[Homestead] cattle farming was ???
Lynn Wigglesworth
lynnw1366 at hotmail.com
Mon Mar 2 19:13:36 EST 2009
> Wow, there is more do do in the winter, for a cattle farmer, than watching
> the woodstove. That was a great story, Lynn. Like Bev, I would like to
> see a youtube of such. stay warm..................
>
I never know what I'll be doing on any given day...resuscitating an animal,
pulling an animal out of the mud, fixing a fence, checking to see who is
bellowing at 2am and why (last time it was apparently just for the heck of
it...I didn't see any problem, but I have to check and make sure). Any kind
of emergency can take hours to deal with.
I don't do youtube. Except for the internet connection, this farm is quickly
devolving. No cell phone, video camera, etc. etc. I double dig instead of
using the tiller. I'm giving up the gas mower for a scythe, and I'd get rid
of the tractor if I didn't need it to move hay bales (the tractor is over 50
years old and driving me crazy...it can take 15-20 minutes to get it
started...check this, clean that, charge the battery, etc; if the temp is
below about 10 degrees, it isn't going to start no matter what I do). I very
much prefer doing things by hand to fighting with a gas engine or some
high-tech thing.
Lynn Wigglesworth
Tioga Co. PA
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