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["Lynn Wigglesworth" <lynnw1366 AT hotmail.com>]

> 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