Rancher

RANCHER
Steve saw his old friend Tom, an eighty-year- old rancher, pull into town. Tom had lost his wife a year or so before, and rumor had it that he was marrying a mail order bride.
Being one of Tom's oldest friends, Steve asked if the rumor was true, and Tom assured him that it was.
Steve then asked Tom how old the new bride-to-be was.
Tom proudly said, "She'll be twenty one in November."
Now Steve, being the wise man that he was, could see that the sexual appetite of a young woman probably wouldn't be satisfied by an eighty year old man. Wanting his old friend's remaining years to be happy, Steve tactfully suggested that Tom should consider getting a hired hand to help him out on
the ranch, knowing nature would take it's course.
Tom thought this was a good idea, and said he would look for one that afternoon.
About four months later, Steve ran into Tom in town again.
"How's the new wife?" Steve asked Tom.
Tom proudly said, "She's pregnant!"
Steve, happy that his sage advice had worked out, continued, "And how's the hired hand?"
Without hesitating, smilin' Tom said, "She's pregnant, too!"