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Doc
Blakely
Pokin' Fun
It used to be that it was sufficient
to check your horoscope to know how your day or
life would turn out. The Gemini, Scorpio, or
whatever merely had to know what sign he was born
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Monte
Noelke
Shortgrass Country
New Jersey is the only state I know
where the road system is unmapped. The state, I
feel sure, was much easier to travel in colonial
times than today. In the old days, a traveler
followed the axe marks on the trees and camped by
the rivers. |
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Baxter
Black
On The Edge Of
Common Sense
Lately there's been a lot of
conversation about the beef check-off. Instituted
in 1985, it coincided with an upturn in the
cattle market that remained good until a couple
of years ago. |
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Linda
Mussehl
As
I See It ...
Call it what you will —
reefer, fridge, icebox — of all the kitchen
appliances, I think I could least do without my
refrigerator. |
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Lee Pitts
Its The Pitts
These advertisements for dog deodorant,
mouthwash and doggie toothpaste are just one more
sign of the decay in this country. I even saw an
infomercial for breath mints for dogs with bad
breath, which is pretty much every dog I ever
met. Some day we are going to pay for messing
with the good "scents" God gave us. |
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Dale
Rollins, Ph.D
Wildlife
By Design
Last January the Texas Agricultural
Extension Service and the Texas Chapter of The
Wildlife Society co-sponsored a symposium on the
role of genetics in deer management. The
symposium brought to a boil a cauldron that had
simmered for at least 15 years: can (and should)
we incorporate the same culling practices in a
deer herd that would be appropriate for black
baldies and finewool sheep? |
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Charles
Rodenberger
The
Computer& The Cowboy
Local cowboy Tim Byerly was complaining
the other day about how the hard disk crashed on
the headquarters computer, and they lost all of
their cattle breeding records. |
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