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<blockquote data-quote="Anonymous" data-source="post: 9907"><p>> My grandpa bought a place in Mo. and had a picture of himself standing on the seat of a wagon hitched to a pair of mules over 16 hands tall. they were in a ditch and grandpa's hat barely reached the top of the ditch. Over the years there were 2 sets of farm equip, houshold junk, several out buildings and an entire 3 storey mule barn filled into that ditch, as the ditch was filled to within 3 or 4 feet the neighbor would come with his dozer and finish covering the junk and then shape the depression into a waterway. By the time I was in highschool we were baling hay and farming over that gully like it wasn't there. When I bought my place I spent some time talking to old timers and found most of the junk piles. the first year or two the majority of farm income was scrap metal! WHOA! I was out in the pasture</p><p>> last night and found just the</p><p>> tiniest piece (about 2 inches</p><p>> square) of rusted metal. Hub caps</p><p>> out in the middle of nowhere....</p><p>> not a rig in sight. My dad, who</p><p>> wouldn't THiNK to let the hay bale</p><p>> twine get out into the pasture,</p><p>> was throwing the haylage plastic</p><p>> bags down in the corral to try to</p><p>> fill in the mud. On many old</p><p>> homesteads, you find places where</p><p>> people had outhouses, and that is</p><p>> what it sounded like the other</p><p>> fellow's cattle dug into. I lived</p><p>> in Portland, Oregon in the 70s and</p><p>> found an old outhouse in the area</p><p>> I had chosen for my compost pile.</p><p>> I don't know that trying to put</p><p>> everything in the local landfill</p><p>> is any better. Your cow sort of</p><p>> explodes the myth that a cow</p><p>> stomach can digest just about</p><p>> anything that gets into it, eh?</p><p>> Makes one afraid to move the top</p><p>> layer of our soil, hoping the</p><p>> spring thaw won't uncover more</p><p>> just because we relieved some of</p><p>> nature's pressure. I guess we can</p><p>> be thankful that these things crop</p><p>> up a bit at a time, but maybe</p><p>> there are better ways to beat the</p><p>> cattle to them. Metal detectors</p><p>> can't pick up on twine and</p><p>> plastic. I find sauter (sp?) from</p><p>> welding, too. and little pieces of</p><p>> mesh... can't even imagine what</p><p>> that was used for. Thankfully, I</p><p>> haven't found any chemical</p><p>> dumps... and I ain't talkin' used</p><p>> motor oil, here.</p><p></p><p> <a href="mailto:galloping_gallery@yahoo.com">galloping_gallery@yahoo.com</a></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Anonymous, post: 9907"] > My grandpa bought a place in Mo. and had a picture of himself standing on the seat of a wagon hitched to a pair of mules over 16 hands tall. they were in a ditch and grandpa's hat barely reached the top of the ditch. Over the years there were 2 sets of farm equip, houshold junk, several out buildings and an entire 3 storey mule barn filled into that ditch, as the ditch was filled to within 3 or 4 feet the neighbor would come with his dozer and finish covering the junk and then shape the depression into a waterway. By the time I was in highschool we were baling hay and farming over that gully like it wasn't there. When I bought my place I spent some time talking to old timers and found most of the junk piles. the first year or two the majority of farm income was scrap metal! WHOA! I was out in the pasture > last night and found just the > tiniest piece (about 2 inches > square) of rusted metal. Hub caps > out in the middle of nowhere.... > not a rig in sight. My dad, who > wouldn't THiNK to let the hay bale > twine get out into the pasture, > was throwing the haylage plastic > bags down in the corral to try to > fill in the mud. On many old > homesteads, you find places where > people had outhouses, and that is > what it sounded like the other > fellow's cattle dug into. I lived > in Portland, Oregon in the 70s and > found an old outhouse in the area > I had chosen for my compost pile. > I don't know that trying to put > everything in the local landfill > is any better. Your cow sort of > explodes the myth that a cow > stomach can digest just about > anything that gets into it, eh? > Makes one afraid to move the top > layer of our soil, hoping the > spring thaw won't uncover more > just because we relieved some of > nature's pressure. I guess we can > be thankful that these things crop > up a bit at a time, but maybe > there are better ways to beat the > cattle to them. Metal detectors > can't pick up on twine and > plastic. I find sauter (sp?) from > welding, too. and little pieces of > mesh... can't even imagine what > that was used for. Thankfully, I > haven't found any chemical > dumps... and I ain't talkin' used > motor oil, here. [email=galloping_gallery@yahoo.com]galloping_gallery@yahoo.com[/email] [/QUOTE]
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