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Unregistered
Bull
Choice gleanings
from 45-plus years of Unregistered Bull
Production of superior beef cattle is still an inexact
science and will remain so for a long time to come, regardless
of the rapidly increasing attention to progeny testing and
performance records. Cattle shows, for all their panoply of
bright lights and fanfare, and for all the erudition of people
who judge them, don’t speed the improvement process as much
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Doc
Blakely
Pokin' Fun
The Wisconsin Lumbermen's Association met in Milwaukee at the
Mecca, a convention center. I think they named it that during
the energy crisis. All Arabs are supposed to make a pilgrimage
there before they die. At 20 below zero, they could do both.
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Monte
Noelke
Shortgrass Country
The horizon stretches too far and is too open on
the Divide for unexpected weather change. Part of the charm of
living on a plateau is watching dark purple cloud banks build
in the distance and mare's-tail clouds string white threads
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Baxter
Black
On The Edge Of
Common Sense
There’s an old joke that goes, "Did you
hear about the farmer who won the lottery? When they asked him
how he was gonna spend it, he said, "I guess I’ll keep
on farmin’ till it’s all gone!" |
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Lee Pitts
Its The Pitts
The invitation read, "Dinner Party, Dress Formal,"
so I was somewhat surprised to be greeted at the door by the
hostess attired in a jogging suit, high heels and sweat bands.
Her henpecked husband's clothes were inside out with all the
designer labels showing. These poor people couldn't even
afford a table and chairs. |
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Dale
Rollins, Ph.D
Wildlife
By Design
Fifteen years ago I started a fashion statement in West
Texas. Oh, I didn’t know it would ever become such at the
time, but I think it has arrived. It has become popularized,
and when folks mention it, the connotation of compromise is
apparent. It’s the camouflaged cowboy hat. |
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C.A. Rodenberger, PhD.
The Computer
& The Cowboy
Do you remember encyclopedia salesmen? My
mother-in-law used to sell World Books. Their pitch was that
if you had children in the house, they would be at a great
disadvantage unless they had a set of encyclopedias. By
providing credit for monthly payments, they made it possible
for even the poorest households to purchase.
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