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Sec. of State Rice warns Russia about Bombers off Alaska
In article ,
(Richard Casady) wrote:
On Sat, 23 Aug 2008 13:37:16 -0700, Steve Hix
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In article ,
(Richard Casady) wrote:
On Sat, 23 Aug 2008 10:45:20 -0700 (PDT), "
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On Aug 23, 1:38*pm, (Richard Casady)
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On Fri, 22 Aug 2008 11:12:35 -0700, Steve Hix
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In article ,
(Richard Casady) wrote:
It is easier to avoid a snake than shoot it.
I've lived in rattlesnake country almost all my life. Never a problem,
as long I take some care turning over rocks or logs in the spring, when
the hatchlings are first out. If I could just convince the local bull
snakes to move in on the gophers...
Many western ranches do nothing to discourage rattlers in the barn.
They like the rodents less.
Casady
Uh, not if they have livestock. Rattlesnake bites on cows are
expensive.
Livestock are in the pasture. Hay and equipment are in the barn. Any
snake in the barn is not in the pasture.
Never worked with milking cows, or goats, or had horses? They all end up
in and around the barns regularly.
Western ranches few to no milking cows, who are not found in barns in
any case. They do have purpose built milking sheds, where they do have
dairy cattle, in places like Iowa.
It's not all King or Harris Ranch operations; there are a lot of small
operations out here, and some of them do have a couple of milk cows for
their own use. It's not like snakes can't wander into a milking shed,
either.
As for horses, modern ranches may not have any,
This would surprise the smallish horse-oriented operations out here.
Perhaps you should let them know that they must be raising some other
sort of livestock.
although they all have at least one pickup per person.
You are about as likely to find a modern cowboy in an airplane as on a
horse.
Not out here in the central California coastal range. There's more to
life than multi-million acre range, you know.
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