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<blockquote data-quote="Hasbeen" data-source="post: 380242" data-attributes="member: 3220"><p>The cows themselves actually take up very little time. I just count 'em and watch a few minutes to see if there are any problems. Trying to maintain and improve the place is what is taking up so much time this time of year. It's a half hour drive each way to get there or back home. At least half of my pastures are hillsides too steep to use a tractor on anyway. </p><p>I control the weeds with a riding mower and then use a weedeater in the places too steep for the mower. I use a lawn type spreader to reseed those areas. There's an acre in the back that I'm clearing to grow more grass. Cutting trees, moving hundreds of basketball sized rocks. Pastures are bordered by woods on 3 sides, so there is often a tree fell across a fence. This past weekend when I did my count I was one cow short. When I went looking back in the very back of my property I heard a cow bell on the other side of the fence and in the woods. Turns out some guy had turned loose 20 head or so into the hollow back there. No pastures, just mountains, woods, and creek bottoms. It's several hundred acres and the only fence is mine. I only had a four wire fence back there, there was nothing on the other side that my girls would be interested in up till now. Anyway, found where my heifer had went thru, rounded her up and put her back then spent the weekend adding another wire and fixing any weak spots I could find. As you all know, it's always something expected or not. </p><p></p><p>This sounds like I'm complaining. I'm not, I actually love doing this stuff. It's just the time involved. Once I get the place restored it will be much easier. If I could justify the expense of all the machinery that would help. I've even considered building a small house up there for summer/weekends but in such an isolated place the theives would clean it out the first day. </p><p></p><p>Anyway, I'm not as discouraged as it sounds. I'm just exploring options and getting opinions from people with way more experience than me. Thanks to everyone who has replied.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Hasbeen, post: 380242, member: 3220"] The cows themselves actually take up very little time. I just count 'em and watch a few minutes to see if there are any problems. Trying to maintain and improve the place is what is taking up so much time this time of year. It's a half hour drive each way to get there or back home. At least half of my pastures are hillsides too steep to use a tractor on anyway. I control the weeds with a riding mower and then use a weedeater in the places too steep for the mower. I use a lawn type spreader to reseed those areas. There's an acre in the back that I'm clearing to grow more grass. Cutting trees, moving hundreds of basketball sized rocks. Pastures are bordered by woods on 3 sides, so there is often a tree fell across a fence. This past weekend when I did my count I was one cow short. When I went looking back in the very back of my property I heard a cow bell on the other side of the fence and in the woods. Turns out some guy had turned loose 20 head or so into the hollow back there. No pastures, just mountains, woods, and creek bottoms. It's several hundred acres and the only fence is mine. I only had a four wire fence back there, there was nothing on the other side that my girls would be interested in up till now. Anyway, found where my heifer had went thru, rounded her up and put her back then spent the weekend adding another wire and fixing any weak spots I could find. As you all know, it's always something expected or not. This sounds like I'm complaining. I'm not, I actually love doing this stuff. It's just the time involved. Once I get the place restored it will be much easier. If I could justify the expense of all the machinery that would help. I've even considered building a small house up there for summer/weekends but in such an isolated place the theives would clean it out the first day. Anyway, I'm not as discouraged as it sounds. I'm just exploring options and getting opinions from people with way more experience than me. Thanks to everyone who has replied. [/QUOTE]
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