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Did small squares with the Kent trucks back in the 70s' . I remember June of 1978 we put up over 100k bales with three trucks. Lots of sudan grass alfalfa wheat straw and bermuda. Sudan would cut you up pretty bad literally dozens of light cuts on your forearms. Five cents a bale....
One man with courage makes a majority....
~Molɔ̀ːn Labé Skýla~
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I was stacking hay there in Washington state in 1977. Nine cents a bale. Split by two guys. We put a thousand in the barn in a twelve hour day, I got $45. Cash!
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I bought my first real motocross bike and a pickup from baling hay. Hard work for little pay.
All of my millennial kids were sent to family farms in the summer to learn what hard work is. Must have worked because they are all hard working successful adults now.
Music washes away the dust of everyday life Some people wait a lifetime to meet their favorite hunting and shooting buddy. Mine calls me dad ![[Linked Image from i.postimg.cc]](https://i.postimg.cc/ZCL8Ws2r/JohnGult.jpg)
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10 or 11 inches here.
No second cutting on dry land. Sometimes get some regrowth.....but its generally not worth cutting.
Land is so fragile.......taking the regrowth off is really hard on it.
No moisture since June.....until it rained an inch two weeks ago.
Somehow....my stupid corn grew.
Corn is an amazing crop!
I am MAGA.
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Campfire 'Bwana
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Not a real member - just an ordinary guy who appreciates being able to hang around and say something once in awhile.
Happily Trapped In the Past (Thanks, Joe)
Not only a less than minimally educated person, but stupid and out of touch as well.
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Campfire Kahuna
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Yeah...but it's one inch at a time......
I am MAGA.
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Campfire 'Bwana
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Yeah...but it's one inch at a time...... That's restraint!
Not a real member - just an ordinary guy who appreciates being able to hang around and say something once in awhile.
Happily Trapped In the Past (Thanks, Joe)
Not only a less than minimally educated person, but stupid and out of touch as well.
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I thought it was poor farmer etiquette to brag about how great things are when others are in times of drought.
Trump being classless,tasteless and clueless as usual. Sorry, trump is a no tax payin pile of shiit. My young wife decided to play the field and had moved several dudes into my house
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Brings back nightmares. In west central Ks as a teenager in the 60 s, I picked up, hauled and stacked many thousand of the smaller square bales. Hard work and low pay. Hated it with a passion! My first job.................................... I didn't mind it so much. It was hard work, but I liked the extra cash. I think he was paying us about $2.00 per hour to pick up and stack in the barn. This picture was taken by the boss man when we brought the last load out of the field in 1977. I'm the guy on one knee up on top. Good times. ![[Linked Image from i.imgur.com]](https://i.imgur.com/80yS0RMl.jpg)
"Government is not the solution to our problem, government is the problem."
Ronald Reagan
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Campfire Kahuna
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Yeah...but it's one inch at a time...... cheese wheel
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Campfire 'Bwana
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... I didn't mind it so much. It was hard work, but I liked the extra cash. I think he was paying us about $2.00 per hour to pick up and stack in the barn. This picture was taken by the boss man when we brought the last load out of the field in 1977. I'm the guy on one knee up on top. Good times. Artisanal stacking!
Not a real member - just an ordinary guy who appreciates being able to hang around and say something once in awhile.
Happily Trapped In the Past (Thanks, Joe)
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3rd cut here yesterday ........
done for the year......
That's all we get here too.
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Campfire 'Bwana
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Drove past a smallish irrigated field yesterday and it looks like it's ready for a fourth cut. A larger non-irrigated field near it got only three, and it's now fallow. Very dry year here, like many other Western states.
I grew up on a farm and all my relatives were farmers. Which explains why I never was. It's a career you have to REALLY love.
Cleverly disguised as a responsible adult.
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