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46 Ag Roundup January 2013 Continued from previous page. havin', it was time to head back down the creek. They gathered their gear, tied the fish on, and started back down the narrow trail towards the dude ranch. "Me 'n ol' Sparkplug ... I mean Champion, will take the lead," Billy grinned sloppily as he opened another can of his favorite brand of liquid refreshment. "You an' ol King can try to keep up if ya can." Neither one of those plugs amounted to anything, but the one Billy was ridin' was by far the worst. He was so dude proof that he did what he wanted when he wanted, and there wasn't a whole lot a fella could do about it. His tail was stickin' about half way out all the time and about ever third or fourth step he'd stop right in the middle of the trail and simultaneously reach down for a mouth full of grass and break wind. A nag like that would be a frustrating thing for a decent hand to try and ride, but both of the boys were feeling the effects of the hot sun, the lazy afternoon, and the two six packs of dinner they'd consumed, so they were just lazin' along. Billy's eyes were almost as shut as ol Champion's, and he'd completely given up on getting him to do anything. He just let the sorry old horse plod along and graze and break wind as he pleased. About half way home, there was a sudden turn of events. Dick is bringing up the rear on the trail with his reins and the fishin' pole in one hand, and a beer can in the other one, when suddenly ol' Champion takes a notion to stop, graze, and break wind as was his custom. Neither Dick nor ol' King noticed, and they ran right smack into the back of the outfit in front of them. Dick's fishin' pole was sticking out in the front, and it slid in perfectly under that half raised tail, with the hook implanting itself firmly in a very tender portion of Champion's anatomy. That old plug took off like he was shot out of a rocket, with the reel on Dick's pole making a little whirring sound as it vainly attempted to supply the sudden demand for more line. Champion and Billy were now both very awake and in a dead run down the trail, but the real action took place when they hit the end of the fishin' line, and the hook did what hooks are supposed to do. The line broke, and that old nag came uncorked. Billy's a pretty good skinner, but he didn't quite get ol' Champion covered. "That must be why they call 'im Champion," Dick mused as he rode up, eyein' his pardner sprawled out on his back, moanin' in the middle of the trail. "Dang shore got the best o' you. I think that durn Tex lied to us. I'd a swore he said that horse was broke." For some reason, from Billy's crumpled position on the ground with a fresh horseshoe print on his chest, the humor in the situation was a little more difficult to see. It took them a couple of hours to catch the horse, and another one to tie him down to get the hook out, but all was not in vain. Here's what Tumbleweed Tex wrote in a card he sent the boys last fall: "Thanks for fixin' Champion. When he gets to stallin' on the trail now, all we have to do is pull a little line out of a fishin' reel. That little whirrin' sound is all it takes to perk him right up. Oh … one more thing ... we never tell the guests why, but we changed his name to Ol' Fishhook." Keep Smilin'…. and don't forget to check yer cinch. Ken Overcast is a recording cowboy singer that ranches on Lodge Creek in North Central Montana where he raises and dispenses B.S. www.kenovercast.com eSidney.com is now Everything Roundup on the web Comment on stories and “Like” them on Facebook directly from our site. Share our site by email, Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn and many more social networks.
Ag Roundup January 2013 47 Stroh Herefords 23rd Annual Production Sale Thurs., February 7, 2013 • 1 p.m. (MST) At the Ranch: 1.5 Miles east of the new Killdeer, ND roundabout at the Intersection of Highways 22 and 200 or 5 Miles West of Dunn Center Selling Will Be: 55 Coming 2 Year Old Bulls 20 Hereford Heifers Bred to Calving Ease Hereford Bulls 15 F1 Baldy Heifers (These are TRUE F1 Heifers) Sires Represented in the Offering: KB L1 Domino 563R • KB L1 Domino 826U BLL Red Addition 175T • R 157K North Star 50W DS Rendition 359W • Churchill Rancher 8108U ET KB L1 Domino 9175 • F FORESIGHT 935 Last year's cost difference in North Dakota between a 2 yr. old bull & a yearling bull was $509. $509 will breed 10 to 15 more cows for you during breeding season! SH North Star 104 Actual BW 83 lbs. Adj. 205 705 lbs. EPD's: BW 2.2 WW 44, YW 72, MM 27, M&G 42, REA .21, MARB .10 This is another good, stout Ribstone bull with solid markings and performance, milk and carcass traits behind him. He combines length, with depth-of-rib and is packed full of eye appeal. He is a great herd sire prospect! 6% ‘til Jan. 21 • 3% ‘til Feb. 18 SHR Rancher 117 Actual BW 90 lbs, Adj. 205 679 lbs, EPD's: BW 3.6, WW 54, YW 78, MM 24, M&G 51, REA .26, MARB .11 117 is a stout, rancher sire, a combination of his sire's and grandsire's eye appeal. This bull is wide-topped, deep-sided and is packed with muscle and thickness from end-toend. He will boost the milk in your herd and increase the ribeye area and marbling in your next year's calf crop, putting more dollars in your pocket on sale day. Mike, Dawn, Lucas & Matthew Stroh 1010 Highway 22 South Killdeer, ND 58640 701-573-4373 or 701-290-1191 acmecatl@ndsupernet.com Tony & Leona Stroh 10550 Highway 200 Killdeer, ND 58640 701-764-5217 Harlan Conradsen Savage, MT 406-776-2400 Carroll Paulson Cartwright, ND 701-744-5137
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