By Lindsey Monk

It’s that time of year again – branding season!

By Dal Houston

I am often amazed by the speed of changes in our technology and our lifestyle. I struggle to get my head around something new, only to find out it is now old. Here is the thing to keep in mind; what is new today, will be old tomorrow.

Recently, I came across a picture of a farm auction from the mid-1940s, and in looking at it, the picture might as well have been from the Dark Ages. It depicted the vehicles the auction-goers drove, the machinery being sold, the people attending the auction, and so many other things indicative of the times.

Obviously, everything shown in the picture is now an antique. The thing that grabbed my attention was the irony that at the time the picture was taken, the technology and the developments of man were at their very highest. World War II was over, atomic weapons had been created and so many other technologies, developments and other things existed that were beyond our wildest thoughts just a few years earlier.

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As the days get longer and the grass gets greener, branding season and heading to summer pasture is on the agenda here in northeast Wyoming.