The Official Farming Thread...

[Bill G]

Good stove wood there, about like throwing some coal in.

I am spooked to burn it as I know it burns real hot. I have heard the horror stories of burning stoves up. I have a Central Boiler outdoor stove now and I do not want to burn it up. I grew up with a bowwood and you sure did not put hedge in it. When I moved back to this farm I put a Menards special in and was not chancing it either

 

[JimBear]

I am spooked to burn it as I know it burns real hot. I have heard the horror stories of burning stoves up. I have a Central Boiler outdoor stove now and I do not want to burn it up. I grew up with a bowwood and you sure did not put hedge in it. When I moved back to this farm I put a Menards special in and was not chancing it either

I have a Century stove from Menards & have no issues burning Osage in it. My cousin has a Central boiler & feeds it a steady diet of Osage.

Air control ( leaks/poor dampeners) seems to be the biggest issue with over firing in wood stoves.

The biggest issue with Osage for me is the coals I get when pushing my stove in really cold temps. I have to throw in some box elder or pine to burn down the coals to make room so I can stuff if again.

 

[Bill G]

I have a Century stove from Menards & have no issues burning Osage in it. My cousin has a Central boiler & feeds it a steady diet of Osage.

Air control ( leaks/poor dampeners) seems to be the biggest issue with over firing in wood stoves.

The biggest issue with Osage for me is the coals I get when pushing my stove in really cold temps. I have to throw in some box elder or pine to burn down the coals to make room so I can stuff if again.

The beauty of Locust is it burns so hot all you have is fine ash

 

[jakethesnake]

How close is this “hedge/osage” to mulberry? Pictures look like mulberry to me? I’m in Delaware state (when I tell people Delaware farmer they always assume Ohio)

 

[JimBear]

How close is this “hedge/osage” to mulberry? Pictures look like mulberry to me? I’m in Delaware state (when I tell people Delaware farmer they always assume Ohio)

They are in the same family, mulberry isn’t as hard or rot resistant. Both are yellow wood heart wood & turn brown when exposed to air.

 

[Wilhelm]

Had something simple to eat and she waltzed down those shop steps.
She ate some bread I gave her, then jump up those steps back outside without using her wings at all (runner ducks rarely utilize their wings to get up or down of something).
Crazy bird!

 

[jakethesnake]

Had something simple to eat and she waltzed down those shop steps.
She ate some bread I gave her, then jump up those steps back outside without using her wings at all (runner ducks rarely utilize their wings to get up or down of something).
Crazy bird!

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What do you do with these ducks wilhelm ? Eggs? I know you love those ducks. I think they’re pretty cool. I just never was a huge duck egg fan. They would be easy to sell around here though

 

[Wilhelm]

What do you do with these ducks wilhelm ? Eggs? I know you love those ducks. I think they’re pretty cool. I just never was a huge duck egg fan. They would be easy to sell around here though

Mostly pets, but yes we consume their eggs.
Not much different than chicken eggs really, just much more dense.

 

[Motorka]

 

[ajschainsaws]

Just done a garden fence too wet in the fields hope our wet season finishes soon

 

[jblnut]

Good stove wood there, about like throwing some coal in.

I wish we had some hedge or locust to burn up here. I purchased two ton of coal to run through my boiler this winter and it worked amazing !! My Crown Royal stove is rated for straight coal so no worries there. I’ll definitely be doing it again next burning season.

I am spooked to burn it as I know it burns real hot. I have heard the horror stories of burning stoves up. I have a Central Boiler outdoor stove now and I do not want to burn it up. I grew up with a bowwood and you sure did not put hedge in it. When I moved back to this farm I put a Menards special in and was not chancing it either

A neighbor of mine tosses a few shovels of coal in his central boiler and says it works great. I don’t think burning it straight would be a good idea though.

 

[jblnut]

Yesterday Pops and I cleaned the steer barn out. 27 big loads like this in there. Roughly 22,000lbs in a load or around 300 ton total. That’s a lot of poooooooooooop !


It’s not full until it’s falling off the sides


Today’s project is to replace 140ish light bulbs in the chicken coop. Sure hoping this little bulb changer deal I cobbled together makes it easier to do than last time I did this. Last time it took 2hrs

 

[Only the Tony]

Local Vermeer dealer had their annual customer appreciation breakfast today. My $500 cup. They do drawings as well for door prizes, I was hoping to win the roll of net wrap so I didn't have to buy one. Few years back I won a new Husqvarna weed eater.

 

[jblnut]

My $500 cup.

You got off cheap !! I “earned” a heavy winter coat a few years back when two of our green machines ended up at the dealer’s shop at the sale time to fix things we couldn’t. Always hate seeing their lowboy pull in the yard

 

[JimBear]

Dad had new injectors put in his 8420, all he got was the paper the bill was printed on.

Peterbilt in Bethany at least gave him a hat when he put $3500 in the truck.

 

[JimBear]

On a crappy note, my brother had a bull die a couple weeks ago. He chalked it up to bad luck thinking he just got his head down hill, earlier this week he lost another one. The vet came down & posted it, apparently it had a bad heart.

Both bulls came from the same breeder…

 

[ajschainsaws]

On a crappy note, my brother had a bull die a couple weeks ago. He chalked it up to bad luck thinking he just got his head down hill, earlier this week he lost another one. The vet came down & posted it, apparently it had a bad heart.

Both bulls came from the same breeder…

Luckily that don't happen too many times Jim but it sucks when it's a breeding Bull

 

[ajschainsaws]

Yesterday's Job sharpening out sweet chestnut stakes with the chain saw

 

[ajschainsaws]

I missed this big boy splitting the stakes hopefully will see it in action soon

 

[JimBear]

I was helping Chase wean calves, sort off some replacement heifers & sort off some cull cows. Apparently last week, pound cows were bringing $1.70 # at local sale barn.