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  1. jt

    i miss my ocean spray

    mosquites are terrible on my carport this year and i have not found any thing to curb them like ocean spray did. anybody found something that works well. thanks jt
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    craigs list

    anybody use craigs list very much to sell stuff? i was trying to sell something a while back and had a man tell me to put it on craigs list. i didnt know what he was talking about. any info on it would be appreciated. costs? security? etc.. thanks jt
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    sudden weakness in calf

    a 2 week old healthy calf all of a sudden cant get up and when she does she flops around as she tries to walk, and falls. she has very little balance. cant get in contact with my vet. any ideas? thanks jt
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    retaining ownership

    we had a guy from one of the feedyards out in the pan handle of Oklahoma talk on retaining ownership. i was not there, but one of my friends who was said it sounded really good. to me personally, it sounded too good to be true. like, instead of getting $500 for your 5 weight or so calf, he...
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    milk fever treatment

    is there a big difference between administering a calcium supplement subc or Intravenously? i know that with some of them there is no choice, but with the one i have it can be administered either way. i just was wondering if it made that much difference. i have a jersey cross cow that calved...
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    too late to plant rye grass?

    has anyone planted rye grass this time of the year and been satisfied with the results? we kept getting flooded out in the fall and i didnt get it planted. just wondering if now would work ?? i normally can turn in on it late feb or early march. would it have time to establish a good root...
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    pinkeye ??

    in all my years i can't remember if i ever had a calf with pinkeye. the only place i have seen pinkeye is at the sale barn. guess i have been lucky. anyway.. i have a 600# steer that has a cloudy eye and i caught him up to treat him for pinkeye. my question is, there is a bright red blood...
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    weevils

    what do put on bulk feed to get rid of weevils? i have a few super sacks of rice bran that are getting some weevils in it. thanks jt
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    banding questions

    i use a california bander on larger bull calves, mostly in the 6-8 weight range. when i band, i cut a slit in the sac, if i dont forget. i have heard of folks cutting off the sac after banding. my questions are, how long after banding do you cut the sac off? if i remember correctly, i...
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    3 point spreader question

    just wondering how well those little 3 point spreaders work on putting out rye grass seed. it has been so wet were i want to plant that i cannot pull a buggy thru there and was thinking of maybe using a small tractor and one of those spreaders, but i have no experience with them. just...
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    tetanus vaccine

    is the tet vac in the 8 way blackleg shots as effective as the individual vaccines for tetanus? i have always used the concentrate that you boost in 30 days for a long term coverage. just wondering if they are equal because that in the 8 way is so much cheaper to buy. a 10 dose vial of...
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    cattle prices

    is there a website that you can get daily prices? i may not be asking the right question, but where do the auction barns get their prices? i have seen the futures go up and it not translate in a better price at the barn and vice versa. and i have heard buyers at the barn talk about "todays"...
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    vaccine question

    in a killed virus vaccine like vira shield, it tells you on the bottle to use all the contents when opened. what happens to it if you keep it. i have in the past kept a half a bottle instead of throwing it away. just wondering how big a deal that is. actually if my memory serves me right...
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    oil pressure switch

    i knocked my oil pressure switch off the side of my motor on a mahindra tractor. it might be techincally called the oil sending unit, but anyway, i knocked it off. my question is how universal is that part on motors? the dealer here does not have one in stock and i really want to get it...
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    stifles

    what are stifles? i heard a man say that he had to put a bull down because he had stifles and he could not get him over it. i did not get a chance to ask him what he was talking about. thanks
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    stumps

    anybody on here know if it makes a difference on how fast a stump will rot out depending on what time of the year you cut it? some (same type tree) seem to rot faster than others and i just figured it may have something to do with when they were cut. thanks jt
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    feeding cotton seed meal

    i know that whole cottonseeds will cause a bull to be infertile. what about cotton seed meal. i want to feed about a pound per head a day to some yearling bulls to get the protein up on some other feedstuff that i have. at 40% it really boosts the protein level, but i dont want to over do it...
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    corn gluten

    i have never fed corn gluten. do you grind the stuff, or can you feed it whole? any recommendations on amount would be appreciated too. i am not familiar with the stuff at all. thanks jt
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    tractor fluids

    i need someone to help straighten me out on tractor fluids. ' long story short, i have a mahindra tractor and the dealer in my area shut down. my manual tells me that i need sae 80w90ep for my transmission. isnt that gear oil? the web site for mahindra tells me to use chevron 1000 thf...
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    rye grass

    has anyone heard of "oregon grown" rye grass? i am wanting to plant some and that is the brand a local store has. i have never heard of it or how well it does in comparison to other brands like gulf or marshall. thanks jt
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