tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5526768924178592295.post1033323224533252018..comments2024-03-28T19:35:24.365-07:00Comments on Rural Revolution: Hay dayPatrice Lewishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06012022335047974670noreply@blogger.comBlogger16125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5526768924178592295.post-19512143361693576822012-08-15T08:45:13.284-07:002012-08-15T08:45:13.284-07:00Good for you, Kamie!
- PatriceGood for you, Kamie!<br /><br />- PatricePatrice Lewishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06012022335047974670noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5526768924178592295.post-77295164097833841792012-08-15T08:16:45.470-07:002012-08-15T08:16:45.470-07:00Awesome article, I really enjoy your site. I heard...Awesome article, I really enjoy your site. I heard about the kid/farm legislation while I was working in DC and it really was the last straw for me, I quit my job and came back to Pennsylvania and am now transitioning into homesteading. What a slow arduous process. Thank you for sharing your life with us.kamiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04682265160280505271noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5526768924178592295.post-91495415694574950502012-08-12T07:46:43.181-07:002012-08-12T07:46:43.181-07:00First of all, there wasn't a farmer available ...First of all, there wasn't a farmer available who had a round baler (they were all busy elsewhere -- they're in high demand this time of year). Second, we like being able to move and stack the bales ourselves -- round bales are far too heavy. Third, we use feeder boxes rather than allowing the cattle to free-feed (less waste), so round bales wouldn't help in that regards and it's a pain in the patookus to peel hay off a round bale.<br /><br />- PatricePatrice Lewishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06012022335047974670noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5526768924178592295.post-21379309564132912752012-08-12T06:50:13.172-07:002012-08-12T06:50:13.172-07:00Why not use round bales? Much easier and faster.Why not use round bales? Much easier and faster.Swamp Doghttp://doublebhomestead.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5526768924178592295.post-12463853425126097922012-08-11T20:47:07.457-07:002012-08-11T20:47:07.457-07:00I earned good money bucking bales as a teenager. ...I earned good money bucking bales as a teenager. It was hot, sweaty, miserable work, but I got paid enough to supply my hobbies. And it gave me a deep appreciating for what people have to do in order for everyone else to live their comfortable lives.Ragin' Davehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04421198497767878287noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5526768924178592295.post-53859945312125800252012-08-11T19:00:55.625-07:002012-08-11T19:00:55.625-07:00When I saw the windrow picture, the first thing I ...When I saw the windrow picture, the first thing I thought was, "How in the WORLD did they get those rows so FAR apart from each other?"<br /><br />When I saw the fancy raking contraption, it was all clear.<br /><br />I once told my hubby there should be a cologne that smells like fresh hay.<br /><br />(We call them "hay bites.")<br /><br />That's one fine barn full of winter critter feed.<br /><br />Just MeAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5526768924178592295.post-58038358783808672902012-08-11T16:08:02.089-07:002012-08-11T16:08:02.089-07:00Anon at 426 addressed one thought I had.
