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    Bleach Freeze Branding

    SOUNDS LIKE A WINNER TO ME. THOSE HAIR DYE KITS COME WITH A NICE APPLICATOR BOTTLE. MAKE YOUR COWS UNIQUE......SPOTS AND STRIPES....SHOULD WORK ON HEREFORDS TOO. ANY COW ACTING UP? WRITE THE WORD CRAZY ON HER SIDE. MAKE SURE THE WIND IS BEHIND YOU WHEN YOU DO THIS. MOM
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    MOM HAS HAY QUESTION

    LAST TIME WE MOWED THE WAY OUT -FRONT YARD, I GATHERED A BUNCH OF THE HAY [BAHIA]TO USE FOR MULCH AND FOR COMPOST. I PLANTED A 6 X 6 FT. SQUARE OF GROUND ON SOUTH SIDE OF A BARN WITH BIRDSEED. NEVER PLANTED THERE BEFORE, DIDN'T WANT TO WASTE GOOD SEED. I COVERED THE BED WITH THE HAY. KEEP IT...
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    grazing standing corn

    IN REF. GROWING CORN, HERE IN SW FLA, LAST YEAR I PLANTED 4 X 4 X 2 FOOT PLANTERS WITH CORN THE FIRST OF THE YEAR. HAD 4 PLANTERS CLOSE TO THE FENCE. IN SIX WEEKS MY 4 Y.O. GRANDSON AND I PULLED IT UP ONE PLANTER PER FEEDING, AND THREW IT ACROSS THE FENCE TO THE COWS, ONLY ABOUT A DOZEN HERE...
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    Cabbage

    HERE IN SW FLA. WE JUST PICK THE WILD ORANGES AND THROW THEM OVER THE FENCE.
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    The BEST thing you ever did..

    IN THE SEVENTIES I WORKED A YEAR AT THE FOOD STAMP OFFICE. IT WAS A TRAVELING TEAM BETWEEN 3 TOWNS. SO THE NEXT DAY WAS ALWAYS SOME OTHER OFFICE. I WAS THE GIRL AT THE FRONT DESK. NOW THIS IS NOT THE BEST THING I EVER DID FOR SOMEONE, BUT IT IS ONE I REMEMBER FROM THE PAST......THERE WAS A...
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    Replacing old china

    DO YOU HAVE A PICTURE YOU CAN POST HERE? OR SHARE THE NAME OF THE CHINA AND THE MFG? MOM
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    To what age do your herd bulls generally last?

    GLAD I READ THIS THREAD. OUR REG. HEREFORD HAS OBVIOUSLY SLOWED DOWN. HAVE HAD TO PATCH HIS FEET A FEW TIMES. PINK EYE. SOME KINDA INTERNAL INFECTION FOR WHICH WE SHOT HIM FULL OF PENICILLIN WHICH DID THE TRICK..HE HAS HIS BLACKLEG IMMUNIZATIONS ALREADY....BUT HE IS 10 NOW. WE RAISE OUR...
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    HIGH FRUCTOSE CORN SYRUP

    THANKS FOR Y'ALLS REPLIES. THE TANKS SHOULD ARRIVE LATER THIS AFTERNOON. USING IT MODESTLY, THE SMALLER TANK WILL SUPPLEMENT OUR FEEDING FOR SIX MONTHS. THAT WILL PAY FOR THE SHIPPING. THEN THE FOUR TIMES LARGER TANK WILL BE HOME FREE. MOM
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    fructose syrup as cattle feed

    SURE HOPE THEY CAN PUT THE TANK FOR THIS HOUSE PASTURE WITHIN REACH OF A GARDEN HOSE, SO I CAN TIDY IT DOWN. TOMORROW AFTERNOON THEY ARE BRINGING THE TANKS OUT. THE 16,000 LB. HERE AT THE HOUSE, AND THE 4000 LB. AT A PASTURE DOWN THE ROAD WE OWN. IT SHOULD BE INTERESTING. THANKS FOR...
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    fructose syrup as cattle feed

    SINCE IT IS A VERY THINK SYRUP, WHAT WE ARE GOING TO TRY IS TO FILL UP ONE OF THE EMPTY MOLASSES POTS, WHICH HOLD 250 # AND PLACE ONE IN A 42 ACRE PASTURE THAT HAS ABOUT 9 COWS, 2 CALVES AND 1 BULL. IS IS NEAR THE HOUSE, SO I CAN EASILY CHECK ON HOW FAST IT IS BEING USED. ANYONE HEARD OF...
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    HIGH FRUCTOSE CORN SYRUP

