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Any one been to the San Antonio Farm and Ranch Expo? I plan on going this Thursday to see whats there. I think I may take my Bale Flipper next year if there is a good crowd. It is on Nov 8 thru 10 this year at the Freeman coliseum Expo Hall. not but 65 miles from here.

I learned today that the state of Texas has a law on the books that requires you to call 811, 2 weeks before digging post holes on your property. A "representative will come identify any utilities under your land." You are liable for any wiring or gas or water lines you hit digging post holes...

I recently bought an older truck with a 15 speed Road Ranger transmission.This Transmission has a selector valve on the shift knob to changes ranges. The selector is air powered. I can not get into lowest range. Any one know how to fix this? How many air tubes should be behind the selector...

I have had a lot of folks ask me if my hay loader will work on Hay King Trailers. I recently Bought a five bale Hay King trailer. I encountered a problem with the bale cradle over the wheel not dumping the bale clear of the tire. I own a Dodge 3500 flat bed so the hitch is a bit higher than most...

I recently learned of a new scam by custom sprigging contractors. I hired a contractor from an add in local paper. This contractor agreed to put 30 bushels of sprigs to the acre for $80 an acre. His equipment got here and there was only one trailer hauling sprigs. The Sprigging machine had a...

Todays Austin paper had a story on the law suit about who owns underground water. The Texas Supreme court ruled that ground water is part of the property,just like timber or oil or other minerals. There will be a big mess trying to resolve all the water conservation districts right to regulate...

I have been putting together the cost for this springs hay grazer planting. Plowing ,Two trips with light chisel plow,one pass with tandem disc pulling drag harrow behind it. $55. 32-0-0 fertilizer at $427 a ton ,200 cwt per acre= $42.70. Seed @ $40/50lbs, 75 lbs acre...

We been kinda dry last 3 or 4 yrs.Lots of the land along our creeks have been sold to developers.Older Producers sold out and the land was cut into 5 acre tracts. Last night we had over 5 inches of rain and it is still coming. The people living in these creek bottoms are being rescued with...

Many times I am asked what a bale weighs.I have hauled more than a few to local scales to see.My experience is that hay put up dry enough not to mold will weigh in the neighborhood of 10 lbs a cubic foot. Grass hay,I have no experience baling alfalfa. Here are the cubic foot volume of...

Back in 75 my wife got run over by a young horse. It burst her spleen. I only knew she was bad hurt and needed a hospital. Loaded her an my 5 year old daughter in back seat of a ford LTD,made Austin in record time,never saw a cop or Highway patrol.Drs operated and several hrs later told me she...

I have a list of 75 cow sale barns in Texas. Does this sound about right to yall?. If each sells 800 a week 50 weeks a year ,thats a bunch of cattle.3,000,000 if I did the math right. Most sell more than 800 a week. Thought Id share this . The runs have been huge last three years here in...

My great uncle passed these on to me. He was a fair sized man,270,and 6'3" tall. He was well thought of in this area. He worked in the oil field in the first Texas oil boom. By the time I came along he was running mother cows and had bull dozers. He never had children so in summers I lived with...

Long time back the eastern part of Texas was a cow calf production area. West Texas and the panhandle were steer areas.The advent of Irrigation made the pan handle area Farmable. We dont have Irrigation. My Father all ways said steers were better than cow calf because all the grass the steer...

There is almost all ways a little rain thru the winter even in a drouth. It is possible to interseed clover in creek bottoms or other low lying areas. This will help and is not too expensive. I plowed up most of my fields back in july. I have them pretty good shape for fall planting. Wheat is...

As I type this several thousand acres of Bastrop county are on fire. The fire seems to have started on the North side of Bastrop state park. The State Park is full of huge Pine trees. The fire has burned across high way 71 East to Smithville and burned several hundred homes in subdivisions along...

I have a Queensland heeler that is a very good cow dog.The dog has been known to lock me out of the truck when I get out to open the gate,have to carry a spare key . I run cows on about 700 acres of central Texas mesquite brush scattered over several miles. Yesterday the dog and I spent the day...

I have lived in a 30 mile circle all my life so far.The Center of that circle is in the Bastrop, Caldwell and Travis county line junction. Sixty two years here so far. Several Years ago my barber showed me a type written book aquired from the county weather observer. She allowed me to take it...

The gins are cranking up next week here in south central texas. I was thinking on trying to feed whole cotton seed to my cows like my pop did in the 50s. Dont know how many pounds a day and if hay is needed.

Today I turned my 12 yr old grandson loose on my D7-3T with my offset disc,He has been riding with me on it since he was 5. He plows as well as I do. Made me feel real good and kinda old. When he was 5 I bought several old dozers in different stages of dismantle. He helped me put them back...

Does any one have an Idea what a well and center pivot set up cost? I dont even know if we have an aquifer,or if so how deep. I am thinking might be the way to go.Might be cheaper in long run . To my knowledge there are no wells in my area. South central Texas.