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  1. samm

    Bales - how to cut

    went to feed last year, and forgot a knife to cut twine with, so i went and got a steak knife out of the trailer, and used it, worked real well, stuck it in the tool box on the tractor, i cut the twine, stab the bale, and pull the twine off grab the knife, drop it in the box, get another...
  2. samm

    Need help on hay baler

    we bought a used baler last year, of course it had no manuals with it, i found a operators manual and a technicians manual on e-bay, has helped alot, you just have to watch and spend sme time shopping through there.....good luck i think i spent maybe 30.00 or so on one and 50.00 something on the...
  3. samm

    Net wrap

    outrigger, i feel your pain, we were in your boat last year, people sellin stock off or selling out, there was just not enough rain to make any hay or grow any grass to graze em on. i hope ya'lls situation changes soon. samm
  4. samm

    Net wrap

    around here we are having a hard time getting the net wrap, everyone is sold out, cuz hay is everywhere...called ag power yesterday mornin, said they had some, went to town later on that day....they didnt have the right kind even though they had absolutly told me they did....kinda chapped me to...
  5. samm

    Bailed corn stalks

    we put the first corn stalk hay out today, this is first corn stalk we ever fed. we also put out a roll of last years hay, when we left they were still on the roll of last years hay, they better develope a taste for corn hay, is all i can say. the pastures are all but gone, but we did get a...
  6. samm

    Securing hay/ticket

    if i'm pullin it then you can bet its strapped down, hay is too expensive to loose, and the liability it way to expensive, we live in times where there are too many ambulance chasing lawyers, that are willing to take ya to the cleaners. it dont take that long to strap down, and i feel much...
  7. samm

    Fire Ants

    i can remember the big red ant (not fire ant) hills on the dirt roads and pastures when i was a kid, we have one on the dirt path/road going down back in the pasture, but thats the only one i have seen in years....i wonder where they went to. samm
  8. samm

    Ragweed in Hay

    hay is going to be hard coming by this year, so i would bale it, and feed it, let em pick through it. samm
  9. samm

    first time putting up hay all by our selves

    you go girl...... its kinda what we have been doing, gathering up equipment, and baling our own, it may not be purty equip. but it works, i seen an ad for hay in the shopper here while back for 50.00 a roll, the ad came out on friday, and saturday morning it was all sold, aint very many people...
  10. samm

    Pasture Conditions

    pastures are getting dry and the tanks are inching back down, people are baling anywhere there is enough grass to make a bale of hay with.....please send rain
  11. samm

    Price of hay in '06

    we paid 27.50 delivered last year, but it was so dry that he only baled about a third of what he would normally make,(he is retiring so no more from him...and it was some good hay) so then we had to go to buying and we paid up to 75.00 a round. bale. finally we found some last week from a...
  12. samm

    Hay in NE Texas

    we bought big round bales of bermuda for 27.50 delivered, same as last year, and same as the year before. i was kinda worried about this year with it being so dry, but it was 27.50 we have bought from the same man for several years, and its first come first serve, he puts us on a list for how...
  13. samm

    Ahh Finally a rain

    we finally got some rain today :D but not near enough, we have one smaller tank thats dry, and the others thank goodness are deep, or i should say they used to be deep, but they still have enough water for now, we need enough rain here for some good run off. theres lots of people already...
  14. samm

    Chemical License in Tx

    i got mine earlier this year...i bought a study book for 20 dollars, which was somewhat helpful, but come test time, we went to the court house, and our county agent showed us a slide show, and along with it was a "practice" sheet that went along with the slides, we asked questions and he talked...
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