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Anyone know any colloquial names for snow caps on posts? I have heard them called something but it is uncommon here to see them as the wind is usually blowing. However today it is calm and snowing and we already have snow caps 3" tall on 4 x4 deck posts . Any use a s welcome. Thanks JLP

Can anyone suggest a place to order reasonably priced tractor operator manuals? I bought a used John Deere 5510 and would like a manual but anew one is over a hundred dollars and I would rather not spend that much. Any info would be welcome. Thanks

I am not purporting it or denying it. I was just thinking of all the foods that would not be available to me if I were to only eat foods grown within 100 miles of where I live. I am sure I could survive and possibly even thrive if I ate things grown within those miles but I sure would miss...

I had one eye done yesterday and the other is in three weeks.So far so good.I have always been nearsighted so with one eye corrected for distance viewing it is a little disconcerting for a bit.

I put on a replacement inline (coolant) heater a year ago and it quit at the end of'last winter.Therefore I replaced it last Friday and plugged it in and it started heating so I left it overnight. Went out Saturday morning and it was cold. I know electricity was there as I had a trickle charge...

The concept of perpetual motion is intriguing. Usually when my son and I get together we discuss this topic.We both realize the limitations of physics, but I believe the best rendition we have discussed thus far is strapping a piece of buttered and jellied toast face up.on the back of a cat and...

http://droughtmonitor.unl.edu/monitor.html This link shows the current drought situation as of 2-9-12: those of you in it already know hopefully it will decrease in area as we get closer to spring planting.

We're heading SE in a few days. We are driving to Florida for no reason other than this is the first extended vacation we have had in 15 years that isn't tied to work or a farm organization. Last year I had to give up some PTO days as I din't have time to use them so I decided I wouldn't let...

It seems all signs are pointing to less corn produced in 2011. How will it effect you individually and the cattle industry? Or for that matter how do you think it will effect all livestock markets?

Does anyone have one? I am preparing to install one that will be shared by four pastures. Any words of wisdom from anyone with experience with them? Thanks in advance. JLP

The topic on schools got me o thinking of schools and one of my concerns. Grade inflation. I know we should be cocerned with self esteem of students but making everyone pass is ridiculous. As an example thehonor role in our high school is listed eaxh quarter in the local news rag. Of the 300...

Even in fear of reprisals I stand by the statement that speculators are necessary. I too am guilty of bashing speculators from time to time because it looks like they are making money the easy way without involving labor.(it works in reverse also, they can lose money) However if we did not have...

Just got awakened by a rapping on our door at 1 AM. I was sound asleep and the wife nugged me awake. Well I go to the door and a couple of young brothers from the neighborhood were there they were appologetic but they were training their new coonhound pup and he had chased a coon by our house...

I have no knowledge of crude oil pumping. How many oil wells, either on dry land or in the ocean "spew" oil like the one that is doing it now in the Gulf? I have always been under the impression that the oil actually had to be pumped up from below ground. Just curious. Thanks in advance for any...

I got this in an email from a friend. I hope this link works for you. http://link.brightcove.com/services/pla ... 1716406566

UNIVERSAL LAWS .... 1. Law of Mechanical Repair - After your hands become coated with grease, your nose will begin to itch and you'll have to pee. 2. Law of Gravity - Any tool, nut, bolt, screw, pill, or any other small object, when dropped, will roll to the least accessible corner. 3. Law...

How would you handle this scenario? I bought hay to be delivered and the first two loads showed up okay and they were prepaid. I prepaid for two additional loads and I have called and left messages for delivery about 6 or 7 times in the last 9 days and haven't gotten it yet. The seller called...

I know this is a cattle board and I have an understanding of how beef is produced and marketed both privately, as in through the local locker and through commercial slaughter plants. But my question is about goats and goat meat. I live in Iowa and I see a lot of goats in the midwest and if you...

After seeing LS and 3way's post about cutting back on procrastinating I thought I would share how sometimes procrastinating is good. On November 19th I got a notice that we had to move our mail box to the other side of the road as the postal service was changing the route. If I did't get it...

Just catching up on some CT reading and noticed that Hillsdown joined three years ago. Congratulations and thanks for your posts.