Ditto here. Until the frost comes out of the ground I'm cautious about driving my pickup down my road. We got 3 inches of snow Monday and he didn't even plow the road it's such a mess. Which was fine with me, I didn't plow my driveway either.
Load 16 ton, what do you get?
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mwayne
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Since we're on the subject of cows...
Many, many years ago I remember my uncle had a cow out in the pasture with a harness which held a long pole out in front of the animal, which obviously interfered when she walked. I was young and a lot of years have passed but it seems like it was several inches in diameter and stuck out considerably longer than the cow's length. I've always wondered wat it was for but never thought to ask him when he was alive. Does anybody know what it could have been for? My only thought was that she may have been mean.
Jstpssng,
I have seen a farmer do something similar to keep his cows in the fenced in area. This farmer was too lazy to fix his fence. Not to imply that your uncle is/was lazy.
Many, many years ago I remember my uncle had a cow out in the pasture with a harness which held a long pole out in front of the animal, which obviously interfered when she walked. I was young and a lot of years have passed but it seems like it was several inches in diameter and stuck out considerably longer than the cow's length. I've always wondered wat it was for but never thought to ask him when he was alive. Does anybody know what it could have been for? My only thought was that she may have been mean.
Jstpssng,
I have seen a farmer do something similar to keep his cows in the fenced in area. This farmer was too lazy to fix his fence. Not to imply that your uncle is/was lazy.
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TheMan419
Veteran Member
Seems like she needs to learn to listen to you once in a while!
Moxie 15
Silver Member
Agreed. I have learned that saying "I told you that" doesn't work so I when she complains about how difficult it is I say "Welcome to my world"
ponytug
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@seville009 Thanks for the laugh! That has happened to me more times than I can count around here with heavy clay soil.
On the subject of bulls, I do think it is somewhat breed and breeding dependent, somewhat the particular animal, as well as handling/handler dependent.
Growing up almost every bovine around us was a Holstein and you just kept an eye out for the exit. They're weren't particularly mean, just BIG, and prone to spooking on occasion, and you just didn't want to be between a Holstein and an immovable object like a wall or a tree.
We raise low line beef cattle, 39" high at the shoulder, 600-800lbs or so each. Our bull was 1400lb or so and a complete marshmallow around humans; he would occasionally forget and roar at us, and we would say "Yeah, you and what army?", and he would knock it off immediately. Every evening he loved to come over and sniff my wife's finger and have his nose touched. Their little game. All the cows are very respectful of us, in part because we handle them or check on them daily, so somewhat trained, but mostly they are a calm breed, bred to be self sufficient under challenging conditions. I think with horses and other large creatures, you have to always respect that they do out weigh you by a lot, and even more by relative strength. I make it a habit not to get in trailers or enclosed spaces with large animals. We train our horses to self load and unload, no bolting.
@LittleBittyBigJohn thanks for the video! Great voice. Definitely brought back memories of haying as a youngster when it seemed as soon as one cutting was in, we were dealing with the next.
All the best,
Peter
On the subject of bulls, I do think it is somewhat breed and breeding dependent, somewhat the particular animal, as well as handling/handler dependent.
Growing up almost every bovine around us was a Holstein and you just kept an eye out for the exit. They're weren't particularly mean, just BIG, and prone to spooking on occasion, and you just didn't want to be between a Holstein and an immovable object like a wall or a tree.
We raise low line beef cattle, 39" high at the shoulder, 600-800lbs or so each. Our bull was 1400lb or so and a complete marshmallow around humans; he would occasionally forget and roar at us, and we would say "Yeah, you and what army?", and he would knock it off immediately. Every evening he loved to come over and sniff my wife's finger and have his nose touched. Their little game. All the cows are very respectful of us, in part because we handle them or check on them daily, so somewhat trained, but mostly they are a calm breed, bred to be self sufficient under challenging conditions. I think with horses and other large creatures, you have to always respect that they do out weigh you by a lot, and even more by relative strength. I make it a habit not to get in trailers or enclosed spaces with large animals. We train our horses to self load and unload, no bolting.
@LittleBittyBigJohn thanks for the video! Great voice. Definitely brought back memories of haying as a youngster when it seemed as soon as one cutting was in, we were dealing with the next.
All the best,
Peter