I believe that most people who raise cattle as a hobby would be shocked to know what it really costs to maintain a cow and calf for a year. The national average is somewhere around $800. Since my debt is low and my land is paid for mine runs slightly less than $600, unless I'm forgetting something. Some may think they are getting by cheaper but look at it over a 40 year span and at some point you will have to fork over money for something you forgot to consider. I feed an average of 6 bales of hay a winter and at the very least it costs me $35 a bale by the time I consider the fuel, fertilzer, lime, chemicals, maintenance of the equipent and oter expence. That is for hay only. Fence repair vet expense, taxes, mineral and feed all add up pretty quick. Even if you own your land you have to consider what it's worth for rent if you were renting. That's money you could be making without working it.
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Today's Featured Article - Third Brush Generators - by Chris Pratt. While I love straightening sheet metal, cleaning, and painting old tractors, I use every excuse to avoid working on the on the electrics. I find the whole process sheer mystery. I have picked up and attempted to read every auto and farm electrics book with no improvement in the situation. They all seem to start with a chapter entitled "Theory of Electricity". After a few paragraphs I usually close the book and go back to banging out dents. A good friend and I were recently discussing our tractor electrical systems when he stated "I figure it all comes back to applying Ohms Law". At this point
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