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ParticipantWe have a tv program called “Landward” over here and I just watched an episode that may be of interest.. .. http://www.creamogalloway.co.uk click on icecream then go to the bottom of the page and click on “new dairy update”.. watch and see what you all think ??? A big dairy farmer down at Dumfries has built a state of the art dairy set up based on leaving the calf with the cow… I think its a great plan providing his sums are right… John
ParticipantThe Scottish connection is here too haha .. thanks Ethan..
JohnParticipantHey Geoff , Kenny Russel has one of these conversions and he puts up around 1500 bales a year and he thinks its a great retro fit kit. I think the name of the man producing these kits was Brubaker or something like that and at the time he was selling them for about £480.. about $600 ??.. Kenny advertises in SFJ so might be worth a call.. John
ParticipantYea its a belter of an idea.. but as Bivol pointed out it would need to be a sort of global map/atlas…mabey along the lines of Google maps ??? John
ParticipantHi Evan.. welcome.. those shires look likea good steady team. We have one of those plows too. looks like good work youre doin there.. That turf is hard to make a decent job in… or at least i struggle with it haha.. John
ParticipantHey Mitch glad you had a good trip.. those horse prices sound like a sad reflection on the state of things.. same over here.. great if you want to buy but not so great in the overall picture.. is that the cultivator that was the result of imput from here at DAP ??? sounds like it will be an awesome piece of kit..John
ParticipantI have a 59 Fordson and I make it a point to find ways of using the horses and leave the tractor standing.. so far moving big round bales and powing the hay chopper is all it does.. would never sell her tho cauz you just never know when you will need it..One thing I will add about driving machines is that when Im up in that combine with the GPS on , I can admire the scenery and also the ammount of wildlife there is in Oxfordshire… but would swap it all for a day with my horses on my International type E binder…
JohnParticipantGood thoughts Tim… mabey even a good knife in a decent sheath strapped to the collar somewhere ?
JohnParticipantJeez Mitch you told that petty calmly but I’ll bet the adrenalin was up.. just goes to show. Never a dull moment. Thank God you’re both out ok tho ..John
ParticipantNice job Liz.. not bad considering it was all done over the fone…Need to borrow him for the plow this year.. he can go in with the mares…
JohnParticipantWell said Mitch.. some say the balance point has been reached already regards human population.. I dont know. Carl makes a good point.. we have lost a lot of skills over the years and I think its been happening that way since the wheelright I mentioned earlier..he started buying in factory made nails so the blacksmith lost out.. then farm equipment started being brought in from the big factories so the blacksmith shut the shop and so it went.. now we {society}buy from the hypermarket and so the local shop shuts. Britain doesnt make a tractor now.. can you believe that ?!?!.. sure CNH assemble tractors at Basildon but its not quite the same.. not a bad discussion concidering it all started with ice cream haha….
JohnParticipantThink we might be drifting into two differing debates.. sustainable human behavior regards living and sustainable economies… John
ParticipantGeoff I was trying to show how inflation in any economy starts us down the road to unsustainability and I think the 2 will always be linked… inflation is a human element brought on by greed…usualy by the shareholders and the people that think they are something special.. then it filters down.. Some of the so called “sustainable” measured implemented by our government over here are anything but.. wind farms being one… John
ParticipantI have an interesting book written in the 20’s by a wheelright called George Sturt… it is a detailed account of how he took over his fathers business.. it seems the amount charged for making a farm cart {as one example} remained unchanged for nearly 15 years.. one of the reasons was that all the villages needs were met in the village.. inflation only started to creep in when items were sourced outside the village ??
JohnParticipantHi Ixy.. good to hear you again… my own situation has been for years Clydesdale dominated but have been more and more drawn to oxen ??.. realy I admire all forms of animal draft used in the right situation.. John
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