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Marshall 2017
ksnow:
Truck is already half packed. I absolutely can't wait. Pulling out early thursday, should be there late morning.
Kyle
osage outlaw:
I got everything loaded today except for my clothes. I'll be heading to the Dancing Bears house early Wednesday morning. See you guys in the afternoon.
bjrogg:
I'm still working at catching up farming. I don't have anything packed up yet, but I did finish planting soybeans last night. Hopefully today get some navy bean ground prepared for planting when I get back. I'm thinking either packing or leaving tomorrow. See you guys soon, praying for safe travels for everyone.
Bjrogg
lebhuntfish:
Good to hear BJ, I didn't realize you were a row croper. Lots of work there. I used to be a dairy farmer, had 200 head of holsteins. We also done oats, fescue, and a lot of hay. We also done a lot of hay. Did I say we put up a lot of hay! I dont miss that part to much, done mostly square bails and for some reason I always ended up stacking. But I was good at it, never had a stack fall. Even the free standing ones. I do miss the farm though, always something to do and normally plenty of it. It was my grandpa 's farm but Mom, Dad my 2 brothers and I lived on it and worked the farm to.
Plus it was some of the best deer hunting in the county in my book!
Patrick
bjrogg:
I didn't realize you grew up on a dairy farm Patrick. I did to. I still remember milking cows with buckets, and carrying all the milk to the tank. I remember when we got a pipeline system, wow did that save work. Of course we had to milk more cows then and put up more hay so not sure how much work it really saved. My dad sold the cows when I went to electronics school in 1979. I came back to the farm in 1984 and borrowed $$$ to buy fresh heifers. I remember pay 14 and 18 % interest and being nervous about borrowing that money. My dad told me " if you ain't got anything, they can't take anything away from you". I've been in debt ever since. My brother and I sold our cows in 1992. Not many small dairy operations anymore. I love the farm. I love planting seeds and watching them grow. It's a lot of work and very risky business but good lord willing I'm going to keep doing it till someone kicks me outta here. It sure has changed a lot in my lifetime, even more in my dad's.
Bjrogg
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