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Had an air conditioned cab tractor, he would still be in business. I spent 10 hours yesterday laying down hay. Put about 25 acres down. 4 mph takes a while to mow. I watched these cow birds eat every thing they could all day. And I mean everything. Grasshoppers, frogs, crickets and even rats. Attachment 132131
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I'll post the progress as it happens. Will be fluffing it this afternoon. Bailing tomorrow.
Another day. Had to fluff half of it Attachment 132197
Wasn't too bad, the time goes by a lot faster. Just so you guys don't think I am spoiled, this us my usual ride.
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There was no one helping me this week so no use letting the good tractor sit up.
My old Ford tractor doesn't have an enclosed cab but I do like bushhogging and disking with it. There's just something satisfying about that sort of work.
Mine doesn't have a cab either, which is okay. Like Tbone says, there's something satisfying about that work.
love the pictures..
Today, Rain, The enemy of hay! rained all night here in south Lafayette. Don't know if we will be able to do anything the rest of the week. The Kubota tractor has a cab, but no A/C. Acts like a hotbox unless you are clipping along pretty fast.
Man it has been forever since I have seen a meadowlark. The Hawks would like to see it too. I would love to have a tractor with a front End loader and bush Hog. We have 60 Acres of Family land here and no Tractor. Now the Purchase of one is out of the Question Having replaced Our small Trailer with a small Double wide Three years ago.
It's a necessity here we do about 200 round bales a year to feed about 60 head of cattle. We only use about 30 squares so we just buy them as we go.
The obama administrations new ag people have declared that no cattle should be feed round bales. It seems they feel that cattle need a square meal.
FISH ON:fish
I just threw the PTO on the tractor. Too many large hills and trees I guess, not the first time believe me. I work umpteen hours a week and now have to deal with this once again. It's hot and I'm tired. Told Ann it would be nice to live a subdivision, she won't have any part of that. I am going to have a couple of Miller Lites to chill out.
Well we finally finished bailing yesterday at about 3. All the scattered showers mad for alot more work. Wound up having to fluff the hay 4 times on 3 different days. Ended up with about 80 bales. Just about 100 shy of what. We need. Gonna re cut this patch in a few weeks. Still have another 20 acres on another property to cut too. October 1st is the deadline. After that the farm is on its own. Hunting season is my hobby,cattle not so much. I'll post some pics later.
We irrigated back in West Texas from the Rio Grande. The county allotted water on certain days and a specified time period for each land owner. Once the gates were opened we had to continually keep the water moving through the property through our irrigation ditches, gates, etc. Hard work, I didn't have to go to school during those allotted time periods - the school district allowed it. What I remember the most is the dogs running through that water having big fun along with the nastiest leaches and eels you have ever seen. You had to scrape those big leaches off with a knife.
When I moved down here, I was like look at these guys. They just have to watch the rain. Enjoyed your post. Thanks.
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17+1 on the front of the tractor. Only a few more trips like that and I'll be done. For this patch at least.
Nice, good job! Do you keep those out of the rain? I picked up two string alfalfa bales this morning. Ranch Outlet quit carrying the three string bales. Folks were complaining about they were too heavy - including myself. Just curious, do you grow/cut alfalfa? It has gotten expensive, my goats have become spoiled. They won't even touch the Timothy mix. Thanks for the post, enjoyed looking.
No we don't keep them out of the rain. We don't have the space for about 200 bailes. The squares we get aren't that great of hay. But our cows love it. We have a deal with a neighbor to get all the squares he doesn't want if we pick them up. We usually have about 80-100 of those a year they get stores in a shipping container.