[Dan Buczala]

I smear some “Swat” under my horses chin where the flies like to bite. Seems to sooth the bites that are there and keep the flies from biting there any more.

A friend has a horse that seems to get excessively loose stool when first put on grass in the spring. Enough that she uses some diaper rash ointment (Balmex I think) to avoid abrasion problems.

[Dan Buczala]

ThunderHoof Horse Logging
Daniel Buczala
151 Grapevine Rd, Dunbarton, NH 03046

Phone:603 682 2682
E-mail:thunderhoofhorselogging@gmail.com

Products/Services:Low impact timber harvesting, firewood harvesting, timber stand improvement. Small jobs ok.

[Dan Buczala]

On the single horse scoot that I’m building, I’m thinking of using a short “pole”, only long enough to fit through both rings plus a foot or two beyond the front ring, and somehow attach/bolt the shaft assembly from my Pioneer forecart to the pole. I think this should work…

[Dan Buczala]

I’m surprised no one has mentioned this document. It’s the result of a study comparing soil damage using animal powered harvesting vs mechanized harvesting (it’s on Jason Rutlege’s site, but I found it via a link from Scott Golden’s site).

http://healingharvestforestfoundation.org/docs/Joshua%20Deal%20Abstract.doc

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I was talking with a friend in town who runs a mechanized logging business. I asked him if he ever logged with horses (he’s in his 70s). He told me he worked for Concord Lumber years ago, and they would have around 20 horses in a woodlot, skidding logs between the cutters and the landing, with no one driving them. Sounds like quite an operation.

[Dan Buczala]

I picked them up at the local hardware store. My memory was a bit off on the size of the solar panel, it measures 4×5 inches.

Dan

[Dan Buczala]

@Mark Cowdrey 22651 wrote:

Carl,
Funny I was just thinking about those yard lights for trail side the other day. Could be cool if those things actually work. I can already think of several good locations. Anyone have any experience with them?
Karl,
The flashlight would be down & dirty, low capital outlay, use with re-chargeable batteries… Might be the way to go.
Andy & Geoff,
Do you suppose I would have to drive wearing a white Travolta suit if I used the strobes?:cool:

Mark

Not having electricity at our barn, we installed some solar powered lights. An 8X8 solar panel/charger (with rechargable AA batteries), and 3 separate lights. These were designed to be “accent” lighting, to show off your shrubbery at night I suppose. Mounted the solar charger on the outside of the barn, one light in the hayloft, one in the tack room, and one for the aisle. Gives enough light for our purposes. Cost was around $39.

We also have a couple of the cheap individual lights mounted on a stake, but these just glow a bit… not really all that useful.

[Dan Buczala]

Erika,

You might want to check out a book called “The Untold Story Of Milk”,
by Ron Schmid. Lots of info in support of raw milk.

Amazon has a summary at

http://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/0967089743/ref=mp_s_a_2?qid=1290686729&sr=8-2

Dan

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