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    2018 life from the Leanin' H

    You are a rich Man~!
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    automatic or standard

    When they get to the bottem, do they have to pull the cab, sandblast the box and let all the air outa the spare to change an injector?
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    good team...

    there's some thought and experience went into designing that
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    good team...

    Yup, tarp straps--that stretchy bungy cord, actually---then twine, after somebody robs the bungy for something else.... grafting a calf, it helps to 'hobble' an older one and make it knda helpless and thrashing..... That horse is outstanding--neat!
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    LAST OF THE CODY WOLVES by Clint Anderson From the March 1968 WESTERN HORSEMAN

    Neat story Here's maybe Montana's last one---till last few yrs, anyhow Montana’s Famous White Wolf January 28, 2013 by Tom 0 Comments Print Friendly, PDF & Email Below is a brief biography of the legendary white wolf of Montana that was killed in 1930. This story I’ve republished was...
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    My take

    I was taught that full auto is to gain 'superiority of fire'--rock and roll is to make bad guys get their heads down so you could get yours down. I was partial to a 3 round burst, an m-16 hung nicely under your armpit with extra strap off your backpack thru the carrying handle. Would come up...
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    Winter has ARRIVED!!!

    mtns 157% of normal for this date, -25 here this am, -35 farther north. differential draggin', fwd tractor plugged in alla time. Pretty morning.
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    Damn........

    "Schaff Angus Valley, who has the best cow herd in the world, ..................." I did not know that:-) I used 50 straws of ext, ended up with a dozen of so cows, long term, outa him. A little smaller frame size than our Sitz bulls, really nice udders---basically no disposition issues, but...
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    FLYING THROUGH THE SNOW, by Steve Moreland, January 21, 2018

    We were wanting to get off the ground @Monticello, Utah. Very low ceiling. Very hi hour pilot. He was gazing up at the overcast: "Now we're down here, wishing we were up there. I been up there, wishing I was down here. This is better"
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    60% of the country is in some kind of drought

    snowpack here looks pretty good https://www.wcc.nrcs.usda.gov/ftpref/data/water/wcs/gis/maps/mt_swepctnormal_update.pdf
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    How Cold is it?

    -34 here -40 farther up country
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    How Cold is it?

    So---is it froze over? run maximum traximum --and studded---on one feed pickup---just about have to chain up....
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    Why do you buy cake?

    I've been getting 3rd with a little rain damage laid in ---40 ton loads, 120 mile haul, for 125$. 3 x 4 bales which feed lots nicer with a pitchfork than 4x4, weigh about 1400. testing over 20% protein. my bale handler will pick them the wide way==hydrabed. then back into a stack butt...
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    Range cubes

    Yes, of course it is. Just added a link to the most helpful, common sense--and funny---guy who helped me.
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    Range cubes

    FH: "alfalfa hay is the finest feed source in the state of Montana--and--Hell--it ain't even named right! It ain't hay--it's protein supplement. When that ol' boy comes around , selling you his 'all natural' 20% prot supplement, tell him 'shoot, I got a stack of it out behind the barn, got 2...
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    Range cubes

    they measure energy by burning it --it's measured as calories or btu's. I was told when figuring feedlot energy rations, with fat---you figure the value and double it. which makes a lotta sense, if you've ever tried to lose weight.... I liked the fat in your cake. I like to figure actual cost...
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    Looks Like Winter

    always a treat to cross the 'Medicine Line' and realize the 'black is beautiful' bull is not universal....your cattle look good~!
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    8 Ranching tips from an old-timer

    I'm blessed My banker grew up on ranch, his trade became banking in big city, came home to FIL ranch in big open, left there when his Dad died to help Mom--and got bank job in little home town. their portfolio was way long on T-bills, etc--rated A+---his theory was it was ag money, small town...
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    8 Ranching tips from an old-timer

    FH: "Have you ever noticed that many of the people working in banks and/or lending institutions tried to ranch and farm and couldn't make it? :D But they'll give you management advice all day long." Well, some get into ag banking. Some get into selling real estate and try to specialize in...
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