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Doc
Blakely
Pokin' Fun
I recently made a talk in Colorado,
and one of the members of the audience, on an
evaluation sheet, was critical of my material
because he said I talked too much about drinking.
I searched my memory banks trying to come up with
any jokes or stories that would justify that
claim and could trace only one joke that had any
reference to drinking. It was a clean, rather
innocent story about two guys in a bar |
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Monte
Noelke
Shortgrass Country
At least once a quarter, I report on
the woolie business in shortgrass country, hoping
to turn the contempt for sheepmen held by the
hollow horn operators and the rest of the
hard-hearted denizens of this cold old earth to
compassion. We face so much foreign competition
in lamb and wool that unless coyotes become so
thick the packs attack ships and refrigerated
rail cars full of Australian product, we are
headed for extinction. |
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Baxter
Black
On The Edge Of
Common Sense
Three brothers ran together on a
summer pasture deal.
They'd sort'em when they gathered in the fall.
There was never more than 50 cows and each one
had a bull,
Each brother I should say; the herd was small. |
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Linda
Mussehl
As
I See It ...
I guess it's because of all the
millennium discussion in the news right now, but
somehow this year I'm paying more attention to
calendars and such. I've given more than a
passing glance at "The Old Farmers'
Almanac" and even vowed that this year I'll
try to figure out how to read its tables. |
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Lee Pitts
Its The Pitts
In the past 20 years we have spent
billions in the effort to "save"
several species of spiders, snails, shrubs,
shrimp and slugs. We didn't save much, including
money. The cash would have been better spent on
one big going away party, because the primary
result of this effort has been the extinction of
certain sub-species of homo sapiens.
Including the... |
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Dale
Rollins, Ph.D
Wildlife
By Design
Back in January 1997, I traveled to
Brenham at the request of the local county agent
to give a presentation to the Washington County
Wildlife Conservation Society. Brenham isn’t
officially in my territory, but the agent knew I
had some expertise in quail management which
suited the assigned topic: how to restore the
bobwhites to Washington County. |
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Charles
Rodenberger
The
Computer& The Cowboy
An advantage of a computer in the
country is shopping on-line. I have had good and
bad experiences. Christmas shopping worked out
great this year, but things didn’t work so
well for Valentine’s day. |
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