Photos from my tractor seat

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samn40

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• Sep 19, 2013

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Took some photos from my workplace over the past week here in Northern Ireland...Thought some of you might like to see them.... I round baled some of my 3rd cut

This is a bit of bog ground planted in willow and cut 4 weeks ago for alternative energy

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The willows are supposed to be harvested after two years with a silage chopper, but the ground was so wet last year they ended up this year, having to use a saw on a tracked digger to cut them off at ground level and then haul them with a shovel to higher ground....

Even after a very dry summer the water table is just below ground level in the bog...

This farm is organic and they milk Jerseys...some of the calves

Racial discrimination????

Friends again! LOL

my view over the countryside.....

Sam

 

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Anonymous-0

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• Sep 19, 2013

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Very Nice - they look like happy calves - lol. thanks for sharin.

 

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ray hofstetter

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• Sep 19, 2013

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Great pictures Sam, thanks for sharing!

 

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donjr

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• Sep 19, 2013

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Dam, Sam. That's downright pretty country....

 

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John B.

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• Sep 19, 2013

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Great Looking Country side.

House looks like some of the houses here in the USA. A person has to ask themselves how much house is enough house??

Thanks for Sharing Sam..

John B.
in Illinois
USA

 

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fixerupper

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• Sep 19, 2013

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Thanks for sharing. I always enjoy your pics. Jim

 

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LenND

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• Sep 19, 2013

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Nice looking country. Love those Jerseys.

 

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Ken Macfarlane

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• Sep 19, 2013

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Looks like the door of a newish MF maybe? Like the photos! We
should use bioenergy here, if I don't hay a field for a year its full of
willow alder and poplar saplings!

 

showcrop

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• Sep 19, 2013

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A friend builds big grinders and also works at building markets for his grinders. Last summer he was in Brazil trying to convince landowners to plant eucalyptus, which will grow about a foot every two days. They could harvest it, grind it in his grinders, and burn it in electrical generation plants.

 

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ShadetreeRet

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• Sep 20, 2013

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Enjoyed the photos Sam, thanks for sharing.
Interesting about willow for alternative fuel.
The shot of the country side is beautiful, I really enjoy seeing what other places look like.

 

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GordoSD

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• Sep 20, 2013

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Can you see Russia from there?

 

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randallinMo

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• Sep 20, 2013

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Sam, it's always interesting to hear your stories and see the pictures from Ireland. Was that hay dry? I know they do lots of silage bales in Ireland. Do you also? I've watched videos of silage bale making in Ireland and they seem to cut it, rake and bale all in the same day. Is that correct? Here in the states we like to let it dry down into the 50-60% moisture range to prevent butyric acid production. How does this work to bale at such high mositure? Thanks for a reply.

 

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Nancy Howell

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• Sep 20, 2013

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Enjoyed the pics. Thanks and keep posting.

 

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Anonymous-0

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• Sep 20, 2013

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I think I can see 40 shades of green in those pictures.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nwUqjo7u9y4

 

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samn40

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• Sep 20, 2013

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My hay was cut the previous day, it was a lightish crop(10 bales/acre) and we got a blistering hot day with wind. It was nearly dry enough to not wrap it but I can sell it better wrapped and it stores better outside in our rainy climate! Last year was so wet I mowed as soon as the rain had stopped for a few hours, went home hitched up the baler and baled, the 4'6"x4' bales weighed about a US ton!. When my customer went to feed them the efluent flowed out, but they looked and smelt great and what's more his dairy herd milked real well when feeding on them.
Sam

 

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samn40

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• Sep 20, 2013

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Not yet, just wait till I get some more hedges cut away!
LOL....Sam

 

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samn40

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• Sep 20, 2013

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Ken it is a Massey 4270!
Spot on there!
Sam

 

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Texasmark1

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• Sep 22, 2013

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That's a Jersey for you. Nice lush green meadow and plenty of it
and the cows look like they're starving to death while they turn out
3 gallons of milk a day, or however much it is......a lot.

Mark

 

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larry@stinescorner

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• Sep 22, 2013

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beautiful!!!