Just a Dumb Ranchers Wonderings
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Thanks
Hey Tom, I got your package in the mail today. All I will say here is thanks, I really appreciate it.<br />n<br />n<strong>I would maintain that thanks are the highest form of thought, and that gratitude is happiness doubled by wonder. Gilbert K. Chesterton</strong>
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Know Better
I ought to know better. I do it almost every year and this year was no exception. What did I do you may ask?<br />n<br />nI left the cows in the pine trees to long. I was trying to save hay by letting the cattle in to the upper pastures that have pine trees in…
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I’ll Never Understand People
<img width='165' height='220' border='0' hspace='5' align='left' src='http://www.sarpysam.com/sarpysam/uploads/noose.serendipityThumb.jpg' alt='' /><a href="http://www.billingsgazette.net/articles/2006/12/28/news/local/40-murder.txt" >Man charged with murder of baby girl</a><br />n<br />n<blockquote>A prosecutor told a judge Wednesday that fatal head injuries suffered by a 6-week-old infant were similar to the injuries she would have received had she been ejected from a vehicle at 50 or 60 mph.<br />n<br…
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Early Warning System
<a href="http://www.brownfieldnetwork.com/gestalt/go.cfm?objectid=BFE9A24B-FC5C-B089-81D67AC90C042638" >President signs drought warning system</a><br />n<br />n<blockquote>President Bush has signed a bill instituting the National Integrated Drought Information System, or NADIS, an early warning system that can help reduce the impact of drought. The legislation was introduced by U.S. Senator Ben Campbell of Nebraska.</blockquote><br />n<br />nAn early warning system for drought. I'll have…
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Brown
<center><a class='serendipity_image_link' href='http://www.sarpysam.net/gallery/views/nosnow12242006?full=1'><img width='640' height='480' border='0' hspace='5' src='http://www.sarpysam.net/gallery/albums/views/nosnow12242006.sized.jpg' alt='' /></a></center><br />n<br />n<center>A bleak, brown Christmas. Kind of depressing. Taken 12/24/2006.</center>
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Bison And Brucellosis
<blockquote>"For Yellowstone bison to be involved in the big picture of bison conservation, they've got to be brucellosis-free," said Tom Roffe, a wildlife veterinarian and biologist for the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. And that's why the animals here are being corralled and handled, poked and prodded.<br />n<br />nRoffe has been pushing his agency for…
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Bracelet
Sometimes critters do the damnedest things. I noticed a replacement heifer calf was limping on Sunday. I drove up to her to see what the problem was. It is a little cold and dry for foot rot so I wasn't sure what it could be. When I got up to her I figured it out.…
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Stopping Development
Any time somebody wants to open a new opportunity in Montana, <a href="http://www.billingsgazette.net/articles/2006/12/23/news/state/43-sue.txt">this is what happens</a>. I sometimes wonder if people really want Montana to move forward or not? I know, every time a lawsuit is brought up somebody feels it is necessary. To be right truthful, at times I agree too, like with Coal…
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Blessing
May your your cows be fertile and fat,<br />n Your horses swift and strong.<br />nMay your calves be healthy and whole,<br />n Your yearlings lean and long.<br />n<br />nMay your hay be green and good,<br />n Your grass long and full.<br />nMay your crops be lush and grand,<br />n Your fields clear and smooth.<br />n<br…
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Rocks
<center><a class='serendipity_image_link' href='http://www.sarpysam.net/gallery/misc/rocks12052006?full=1'><img width='640' height='427' border='0' hspace='5' src='http://www.sarpysam.net/gallery/albums/misc/rocks12052006.sized.jpg' alt='' /></a></center><br />n<br />n<center>The Rocks. Taken 12/05/2006.</center>