Supposed...Anon at 426 addressed one thought I had.<br /><br />Supposedly the regulations would exempt family farms. I have not read the regulations, so I don't know. But that is what they were saying. But once the regulations are in place, it is much easier to slowly tighten them, and it is clear that the people who wanted the law had no problems going after the family farms.russell1200https://www.blogger.com/profile/16258915475311426433noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5526768924178592295.post-65268230775659554892012-08-11T16:04:42.695-07:002012-08-11T16:04:42.695-07:00i love to watch the cutting and baling of hay..i l...i love to watch the cutting and baling of hay..i like the smell! as a kid we used to get hired to load hay onto the trailers/trucks and stack it in the haylofts. dont see kids doing much of that anymore, especially for a nickel a bale. sadder still is to see abandoned farms and fallow fields- it is so refreshing to see an active and working farm these days.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5526768924178592295.post-59221684908284193582012-08-11T13:05:11.812-07:002012-08-11T13:05:11.812-07:00I'm not a bit surprised about the attempt by s...I'm not a bit surprised about the attempt by some idiot bureaucrat to prevent kids from working on farms. I'm sure that isn't the first time our liberal-progressive "friends" have done that. They'll no doubt claim that they're "only thinking of the kids' welfare," but we all know that's a lie. They want to brainwash and control everyone, and that means starting on them as young as possible! --Fred in AZAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5526768924178592295.post-27592665435342841942012-08-11T11:44:52.136-07:002012-08-11T11:44:52.136-07:00I spent my teen summers hauling hay (we had a dair...I spent my teen summers hauling hay (we had a dairy farm) and can testify to how hard it is. Have you thought of putting down boards from the outside stack to the inside? That way we dragged the bales (using a hay hook--I still have one!!)to near the new stack. Then a temporary ramp to get them to the top of the stack. Sometimes we had a whole system of ramps to get it all to the top of the main stack. We didn't have the advantage of a loader but still got it done without quite as much exertion.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5526768924178592295.post-48727071544310127402012-08-11T10:36:52.432-07:002012-08-11T10:36:52.432-07:00Nice to see something growing somewhere. Here in K...Nice to see something growing somewhere. Here in Kansas, practically everything is dead or dying. Even the trees are starting to die. Never seen it so dry. They are baling corn and soybeans-- I've never seen that before, either. Pray for rain. Thanks for your blog, Patrice.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5526768924178592295.post-12252430525834182052012-08-11T08:23:38.923-07:002012-08-11T08:23:38.923-07:00Your posts are always so positive! Thanks for sha...Your posts are always so positive! Thanks for sharing. I grew up on a farm/ranch and contacted everybody I could think of w/r to the farm child labor laws. So glad that stupidity got squashed. So many values learned by growing up learning to be useful and needed.<br /><br />Keep up the good posts from the beautiful land of people who know and enjoy WORK and accomplishment! We all need the encouragement they bring.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5526768924178592295.post-50152937564017843842012-08-11T06:28:43.336-07:002012-08-11T06:28:43.336-07:00good for youse..I have bucked many a bale in my da...good for youse..I have bucked many a bale in my day. to a sled, on a wagon, conveyor to a semi trailer, and to the stack. 50# light dry bales to 150# green bales (mostly alfalfa). My Mother used to sew large denim material patches on our blue jeans from the knees to the crotch area. Kept our bucking jeans from wearing out so fast. In Kansas, Nebraska and Colorado the "buzz tails" (rattlers) were our main concern. Nothing quite like slinging bales on a hot day. I enjoy your blog. ShadowfaxhoundAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5526768924178592295.post-73524475279135979042012-08-11T05:40:05.900-07:002012-08-11T05:40:05.900-07:00With the drought conditions you must feel enormous...With the drought conditions you must feel enormous relief & satisfaction knowing the barn is nearly full.<br /> I remember hearing the proposal to ban the kids working in family businesses and at the time actually spat my coffee. Some idiot who has no clue how life... outside the city is lived. Taught by example, hands on and sweat-equity is what passes that knowledge on. Not everything can be learned from a book.Katididshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15568618127371786808noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5526768924178592295.post-67235902114084911852012-08-11T04:26:27.979-07:002012-08-11T04:26:27.979-07:00From the pictures it looks like your barn is tall ...From the pictures it looks like your barn is tall enough for the haywagon to back into the barn after the load it is hauling has been tilted almost upright. When we had horses that was how our hay was delivered. The first stack needed to have long poles braced up against it so it would not fall over, after that the stacks would lean against each other. It takes someone running the haywagon who knows how to carefully run the equipment, but it sure saves a lot of work.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5526768924178592295.post-27687349488862682652012-08-11T03:35:58.437-07:002012-08-11T03:35:58.437-07:00You know what touched me the most about this entry...You know what touched me the most about this entry? - the compassion shown toward the snake, even if it meant having to undo that carefully baled hay to save it. The little things count - they all add up to make us who we are... and so our characters are moulded. God bless.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com