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The field I was bailing used to be farming. We planted it to hay about 6 years ago.
It has about 4 pounds of alfalfa in it with a bunch of different wheat grasses. slender, pubescent, western and a few others.
Basically it was like a standard CRP mix.
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That is fricken awesome....grin
Your country looks GOOD compared to the burned up stuff around here.....
Fine lookin' little man even if he is saving his voice....
The old story/warning goes never let a little guy lean on the windows, especially the front one.....
Glad to see your boy hanging on the handle!
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I should have gotten him a little chair or something. He did not ride too long though.
We got a couple tenths the other day Sam, saved it from going completely brown. Still did not bring up the late crops though. My buddy south of Malta got a couple hundredth's.
As far as the birds go, I dont know.
I always thought that the cold and rain was way harder on them than the dry. But this dry is hard on everything, so I guess its gonna be tough on them too.
I did see a bunch of pheasant chicks right before I started whistling today.
Been seeing some Huns, all sizes. Little chicks all the way up to little flyers. Not sure what would have caused that. Maybe it was the late frosts and the cold spring.
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I gotta say, that New Holland makes a nice looking bale.
Nicer than my John Deere by a bit.
Course I was in road gear bailing raked hay.....
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If I was not so lazy, I'd post the big squares we put up back about the first of June. If it don't rain, we may be feeding cows most of the summer.
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Dry again Richard?
We have a plan right now. With the carry over hay we saved and what we will finish up this week on new hay we should have enough for the winter.
That will leave us about 600 acres of hay ground that we can graze. Not ideal, and leaves me kind of naked for next year...but we should not have to sell cows.
Looking at a water trailer though.
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Jim we hauled a lot of water before my father drilled the well in 71. We do still haul to cows when grazing stalks in winter.
Can you find a tank that drains all the water? We are using a goofy plastic tank that holds six inches under the outlet valve.
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Sheesh! Six inches is a lot.
I suppose the tanks I use drain to about three. They have an elbow inside that draws as much from the bottom as possible. Only other option would be a cone bottom tank on a trailer I suppose.
We drilled a well at home about 8 years ago. Before that we fought and fought for water. It makes 14 gallons....best well in this country by a fair piece. I witched it, drove the well driller nuts. He hates talk of witching wells.
Typical wells here flow 3 to 6 gallons.
Trouble is that well is not hooked to any pastures.
Couple years ago we dug in 24,000 feet of pipeline and a few years before that we put in 8000 feet. All hooked up to old wells, but not hooked together......yet.
Getting set up pretty well now, but we still are short with the drought. I have plans for another 34,000 feet plus some big cisterns.
Fight water all the time up here.
Figures though, normal precip is between 10-12 inches. Year to date we are at 2.
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Jim, you do have water under ground? If you do, that has to help. Cattle, "Mamas don't let your babies grow up to be cowboys".
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Good water really is something right now for sure Jim.
That sounds like a really nice project and I hope it functions well(no pun intended).
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Hey you guys, thanks for the farmin' videos. Too cool. Honestly, just too cool. I thought of you guys tonight. They're at it on the Palouse too, went to town and saw these guys had stopped around 6:30. Must have been for dinner 'cause they were back at it on my way home at 9:00 or so. It was actually almost full dark, maybe only 15-20 minutes of dusk left when I took the pick. If I;m not mistaken this is their field hay. They have alfalfa down behind that little brush line past the field the tractor's working in, and up top past that alfalfa that's down is some spring wheat I believe. The wheat is just starting to turn brown up on top of that rise. Guess they're earning their money today................as always. Geno
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Appreciate the reply Sam. When I had to live in Kansas, we got prairie grass hay. Up here it's timothy/brome.
If you take the time it takes, it takes less time. --Pat Parelli
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We are using a goofy plastic tank that holds six inches under the outlet valve. Slightly elevate the other end, or (if you have one) put it on a dump trailer (or wagon) and just use the hoist. Too bad you guys out west are always fairly short of rainfall. We've had more than enough to date - and another 1"+ is coming this morning.. But it held off long enough to get 2nd crop done on Monday.. We gaverhell and chopped the remaining 350A in a hair over 12 hours.. 3rd crop will be cut starting July 17th...
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I like seeing all the video's of how it's done in other parts of the country, here is a video I did last year during third cutting. https://youtu.be/BXF11n41m0M
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Thats a good video.
Are those 3x3's?
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cageycat,
cool stuff, nice video production, and a great looking spread.
I was going to ask where you were, but I found out looking at you posts from the election. Looks like I'll be retired to about 3 hours east of you folks.
Thanks for the video,
Geno
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Jim, they are 15"×22" x around 44" bales.
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Jim, Thank you and Sam both for the videos. I have subscribed to both of your channels now.. Ed
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