    WE HAVE BEEN GIVEN SEVERAL TONS OF #62 HIGH FRUCTOSE CORN SYRUP FOR THE MOVING OF IT. IS IT APPRORIATE FEED FOR CATTLE? ANY DOWNSIDES? CAN IT BE MIXED WITH OTHER PRODUCTS FOR LIVESTOCK? ANY OTHER USES KNOWN? THE CONTAINERS THEMSELVES WILL BE WORTHY ABOVE THE MOVING COSTS OF IT. I ALSO...
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    fructose syrup as cattle feed

    WE HAVE BEEN GIVEN SEVERAL TONS OF #62 HIGH FRUCTOSE CORN SYRUP FOR THE MOVING OF IT [30 MILES TO OUR LAND]. IS IT AN ACCEPTABLE FOOD FOR CATTLE? IN WHAT QUANTITIES OR MIX AND HOW MUCH? WE HAVE SUFFICIENT PASTURE, FREE CHOICE MINERAL, AND MINERAL BLOCKS. WE HAVE TO BUY HARD MOLASSES BLOCKS...
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    HIGH FRUCTOSE CORN SYRUP

    SOMEONE GAVE MY SON IN LAW A TANK OF #62 HIGH FRUCTOSE CORN SYRUP. WE PROPOSE TO FEED SOME TO THE COWS. DOES ANYONE KNOW HOW MUCH WOULD BE SAFE TO PUT OUT FOR THEM AND HOW OFTEN? WE HAVE ADEQUATE PASTURE OF PENSACOLA BAHIA, FREE CHOICE MINERAL, MINERAL BLOCK AND WATER. WE ALSO SUPPLEMENT...
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    Corn rows

    CORN NEEDS CLOSE NEIGHBORS FOR PROPER POLLINATION. MASTER GARDENERS NOW RECOMMEND THAT CORN BE PLANTED IN SQUARES INSTEAD OF ROWS. [FOR HOME GARDEN]. MOM
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    Life's a Train Ride - All Aboard!

    HOW WONDERFUL....AND THERE ARE MANY MOVIES THERE AND WITH SOUND. SO SWEET AND PEACEFUL.
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    TWO COWS DIED SAME PASTURE

    THANKS FOR ALL YOUR INPUT. ALL THE REST OF THEM, NOW JUST 3 HEIFERS, A YOUNG BULL AND OLD BULL ARE DOING FINE. I GO DOWN EVERY DAY AND FEED THEM PELLETS AND ANTIBIOTIC FEED. ALTERNATING W/ A GROWER -FINISHER FEED. THEY HAVE PLENTY OF GRASS-BAHIA AND FRESH POND WATER. I HAVE SALT-MINERAL...
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    TWO COWS DIED SAME PASTURE

    MY LITTLE CATTLE HERD ARE PRIZED FOR MY TAME CALVES. HAVENT HAD TO GO TO SALE BARN IN NEARLY TWO YEARS. THIS PASTURE HAD THE TAME HEIFER GIRLS. PLUS ONE OLDER COW AND LITTLE BULL AND DADDY BULL. I AM GOING TO ASSUME ANAPLASMOSIS SINCE NO ONE HAS CHALLENGED THAT DIAGNOSIS AND GO FEED THE REST...
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    TWO COWS DIED SAME PASTURE

    THIS IS A FOLLOWING UP OF MY POST "HEIFER HAS DISCHARGE' THAT ONE DIED JULY 31. ANOTHER MATURE COW IN THAT PASTURE DIED OVERNIGHT- FOUND HER TODAY. SHE WAS ABOUT 5 OR 6 MONTHS PREGNANT. BULL WAS PUT IN HER PASTURE ON FEB. 20. ONLY HALF DOZEN COWS IN THERE. THEY HAD THE RUN OF 40 ACRES...
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    HEIFER HAS DISCHARGE

    WE GOT HER UP. FED AND WATERED HER 24 HOURS IN THE PENS THERE. LOADED HER IN THE TRAILER....40 MIN. TRIP HOME, SHE WOULDNT GET OUT OF TRAILER, AROUND 10 PM SHE DIED THAT NIGHT. NO SIGN OF ANYTHING ON HER TO INDICATE WHY SHE DIED. SHE SHOWED NO SIGN OF HER PHYSICAL APPEARANCE OF BEING WITH...
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    COWHAND????????????

    GUESS YOU GET A NICKNAME ACCORDING TO THE NUMBER OF POSTS YOU HAVE SUBMITTED. HOWEVER, I FIND IT TACKY. I WOULD FIND ANY NICKNAME TACKY. HOW DO I GET RID OF IT?? javascript:emoticon(':roll:') Rolling Eyes THANKS, MOM
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