Just a Dumb Ranchers Wonderings
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Drift
<center><a class='serendipity_image_link' href='http://www.sarpysam.net/gallery/misc/drift01122006?full=1'><img width='640' height='427' style="border: 0px; padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 5px;" src="http://www.sarpysam.net/gallery/albums/misc/drift01122006.sized.jpg" alt="" /></a></center><br />n<br />n<center>Snow drift from our latest little snow storm. There wasn't enough snow to cause to much trouble but the tumbleweeds around here really caused it to drift in the fences. Damn tumbleweeds. Taken 1/12/2007.</center>
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Australia Drought
<a href="http://www.news.com.au/story/0,23599,21045763-421,00.html" >Cattle slaughter rate jumps as farmers battle drought</a><br />n<br />n<blockquote>CATTLE are being slaughtered at rates not seen for 30 years, with almost three-quarters of a million killed a month as farmers battle the drought.<br />n<br />nFigures released by the Australian Bureau of Statistics yesterday reveal a rise in the number of cattle slaughtered…
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Premonition
I must have had a premonition this morning when I <a href="http://nowherethoughts.net/sarpysam/archives/2378-I-Must-Be-Deaf.html">wrote this</a>. How did it go?<br />n<br />nTractor wouldn't run. We worked on it for a couple of hours and give up on it and went and fed without it. The hired hand didn't think much of loading and feeding the 7 tons of…
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Curiosity
<center><a class='serendipity_image_link' href='http://www.sarpysam.net/gallery/Calves/curiosity01092007?full=1'><img width='640' height='427' style="border: 0px; padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 5px;" src="http://www.sarpysam.net/gallery/albums/Calves/curiosity01092007.sized.jpg" alt="" /></a></center><br />n<br />n<center>The calves coming up and trying to figure out what I am up to. I love this set of calves because they aren't very spooky. No matter what I do they come up towards me and are curious as to…
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I Must Be Deaf
I don't know if it's the cold temperatures, 2nd morning of 20 below here, or what but I have no motivation. Plenty out there to talk about but the motivation to do it is lacking. Do you understand what I am saying?<br />n<br />nI could talk about <a href="http://www.billingsgazette.net/articles/2007/01/13/news/state/25-bill.txt">Democrats gushing</a> over Governor Schweitzer's education bill,…
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Touch of Winter
<center><a class='serendipity_image_link' href='http://www.sarpysam.net/gallery/Cow-Pixs/cows01112007?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/cows01112007.sized.jpg" alt="" /></a></center><br />n<br />n<center>A little touch of winter hit again. The cows are sure enjoying the feed. I fed down in the brush with the wind blowing the way it was for some protection for the critters. Taken 1/11/2006.</center>
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Perverse Pleasure
The other day when we got mail I noticed that the State of Montana doesn't waste any time getting it's tax forms out. I not only received one book of tax forms, I received two books with all the instructions and forms so I can file my taxes. Real nice, prompt and helpful of the…
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Ethanol Concerns Grow
<a href="http://www.cattlenetwork.com/vetlife_content.asp?contentid=96920" >Ethanol Production Threatening Livestock Industry, Food Supply</a><br />n<br />n<blockquote>Think tanks and livestock producers alike are alarmed at the rate of growth of the ethanol industry and its effect on feed supplies for the meat industry.<br />n<br />nRon Plain, an agricultural economist at the University of Missouri, says that increases in corn costs have…
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Clear Skies
<center><a class='serendipity_image_link' href='http://www.sarpysam.net/gallery/Calves/calves12302006?full=1'><img width='640' height='480' style="border: 0px; padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 5px;" src="http://www.sarpysam.net/gallery/albums/Calves/calves12302006.sized.jpg" alt="" /></a></center><br />n<br />n<center>The calves coming into feed on a cold, snowy morning. Taken 12/30/2006.</center>
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Coyotes
<a href="http://www.billingsgazette.net/articles/2007/01/11/news/state/35-coyote.txt" >Coyote killing contest prompt howls from foes</a><br />n<br />n<blockquote>The barren, wind-swept buttes surrounding this small ranching town will offer scant places for coyotes to hide this weekend, as some 180 hunters from across the country converge for a "calling" contest to see who can shoot the most coyotes over three days.<br />n<br />nPart…