[Theloggerswife]

I have that book listed on my Christmas Wishlist. Has anyone read The Friends of Meager Fortune? It was recommended in a magazine that I receive and I thought I might even be able to pursuade my husband to read it.

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Do I get to vote??? KEEP THE HORNS! :D:D

You know all my reasons….

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Jean….The “Good Christian” should get a visit from the Department of Insurance and Banking. My guess is, if they find the overcharge and no refund…he won’t have to worry about meeting his sales goals or numbers anytime soon!:p

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What breed are you looking for?

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Is there a way for those who didn’t attend the meeting, but would like to be included in the conference call to get on the “list”?

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We put a little compost on the bottom of the manure spreader. Put the ash on top and spread away.

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When I purchased my team, the seller allowed me to keep the team at my farm for a few weeks to make a decision. My mentor came over and we drove them, we rode them, we drove them, we drove them, and we drove them again. Once I decided to purchase them, I had a little more leverage…they were at my farm and it is Novemeber. This is the price I am willing to pay, come and get them and feed them through the winter again or agree to my terms. 😀

My mentor made all the difference in buying situation. I also had my vet come and check them. An expense, but I knew exactly what was ahead of me…teeth to float, etc. but other wise in sound health.

I am not an experienced buyer…Just a new teamster who just purchased her first team three years ago.

[Theloggerswife]

We have found what works for us best is to run the tedder right after mowing the hay. It causes less leaf damage and the hay is spread out, right from the beginning to expedite drying. We rake it over once, let it dry and then bale it up.

I do have to say that even though we have had plenty of heat lately, it has taken us an extra day of drying due to the humidity. But, we don’t take any extras steps. We just leave it tedded out for an extra day. The last 15 acre piece we mowed/tedded it out on Thursday and did not bale it up until Monday.

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We ride my drafts with a treeless saddle. It is nice to ride and check the fences instead of walking them. Derrick likes to ride the drafts because they have a smooth steady walk…aka doesn’t spill his beer!:)

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We have used a propane “cannon” effectively. It also deters other animals with the BOOMING sound. This isn’t a very conventional method, but it works. Pretty boring compared to walking backwards and peeing.:p

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My neighbor cultivates and side dresses his corn with fish emulsion.

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One thing I might be able to speak from experience is that “feeling” a wife gets when her husband leaves for work alone in the woods. It doesn’t matter if they are horse or diesel loggers. The danger is the same! We kiss goodbye in the morning 7AM, with both of us leaving for our jobs off the farm. I will not know if he makes it out of the woods in one piece until 6 pm. Having lived through two horrible phone calls that my husband was in a logging accident is about all one wife can tolerate! He broke his neck from a widow maker and drove himself 3 miles to town the first time. The second time the log pile shifted and pinned his arm in the pile until someone showed up hours later.

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I would have to describe my husband, Derrick, as interested in the draft power, but reluctant. I would say the reluctant part is from the lack of knowledge of animals. He didn’t grow up on a farm. He has come a long way in the past 9 years when he uttered the words….”We will not own any animals on this farm.”

His first bulldozer came in pretty much a vast array of boxes. He put that bulldozer together and used it for years. We have a barn that houses chainsaw parts and pieces and he can rebuild pretty much anything. So his comfort level is with something with a motor!

When Derrick and I get together with the “draft group” he gets excited about the horses. His interest is peaked. His best friend, Ted, is my mentor with the draft horses. So all in all….Derrick is getting there. Slowly, but he is getting there.

We would be happy to participate…..just let us know what you need from us. Derrick LOVES to talk logging.

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We have a polled highland/Angus cross cow. She has no horns. We breed her with a full highland bull every year and the calves have always had horns…for the past 8 years. I am actually rasing one of the highland/angus crosses for a freezer fill-up.

I sold a lot of 5 full highland calves to a guy a couple towns away from us. He bred them all with a polled angus bull…..no horns on any of the calves.

This is just my personal experience.

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I have no doubt in my mind that you will finish what you started. 😀

In my hectic schedule, I find I am my worst enemy! I set out to do this small project and have a time frame in mind and then it takes 2 or 3 times longer then expected. I get frustrated and things start to fall apart quickly. This can be witnessed most any night Derrick and I are mounting hay away together after working our 10 hour day jobs (it gets ugly FAST).:p

Take a tiny step back and then move forward. Make sure you post some pictures with your success, because I know your going to try it again tonight if it doesn’t rain…..

It just came to mind….was this the compacted soil you were talking about two weeks ago? Do you remember Ted saying “your compacted soild comment makes me nervous”….? Did he ever explain that to us? Maybe he thought it was too much for a single horse to plow deeply?

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