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    OFF ON ANOTHER RABBIT TRAIL, by Steve Moreland, January 4, 2018

    OFF ON ANOTHER RABBIT TRAIL By Steve Moreland, January 4, 2018 Having been in the ranching business all of my life, and having reached the ripe old age of 66, I can remember a lot of hard winters. The longest hardest winter in all things considered was 1978-1979. It started snowing in early...
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    COLD WEATHER COMPLICATIONS, by Steve Moreland, January 2, 2018

    COLD WEATHER COMPLICATIONS By Steve Moreland, January 2, 2018 For the past several years we have done all of our hay feeding using pickups with Hydra-Bed bale handlers. A caker is mounted on the front of the Hydra-Bed, allowing protein cubes (cake) to be hauled and fed with the same vehicle...
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    How Cold is it?

    That is pretty amazing!
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    IF A LITTLE SECLUDED MEADOW COULD TALK, by Steve Moreland, December 31, 2017

    That is the truth. Last night was another pretty chilly one, getting down to 10 below. Our electricity went off, but immediately a generator kicked on. I think the normal REA was off for a couple hours, but is back on now. Yes, we do have it pretty soft. Our forefathers worked very hard in...
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    IF A LITTLE SECLUDED MEADOW COULD TALK, by Steve Moreland, December 31, 2017

    IF A LITTLE SECLUDED MEADOW COULD TALK By Steve Moreland, December 31, 2017 A little secluded meadow is in the Sandhills about three miles west and slightly north of the ETV tower, which is 18 miles south of Merriman, Nebraska. This meadow isn’t very big and no longer has a fence around it...
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    COLD WEATHER INCIDENT, by Steve Moreland, December 29, 2017

    You did the right thing, George. She might appreciate it, and she might not, but you did the right thing. Many times if a cow is rescued from a bog hole, even though her life has been saved, she will come out on the fight.
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    COLD WEATHER INCIDENT, by Steve Moreland, December 29, 2017

    COLD WEATHER INCIDENT By Steve Moreland, December 29, 2017 As I am writing this, the thermometer is hovering near the zero degree mark. It is supposed to get well below zero tonight, and nearly 20 below for the next two nights. Highs for a couple days will not get up to zero. This bitter...
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    Little helpers

    Pretty cool. Merry Christmas to you and your family, Jesse.
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    MY DAUGHTER WAS A BIT SPOOKED, by Steve Moreland, December 18, 2017

    MY DAUGHTER WAS A BIT SPOOKED By Steve Moreland, December 18, 2017 Back on November 21st, 1994 an old area cowboy passed on. Ken Keller was born November 4th, 1924 so was 70 years old at the time of his death. He had worked for Garould Fairhead for many years, and he was living on the...
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    It was a good day

    Sounds like everything is working out well. Nice job.
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    THE TAILBONE RANCH DEER STORY From 1980, as told by Mick Von Tour

    THE TAILBONE RANCH DEER STORY From 1980, as told by Mick Von Tour Steve Moreland, December 4, 2017 In the fall of 1980, Bernie and I were batching and living on the Tailbone Ranch, about 30 miles southeast of Gordon, deep in the heart of the Sandhills. We had gone to Chadron to get a pallet of...
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    Letter from Mick Von Tour about my horse trade with Bernie Adam

    LETTER FROM MICK VON TOUR About my horse trade with Bernie Adam story Steve Moreland, December 4, 2017 Here are Mick’s words: Steve, Linda Applegarth Cleveland sent me a newspaper clipping from The Grant County News about Bernie Adam, me, and you and your wife Carol trading horses. I liked the...
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    YOU CAN’T JUDGE WHERE A BOOK HAS BEEN BY ITS COVER, by Steve Moreland, November 26, 2017

    YOU CAN’T JUDGE WHERE A BOOK HAS BEEN BY ITS COVER By Steve Moreland, November 26, 2017 Back in the early 1960’s, my grandfather, John Jennings (Jack) Moreland wrote his lifetime memoirs. The book is paperback and has 99 pages, including quite a few photographs of that era. It is entitled...
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    Why do you buy cake?

    Thanks. I'll keep it in mind.
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    Why do you buy cake?

    Big Swede, we are starting to feed more alfalfa in place of cake. What are you asking for yours? I might be interested in some.
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    Thanksgiving on the Spearhead 2017

    The oldest two are now in Kindergarten, and they seem to like school. The others keep Grandma busy. The Kosmo Kid and his beautiful bride are expecting Number Three in late April. We are all excited. :-)
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    Thanksgiving on the Spearhead 2017

    The turkey cooking facility out of the wind, invented by my dear wife Peach A tale of two eyes Hunger and politics make strange bedfellows The cat and no hat Peach using chaps for an apron On this Thanksgiving Day and every day, I am thankful for my fine wife and best friend...
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    THE WAYFARING STRANGER by Steve Moreland, November 21, 2017

    He felt like he'd been run over by a freight train. :(
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    HORSE TRADE WITH BERNIE ADAM by Steve Moreland, November 12, 2017

    Regretfully that old WESTERN HORSEMAN is once again buried deep in the pile, back in the storage shed. Besides, it's cold and dark in there. Suffice it to say the bridge went nowhere, and no one ever knew why it was ever built. You'll just have to take my word for it. :wink:
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