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    Chain saws

    I have 5. Two Stihl, a McCulloch, a Remington and an antique Mall. The one that gets the most use (the Stihl) is usually run at least once a week so the fuel doesn’t get a chance to get stale. I have started running premium gas in them and they seem to start better. I have an older Stihl and...
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    Time for a new trailer

    Looking at a new Frontier aluminum stock trailer. It's parked beside a new Sundowner. Crawled in under and around and I understand that the Frontier is a cheaper trailer because its a cheaper trailer, but I'm pretty easy to please as long as they are SAFE. I do NOT want problems on the road. Any...
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    Spring

    So......was yer birthday sat or tues?
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    Ranching "Rule of Thumb"

    My Uncle Harry's wisdom: For every calf shipped off the place spread a bag of phos fertilizer.
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    Strangest Cattle Feed/Supplement?

    Potatoes, apple pommace, pasta, bread, potatoes, carrots, banana peels, potatoes, beer, big potatoes, bakery waste, rejected brown sugar, small potatoes, soy flour, wet brewers grains, really wet brewers grains, rotten potatoes, bread dough, bird seed, lasagna, doughnuts, and potatoes. And...
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    I Hate

    How do you feel about Silverados?
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    we all know someone...

    Painful to listen to this. But I do. One of his best.
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    DES

    I guess I'm dating myself, but I barely remember reading about the drug just about the time it was pulled. Anybody remember using it? Claims? Comparable products offered when banned?
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    Supreme vertical mixer

    Well, for what it's worth, a friend of mine was a dealer for these mixers and demoed one at a rendering plant. They "processed" 6 Holstein cows and a Clydesdale horse through one. Said it did ok if you could get past the sound, but the hides tended to wrap around the vertical screw. Takes a...
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    Custom calving cows

    What do these types of agreements look like in your area? Feed costs / plus yardage / plus live calf incentive? How are the vet bills etc handled? As a rule, does everyone still remain friends after these deals?
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    You might be a ranch kid if

    10A; If, on the way home from meeting your family, you find yourself explaining to your new shy horrified girlfriend that they always talk about tits, nuts and bags at the supper table, you might be a ranch kid.
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    Hard morning

    Tough to lose your pup. Jasper was 14 years old. Couldn't do it myself, Took her to our vet. Sure can bring a tough 6' 5" man to his knees. I waited a long time for the bill from the vet for the euthanasia he performed but never did received one. One day much later was a letter from the...
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    Last night in Sobey's

    Ok, so I'm in the grocery store again and always cruise the meat aisle. Great big sign boasting their meat is certified humanely raised. ( don't get me wrong, I think any animal should be humanely raised and I do my best to practice that here at our ranch...), However, Right next to the meat...
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    Cows Pump There Own Water

    I have 2 of these for sale if anybody wants them. I don't like them. Good idea but until her calf is about 350 lbs, he can't operate it. Some of my cows got raw noses operating it and it was hard to watch them on a hot day beating on that thing trying to get enough water as it only dispenses...
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    Whats wrong with this picture???

    Ya Silver................mechanically tenderized? really?? I understand Wagyu is a couple of notches higher on the tenderness scale from AAAA and / or Prime. Please tell me someone didn't subject this beef to this unnecessary, unappealing sounding process. If it was, what kind of a perception is...
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    Whats wrong with this picture???

    All good points mrj however that's not what took me by surprise. However, it is in the label.
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    Whats wrong with this picture???

    We were in Costco the other day, (only bearable because Princess Auto is Right next door!) and always go to the meat case and watch what people are putting into their carts. I saw this. Does anyone else find this odd? http://s1380.photobucket.com/user/lklcows/media/Costso_zpshwwffuvv.jpg.html...
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    morning drive

    I sure miss the morels and fiddleheads first thing in the spring. They don't seem to grow out here. AND the wild leeks! Not like the ones in the store. If you wanted to enjoy the leeks it was best you just ate them out in the bush where you dug em. Boy they ere strong!!
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    She Said Yes!

    Well, we did it!! It was a 10 day party with friends coming in early to help get things ready. Only about 50 + people but we had 5 provinces there. It was a Buddhist ceremony with about a dozen guests breaking into a 10 minute ancient Chinese chant just as the wind picked up. Took my cowboy...
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    Hey Loomix Guy.......

    Yes, terminology is important. A JV, not a merger. I've made my way through dozens of these business changes in the feed industry. (except the last one! :? ). For what its worth, I know a few of the sales reps from the QLF side. Good guys. Just my 1.4 cents worth. Canadian dollar is only at 70...
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