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<blockquote data-quote="riquezada" data-source="post: 1337041" data-attributes="member: 1167"><p>Our first place was 47 acres, about half cleared half woods. We paid it off in about 10 years...land was cheap back then, nearly 30 years ago. We mainly bought bottle calves at the stockyard and farmers we knew and raised them into cows. We had a Jersey nurse cow now and then and the main tractor was a Farmall H with 3 point hitch. We sold the farm for quite a profit in 1998, cows and all. We then found a much better place 2 counties over which was part of a 250-300 acre feedlot. We purchased 5 bred Herefords and 3 bred Blacks from a friend. Borrowed a Charolais bull from our cattle dealer friend for a year or so (pulled a few calves) then bought a registered Black Limo bull which constantly got out (8 strand barbed wire). I now also have a hot wire up. I couldn't keep him home so I told the neighbor to keep him and swap me back a Charolais and that's what we've had ever since other than a yearling Angus I have now with the big Charolais bull out with the cows. I haven't pulled a calf for about 10 years now... But I could the next one...We have about 50 head and are still expanding, facilities, equipment and all. I have always bought all my hay so I can use land to run more head. We just paid off the place in April and we bought 10 bred cows and a few 500-600 lb really cheap heifers a few years ago from the stockyard, most of which turned out good and we still have, but I still prefer to raise my own...I do work full time at a factory.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="riquezada, post: 1337041, member: 1167"] Our first place was 47 acres, about half cleared half woods. We paid it off in about 10 years...land was cheap back then, nearly 30 years ago. We mainly bought bottle calves at the stockyard and farmers we knew and raised them into cows. We had a Jersey nurse cow now and then and the main tractor was a Farmall H with 3 point hitch. We sold the farm for quite a profit in 1998, cows and all. We then found a much better place 2 counties over which was part of a 250-300 acre feedlot. We purchased 5 bred Herefords and 3 bred Blacks from a friend. Borrowed a Charolais bull from our cattle dealer friend for a year or so (pulled a few calves) then bought a registered Black Limo bull which constantly got out (8 strand barbed wire). I now also have a hot wire up. I couldn't keep him home so I told the neighbor to keep him and swap me back a Charolais and that's what we've had ever since other than a yearling Angus I have now with the big Charolais bull out with the cows. I haven't pulled a calf for about 10 years now... But I could the next one...We have about 50 head and are still expanding, facilities, equipment and all. I have always bought all my hay so I can use land to run more head. We just paid off the place in April and we bought 10 bred cows and a few 500-600 lb really cheap heifers a few years ago from the stockyard, most of which turned out good and we still have, but I still prefer to raise my own...I do work full time at a factory. [/QUOTE]
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