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A Red Ryder vs a pigeon

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They are surprisingly hard to kill with a Red Ryder!

That's just cool as hell. I used to do that in my uncles barn.

I just took a look and it appears that the state I live in (AL) ranks 4th in amount of precipitation per year across the US with 58.3 inches. I can't fathom 10-12 inches per year.

Oldest son and I just got ran inside from working on a fence. Rain is kinda nice to work in on a hot day but I get kinda nervous working on a wire fence with lots of metal posts in the ground when the lighting starts.

When we were kids we’d try to head shoot them. Most times they would get knocked dizzy and fall off the bridge supports.

Old guy used to help us once in a while was a great story teller.

He said he was out fixing fence on horse back one time when he was a young man.

He would lean over and pound in staples instead of getting off his horse.

The last staple he hammered was at the exact moment when a lightning bolt hit the fence, miles away.


His horse was killed instantly so he had to drag himself out from underneath it.

Once free he realized that he had lost the ability to walk forward....he could only walk backwards.

Took some doing but he eventually made it home....backwards.

Said it stuck with him for two weeks.




I was probably about 7 or 8 at the time. I was captivated!

Richard boy was going through a lot of BBs so I says to him to hand that rifle over! Watch and learn Richard boy!


Sheesh....it took me more BBs than him.


So I says to Richard boy.....you need a bigger BB gun.

Saw on facebook this morning where a woman that I went to school with, posted that Her Grand-daughter's husband had been killed by lightning at Maumelle, Arkansas. miles

Back to your New Zealander wife..

Sounds like y'all have a good marriage. I know you have great kids.

Hope you got the immigration nightmare behind you.

That he does!

Those pigeons are tough , unless you hit them in the pea brain.

Agriculture is my home. I'm amazed at the scales of it.

One of my clients has 55,000 acres of spuds this year. To put that in perspective that is a 200 million plus investment.

Another friend, their operations put up 29,000 acres of dry forage consisting of alfalfa and timothy. Timothy will be two cuttings and alfalfa will be five cuttings. Most all it will export to the pacific rim or middle east.

About two years ago, one local large farming entity added 27,000 irrigated acres to their operations. With improvements that was a 400 million plus investment.

In the famous Washington apple growing state, we now have fewer than ten entities that control 80% of the apple production.

Locally, Lamb Weston will need an additional 35,000 acres of potatoes with their recent French fry plant expansions.

The largest potato producing county in the U.S. is Grant County in Washington state.

Sling shot works better at close range, shooting "ping pong ball" bullets.

I used to shoot sparrows in the barn loft using a small sling shot, using BB's. miles

is this you Sam?

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I drove home Jake's "new", combine today.

I got some hay mowed this week. I spent a week of evenings changing the knives in my rotary scythe. I turned my daughter loose with it yesterday while I worked. She ran out of shear bolts by the time she got 2 rounds done. I got the problem fixed, sorta, last night. We only got 4 acres mowed. I got new wheels on my wheel rake, but now I see I need a hub. Today, while I was at work, my daughter tedded, but called me to tell me the tractor has a flat front tire. Again, my fault. I knew it was going to split soon.

I haven't ' even hooked up the baler, yet. I have some splices to redo in the morning. We shall see what else I can break.

Yeah! Sure seems that way sometimes.

Anyone watch, "Market, to Market", on PBS?

Sprayed some pastures yesterday. Today is "WR" day....Worm and Rotate. Worm goats, trim hooves that need it, and rotate to new forage area. Worm and rotate cattle. Worm and rotate turnout area for horses. Need to trim horses hooves as well but that may be tomorrow.

The area we live in gets lots of rain and that allows worms to flourish. Over the past 15 or so years we've found leaving a pasture/woodlot empty for 4 months breaks the life cycle of worms and the pasture will be clean at the end of that time. Worming directly before moving goats in helps reduce the worms carried in. I guess it works the same for other stock but haven't checked the life cycle for them....as best I understand goat/cattle/horse parasites don't cross between each other so one can fallow the other on rotation if needed.

Time to put the coffee down and get going.....

Rolling some 4x5’s today