Erik Ks farmer
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Cleaning out 20+ year old hay, found 4 kittens, a coon and the floor.
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Erik Ks farmer
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Need to fix the floor joists in one corner and the soft spots in the floor, then we are going to fill her back up with hay this summer. That job has been on my bucket list since we bought the place, glad it's over.
Ken Macfarlane
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An inspiration to me. We have a barn with the equivalent of 2000
bales of loose hay from the 50's in it. We took out a similar amount
a few years ago, what a pain.
bales of loose hay from the 50's in it. We took out a similar amount
a few years ago, what a pain.
Ralph Bauer
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Eric, ever thought about offering/selling the old small squares to highway (construction)crews? They use them to secure, barricade off ditch areas, new banks, etc. Most use straw, but it might save you a match or two.... Just a thought, Ralph.
randallinMo
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Good family project getting the barn cleaned out. But....you should have your head examined for burning up all that mulch/fertilizer. Gosh, and people complain about the cost of fertilizer. All you had to do was let it sit there for a year or two and walla.....great fertilizer! Besides that, your cows would have eaten 90% of it.
NW Ohio Tim
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Nice work Erik!! The works sucks at the time, but it sure is nice to see bare floor boards after you're done blowing black crap out of your nose.
I cleaned one of our mows last year. We didn't have near that much hay left, maybe 10 busted bales and chaff. It was mostly old lumber and misc junk, all left from when we bought this place. I spent a whole day up there and had a nice big fire to drink beer next to that evening.
We wanted to bale extra straw last year, because the way the weather was going, we didn't know if there would be any wheat planted in the fall. We baled two years worth of bedding and the neighbor ended up using part of the mow for his extra yeras worth, he didn't have room for. Ity was a good decision since the wheat that got planted doesn't look very good this spring.
Anyhow, I made enough off the scrap metal I collected from up there to take the wife out for supper, after I healed up from the trauma of a couple thousand small square bales.
Tim
I cleaned one of our mows last year. We didn't have near that much hay left, maybe 10 busted bales and chaff. It was mostly old lumber and misc junk, all left from when we bought this place. I spent a whole day up there and had a nice big fire to drink beer next to that evening.
We wanted to bale extra straw last year, because the way the weather was going, we didn't know if there would be any wheat planted in the fall. We baled two years worth of bedding and the neighbor ended up using part of the mow for his extra yeras worth, he didn't have room for. Ity was a good decision since the wheat that got planted doesn't look very good this spring.
Anyhow, I made enough off the scrap metal I collected from up there to take the wife out for supper, after I healed up from the trauma of a couple thousand small square bales.
Tim
Nancy Howell
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Pretty little kitties!
Had the drought all spring and summer last year. Then in Sept. had a T-storm come through and tear part of the roof off the barn.
Of course the entire roof was gone over the hay area. At lease there weren't any bales in there. Then we had light rain almost every week until we got the roof back on.
All that loose hay that had built up on the floor molded. Its been a nasty job cleaning it up. Come out covered with fine dust, dirt and mold.
Had the drought all spring and summer last year. Then in Sept. had a T-storm come through and tear part of the roof off the barn.
Of course the entire roof was gone over the hay area. At lease there weren't any bales in there. Then we had light rain almost every week until we got the roof back on.
All that loose hay that had built up on the floor molded. Its been a nasty job cleaning it up. Come out covered with fine dust, dirt and mold.
Speakin of coons, about 7 years ago I went to look at a JD6600 combine. Since it was my first I took a guy who has been around them for years. He got up in the cab, started it up, and proceeded to test it out.
Well this big old coon comes out the back and heads right for me. Sees me, and abruptly turns towards the salesman, sees him, and decides it wants back in the combine. Only it wanted in the cab with my friend.
After a few choice words and a swift kick, it decided it would be better off in a culvert about 50 feet away.
But it was an exciting 30 some odd seconds and the sales guy didn't miss a beat, offered to included any remaining coons for free......
Well this big old coon comes out the back and heads right for me. Sees me, and abruptly turns towards the salesman, sees him, and decides it wants back in the combine. Only it wanted in the cab with my friend.
After a few choice words and a swift kick, it decided it would be better off in a culvert about 50 feet away.
But it was an exciting 30 some odd seconds and the sales guy didn't miss a beat, offered to included any remaining coons for free......
Ahh memories. First place I bought the owner had died in 1969. I cleaned it out in 1994. Not sure how long it had been there. He quit farming well before he died. Loose hay too, no bales. Opened up the side of the barn parked the car trailer below and started pitching it out.
Rick
Rick
northvale-PA
Member
Here's what I found: wear a dust mask as the mice and rat crap is bad to breathe in. The moisture from down below will come up thru the floor gaps and mold new hay stacked on the floor, I cover the cracks with masonite. Sweep the barn out anually.
Erik Ks farmer
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Yes, offered it free for the taking. Had a couple guys take a load of some of the wire tied hay, from looking at the bales there was hay from at least 4 balers in there. 2 different sizes of wire bales, a twine bale and a couple bales from an old ac roto baler back in one corner. As to using that hay for mulch or fert, we have no shortage of that from the lots and there is no way I would let my cows eat that hay with all the coon droppings in it.
37chief
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- California
I'd take one of the kittens if I was closer. Stan
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