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    How Cold is it?

    It got down to -17F last night - - - This time of year I make room in the basement garage for the skid steer - - - still in the mid 40s with no heat - - - starts easily and the heater starts putting out heat very quickly
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    How Cold is it?

    We are supposed to be below 0F every night for the next 8 days - - - cattle and dogs all seem to be fine - - - dogs stay outside if I get it much above +50F in the kennel but with the radiant in floor hear 50 at eye level is about a 75 degree floor - - - the south end of each run is on an...
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    COLD WEATHER INCIDENT, by Steve Moreland, December 29, 2017

    It was -6F last wednesday about 11 PM very windy causing a -30F wind chill - - - I was due to get off shift at midnight - - - headed back to the jail to finish paperwork and there is a young lady ( 26 ) walking down the highway in yoga pants, light jacket, no hat , no gloves and a backpack. Yes...
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    What a differance a cow makes!

    Many of you might remember I had a charlois cow that we called "Meany" - - - this old girl should have gone to hamburger years ago but I kept trying to rehabilitate her. This year she got so cahtankerous that she killed her own calf and fought any cow coming close to her. I pened her up so...
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    THE TAILBONE RANCH DEER STORY From 1980, as told by Mick Von Tour

    I agree - - - many times when I go to back up a local police officer it becomes very obvious that they lack even the most basic training - - - these are the same ones that if I was to pull them over for DUI they would try to flash their badge and expect me to give them a free pass. And I'm sure...
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    THE TAILBONE RANCH DEER STORY From 1980, as told by Mick Von Tour

    Most of ( not all ) the DNR officers I work with are great guys - - - if they were given a false lead they still need to track it down or they would not be doing their jobs. In Indiana the DNR officers are the highest ranking with more attority and training than any others - - - ranking in...
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    Range cubes

    My vet said that cattle cannot properly digest raw beans - - - they need to be roasted to work - - - then he recommends them
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    Some pics and maybe a video or two...

    The days I hate here are the ones in the upper 30s to lower 40s with 30 mph wind and rain blowing - - - we get a few each year and luckly for my cows I have enough space in the loafing shed I can put out a few square bales of hay and they get to stay inside and wait it out.
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    Delivering DDGS to the herd?

    It is not hard to put a small gasoline engine ( about 25 HP ) on the tounge and a 4 to 1 reducing gearbox, electric start and electric clutch and then you can do it all with your pick-up
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    Looking Like Winter Today

    I would come help you but it is just to far - - - the tool rental agencys around here will rent a backhoe for about$200.00 per day - - - if you have much to do it might be worth it. I rented one for the house in Ft. Drum Fl. - - - lined up the projects I had and completed them in one day. I...
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    Looking Like Winter Today

    30+F this morning but up to 54+F now - - - nice and sunny - - - 300 more acres of corn and harvest will be done - - - hopefully by tomorrow night. My son and daughter-in-law are reall go getters! We had about 2,300 acres to start with. I love having the equipment all pressure washed and in the...
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    Creek crossing

    Sounds like a good plan to me. In Indiana it is against the law to electrify barbed wire ( thinking seems to be if an animal is caught up in a hot barbed wire they will cut themselves to pieces every time it pulses ) but with it being above the animals I do not see any reason for it being unsafe.
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    On Duty

    I'm only 5'7" and I'm the oldest at 69 - - - I’m sure you spotted me at the far right with the cap on. At my age I ask to only patrol if someone needs a shift off - - - I am the Director of Transports and move a lot of people from jails all over the country back to here if they get picked on...
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    On Duty

    We had just completed "Live line" training. Can you pick me out of this line up? Hint with my vision problems I almost always have a shade over my eyes.
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    Curt Pate, Whitt Hibberd, Bud Williams, Low Stress

    This is true. Some of the people I deal with have always been treated as dirt - - - they come to expect to be treated badly and it takes a while for them to understand there is another way. Same with cattle - - - if they have been trated badly in the past they expect the same, some will respond...
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    Ford Explorer carbon monoxide issue

    Luckly our Dept only has one - - - it is used to move prisoners from the jail to the courthouse ( about 3 blocks ) so we have not had a problem but in the interest of safety I cannot take it on long transfers - - - thats alright I like the full sized chevy van better for transports any way!
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    Curt Pate, Whitt Hibberd, Bud Williams, Low Stress

    Dealing with either animals or people takes time and training - - - I am now the Director of Transports for the local Sheriff's Dept - - - I am trying to instill on the people under me that we are always on alert but try to make the J3 feel at ease - - - If you see the "jewelry” I put them in we...
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    Offspring of Vegetarians

    My baby sister has been a vegetarian for about all of her adult life - - - she takes every allergy pill on the market, every "natural " suppliment on the market and is still sickly all the time. Can't say for sure if this is a result but it sure makes me wonder!
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    Offspring of Vegetarians

    I believe this !!!
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    USMC explained

    I'm gonna put this right here. Marine Arrogance A Marine Sergeant wrote this in response to an army guy who posted a comment on a Marine Corps site that he was sick and tired of "Marine Arrogance." The Sergeant said... "I think that's what makes Marines special, if only in our own minds, is...
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