="" /></a></center><br />n<br />n<center>Lucky and Socks were playing together when these chickens came up and wanted by. They had quite the stand off going. You can almost see Socks asking Lucky, "What should we do with them partner?" Taken 2/10/2007.</center>
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Different
Every year seems to be a little different and bring something new. This year I might not have many calves yet, three, but the cattle are reacting different.<br />n<br />nI always like to leave the heifer in the pen she has been in while she is calving. She is comfortable there and more willing to…
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Threatening
<center><a class='serendipity_image_link' href='http://www.sarpysam.net/gallery/views/clouds_001?full=1'><img width='640' height='394' style="border: 0px; padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 5px;" src="http://www.sarpysam.net/gallery/albums/views/clouds_001.sized.jpg" alt="" /></a></center><br />n<br />n<center>My Darling Wife took this picture while she was waiting for the bus. The cloud bank in the distance really looked threatening and gives a great contrast between sky and land. Taken 1/5/2007.</center>
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Sleep Better at Night
Residents of Montana can sleep better at night now. State authorities have <a href="http://www.billingsgazette.net/articles/2007/02/10/news/state/67-vintage.txt">seized illegal gambling equipment</a> in their zeal to protect us from the vice of gambling that they don't approve of. But wait, these devices were not being used for gambling and were just antiques.<br />n<br />nSO WHY IN THE HELL IS IT…