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  • in reply to: Manure on hay fields #80796
    gwpoky
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    Eli,

    If I can get the time, I like to spread compost right after I put up a hay field I have noticed good yield results. Sometimes its hard to do as we try to catch up on the things we put off while we were haying. Good luck and have fun.

    in reply to: Outdoor Boiler vs. indoor stove? #80712
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    Donn, When we build a new house on the farm I hope to build in those types of efficiencies. We currently live in a 120+ year old farm house that will have to last us a few more years.

    in reply to: I&J Road Trip #80642
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    I wish! 🙂 safe travels.

    in reply to: Small Farmers Journal, have you got yours? #80391
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    Thanks for the update, keep us informed if you can and let us know if there is any way we can help.

    Thanks

    in reply to: 2013 Horse Progress Days #80264
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    Eli, If you are on the DAPNet Facebook page, Rachael put some of our pics up.

    in reply to: 2013 Horse Progress Days #80256
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    We just got home. Ended up hauling the Young Living Percheron Hitch down so had to stay an extra night, but we got paid to go :-). Had a wonderful time, now I know I really want an I&J set up WOW! My wife would like a team of mini Donkeys…..yikes.

    in reply to: Loading Hay #80089
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    Lots of nine bars in the fence lines around here, dairy country so lots of alfalfa and peas put up.

    in reply to: Loading Hay #80019
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    We use a grapple in the barn to get it off, I will try and get a video of that sometime. Its a big wagon, that’s why we have three head on it. I make the mistake of double windrowing this field, had to stop a couple time on each row so I could keep up, won’t do that again.

    in reply to: Haying 2013 #79726
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    I am in western WI and it will be a few weeks before we start first crop. I normally cut with a 6′ sickle and have never tedded, but I would like to. I have an old IH tedder but I need to beef up the frame too much fles and the chain falls off. This year I hope to mow with a 9′ bar and the teamster 2000, but I am having a hard time finding a 9′ sickle mower around here, might need to road trip to ND, SD, or NE. Heavy Thunder storms are on the radar around here through tomorrow. We are planing to go to HP days so I do not want to be haying then. Good luck to you all

    in reply to: The Farmer and the Horse #79679
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    This is a DVD?

    in reply to: Draft animals featured in Burlington Free Press #79678
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    Loved it, it is wonderful to be associated with such a great group of people, thanks for sharing.

    in reply to: Sorghum Sudan grass? #79553
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    Anyone know of anything that is not toxic to animals that would be a good alternative?

    in reply to: Teamster 2000 #79445
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    Yep, the chains run a PTO.  When I get this thing going I will have more pictures and I hope to have some video as well.

    in reply to: Teamster 2000 #79432
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    Hydro pics.  This is a larger pump than was on the this cart originally.  The original pump had gone bad and this one came, unmounted, with the cart.  It will not fit where the original was so I mounted it to the deck.

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    in reply to: Energy efficiency of horses vs tractors #79431
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    Compaction is also a problem because we plant so many annuals and not enough perennials  which send down deep roots to help brake up some compaction.

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