A century of Turkey talk 2000-2100.

[Bantambird]

Yeah, where we are in proximity to town, it's people with s couple acres and two horses. Now out at the big ranch, that's a whole other matter, that one. Yes, out at Dad's family homestead, where the nearest neighbor is 5 miles north with not another one for many more, where the whole county has 435 total people in it, they like big rounds.

 

[DwayneNLiz]

Around here everyone wants the large bales, Other than those with 2 acres and a horse...

hey now i have 7 acres and a horse, not 2 acres
lol
if i had a big farm i would go with round but i just dont go through enough hay to warrant it

 

[duluthralphie]

hey now i have 7 acres and a horse, not 2 acres
lol
if i had a big farm i would go with round but i just dont go through enough hay to warrant it

You should look into bales that are a little larger and round....maybe from an old Allis.....



I doubt anyone except @R2elk will get that

 

[feedman77]

I got.

Had a couple of those balers at fil house.

You should look into bales that are a little larger and round....maybe from an old Allis.....



I doubt anyone except @R2elk will get that

 

[duluthralphie]

I got.

Had a couple of those balers at fil house.

Impressive... which is amazing because those balers were anything but impressive...

 

[R2elk]

You should look into bales that are a little larger and round....maybe from an old Allis.....



I doubt anyone except @R2elk will get that

You don't have a clue just how many of those round bales I handled. Each bale had to be handled at least 4 times. Loaded out of the field onto a hay wagon, unloaded onto a hay elevator, stacked in the hay mow and finally fed to the cows.

My grandfather didn't even have a tractor and cut and gathered his hay with a team of draft horses. His hay got stacked in the hay mow loose.

 

[rjohns39]

What's funny here is that I thought I was becoming a poultry farmer... NOT TRUE!
I'm a grass farmer. Working my butt off to find enough good clean grass for the birds.

 

[duluthralphie]

You don't have a clue just how many of those round bales I handled. Each bale had to be handled at least 4 times. Loaded out of the field onto a hay wagon, unloaded onto a hay elevator, stacked in the hay mow and finally fed to the cows.

My grandfather didn't even have a tractor and cut and gathered his hay with a team of draft horses. His hay got stacked in the hay mow loose.

My Dad cut all the meadow hay and we (my Brother) and I had to stack it on the rack. We had one of those hay loaders people today say " what is that for"

We never had a Alis round baler, when we got a baler it was a IH.

We had a set of "forks" that went up to a track with a carriage (the name slips my nearly perfect memory now) We would pull a rope that would trip and dump the hay.

 

[Flashpoint]

It is amazing how (at 5:30 in the morning) watching turkeys stroll across the yard puts me in mind of Jurassic Park.

 

[memphis]

LOL...Flashpoint, I understand completely. Here is my question for the day:

No secret I take my girls for a stroll around the front yard for a graze prior to bedtime. Why do men always want selfies holding a turkey? Two guys in a pickup stopped to talk about the girls. (new neighbors) I had to take their pics holding a turkey. While this was going on, a guy pushing his baby in a carriage stopped to talk & he wanted a pic too. Women don't seem to do this. They just want to pet the girls. What up with the selfies?