Just a Dumb Ranchers Wonderings
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Play
<center><a class='serendipity_image_link' href='http://www.sarpysam.net/gallery/dog/play01162007?full=1'><img width='640' height='427' style="border: 0px; padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 5px;" src="http://www.sarpysam.net/gallery/albums/dog/play01162007.sized.jpg" alt="" /></a></center><br />n<br />n<center>Please believe me here, the cat Mittens is trying to get Lucky to play with him. None of the other cats around will play with him so he is always trying to get Lucky to play with him. Sometimes it…
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Business Friendly, NOT
Can anyone tell me why the state of Montana is so unfriendly to businesses? They do provide jobs and services throughout the state so why no matter which way we turn does the Legislature take such aims to hurt them?<br />n<br />n<a href="http://data.opi.mt.gov/bills/2007/billhtml/HB0213.htm">Here</a>, as reported by the <a href="http://montanamainstreetblog.typepad.com/montana_main_street_blog/2007/01/more_ways_to_su.html">Montana Main Street Blog</a>, we have a…
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Smoke
<center><a class='serendipity_image_link' href='http://www.sarpysam.net/gallery/misc/burn011082006?full=1'><img width='640' height='480' style="border: 0px; padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 5px;" src="http://www.sarpysam.net/gallery/albums/misc/burn011082006.sized.jpg" alt="" /></a></center><br />n<br />n<center>They have been burning slash just east of my place for a couple of days now. They did quite a bit of logging after our nasty fire a few years ago and the slash piles must be ready to burn.…
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Funny Thing
A funny thing happened on the way to the feed ground the other day, the replacement heifer calves really started to look good to me finally. I'm still in shock about how good they look. Let me explain.<br />n<br />nAt weaning time I keep a number of the best heifer calves to use as replacement…
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In The Way
<center><a class='serendipity_image_link' href='http://www.sarpysam.net/gallery/views/lucky12052006?full=1'><img width='640' height='427' style="border: 0px; padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 5px;" src="http://www.sarpysam.net/gallery/albums/views/lucky12052006.sized.jpg" alt="" /></a></center><br />n<br />n<center>Try to take a picture and what happens, Lucky gets in the way. Taken 12/5/2006.</center>
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Hodgepodge
If a <a href="http://www.billingsgazette.net/articles/2007/01/20/news/state/62-tax.txt">local option sales tax</a> is such a good thing, why not just make life easy and make it a state wide sales tax? That way everybody can get involved in the thing. Making it local option just gives certain areas the choice to build that fence tighter and tighter while building different…
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Mandatory
<a href="http://www.computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=viewArticleBasic&taxonomyName=rfid&articleId=279030&taxonomyId=77" >Farmers Fear Livestock ID Mandate</a><br />n<br />n<blockquote>Independent livestock ranchers last week were quick to criticize signals that the new Congress may soon mandate implementation of the RFID-based National Animal Identification System.<br />n<br />nSigning on to the <acronym title="National Animal Identification System">NAIS</acronym> program has been voluntary since it was first proposed in 2003, but…
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Hay
<center><a class='serendipity_image_link' href='http://www.sarpysam.net/gallery/misc/hay12192006?full=1'><img width='456' height='640' style="border: 0px; padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 5px;" src="http://www.sarpysam.net/gallery/albums/misc/hay12192006.sized.jpg" alt="" /></a></center><br />n<br />n<center>Looking down the top of one of the loads of hay we feed on a daily basis. This is year old hay that is still in little squares. Most of the newer stuff is in the big bales but we…
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Be Careful What You Want
<a href="http://www.billingsgazette.net/articles/2007/01/18/news/state/33-foster.txt" >Lawmaker wants parents' values respected in foster care</a><br />n<br />n<blockquote>A lawmaker wants children to be raised with their parents' values, even when the children are in foster care.<br />n<br />nHouse Majority Leader Michael Lange, R-Billings, told members of the House Judiciary Committee on Thursday that his bill would require the state to prepare…
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Stand Alone Quote
<strong>"See, the problem is that God gives men a brain and a penis, and only enough blood to run one at a time." Robin Williams</strong>