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- From: "Wyatt Jones" <wyatt_jones AT netzero.com>
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- Subject: [Market-farming] Heritage wheat, Facebook etc
- Date: Fri, 8 Apr 2016 16:55:39 -0400
Hi
Nice to see this forum active, thought it went the way of the dinosaurs
LOL. I don't like Facebook, I used to work in Internet security and I find
that place to be a huge security risk, they change the rules without notice and
sell every bit of information they get on you without a second thought. I
think its not much better than a con game. If people knew what was really
going on there they should be appalled but then some people send strangers
their nude pictures without thinking of the consequences so I'm not surprised
about Internet recklessness. Still enough people use it and somehow do
things that suggest everybody should be compelled to do the same. A lot of
small businesses put up sites there but I don't know if they realize that
to access these commercial sites one usually has to join Facebook and expose
ones self to all the risks that produces and many people, myself included don't
think its worth it so we have a harder time doing business with those that rely
on Facebook for marketing. Personally I think its better to be safe than
sorry but everybody has to make their own judgments. Why does Facebook use these
strong-arm tactics? Because they make money selling you out every way they
can and their product is YOUR personal information.
Sorry for the rant but I don't think people realize what's going on behind
the internet scenes, privacy is non existent, its easy to be taken for a big
ride and not even have a clue so please be careful. Its a great tool but
not without more risk than you may realize and the laws have a long way to go to
catch up to the issues involved.
I posted about heritage wheat a while back. I've had some concerns
about growing Hard Wheats here in Ohio and really didn't get any answers.
>From my research I had concerns that the humid weather here wouldn't produce
good bread wheat as there is quite a bit of evidence that Hard bread wheats
grown in humid environments end up producing low gluten wheat similar to soft
wheat that makes decent cake flour but not so great bread flour. Anyway I
know there are somewhat humid regions like France that grow bread flour but
France is known for low protein, including gluten flours although obviously
enough to produce decent bread.
So before I made a commitment to growing some heritage wheat I bought
several varieties of locally grown hard bread wheat varieties and I have to say
I'm pretty disappointed. They tasted good and made good cake type
baked goods but fell flat, figuratively and literally when it came to real
bread. I was able to make a decent looking loaf, light enough with a
bit of working and OK table bread (with wild fermentation) but
they didn't hold up to sandwich standards, tended to fall apart. They did a
lot better when I mixed some Montana grown wheat in which did improve the
flavor quite a bit but adding adjuncts or other flour types (beans potatoes,
other grains like rye etc) became problematic. Now I've used some of
these same wheat varieties grown in places like Montana and Kansas and they
contained more than enough gluten to make a great sandwich loaf, even with some
limited adjuncts, so my only conclusion is that the negative Data
concerning growing hard wheats in a humid environment must have merit.
Unfortunately I haven't been able to get any heirloom hard wheat of French or
other Humid area origins but even those areas aren't as humid as we are as
far as I know. I went to the OOEFA conference and attended a class
that were supposedly about heritage wheat but no mention was given them
except when I asked questions, even then I got very little information about
them except a few names of locally developed heirloom soft wheat varieties
like Logan that I already knew about. Bottom line is I put that idea
on hold for a while but thought I'd post my impressions in case somebody
else was considering it.
So my impression at this point, although I've not yet given up, is
that growing a good quality hard bread wheat in Ohio is a lot like chasing
unicorns only to find out they are Rhinos. Doesn't mean there isn't good
wheat grown here, just not the bread kind. That said, if anybody has
evidence to the contrary I'd be very glad to hear it and eat my
words.
For some reason I always seem to be the person asking questions nobody has
the answer to, Oh well. Not sure if that means I'm in the front or out to
lunch LOL. I guess I'm one of those "outside the box" people but it keeps
life interesting.
Anyway right now I'm busy with dairy goats, bottle feeding, milking
dehorning, castrating etc Not to mention cleaning out the stalls I've been
putting off all winter. Sold some yearling weathers for slaughter this week, It
has to be done I guess but it always bothers me. I did sell some
bucks for breeding though and its nice to see them go to a good place, part of
the reason I always get good registered stock.
I'm also rebuilding my transmission after my U-joints went bad and
cracked the transmission housing, turns out its a very common problem with these
Chevy trucks with Allison transmissions. Bad design, they didn't bother to
brace the transfer case so when the U-joints go bad it shakes enough to crack
the clutch housing which GM wants $800 for but you can get them from places like
Amazon and E-bay for about $400, of course there are gaskets, fluids and special
tools you have to get to work on the darn thing.. Another problem that
ALWAYS happens to these trucks sooner or later is that the transfer
case pump body, which is aircraft aluminum, rubs on the transfer case
housing wearing a hole in it eventually (because the housing is made of softer
magnesium). You can get aftermarket pump rub kits to fix this which only
cost about $70 including everything you need except the tools
and transfer case oil but it the housing already has a hole in it you
have to buy a new housing costing a lot more. Of course that cost
assumes you can do the work yourself. Sorry to mention this here but these
trucks are very common and it will save you a LOT of money if you can get ahead
of these problems which WILL occur if you don't do something about them
early. I guess it is a farm truck though LOL
Well better get back to cleaning stalls or it will never get done. Take
care all.
Wyatt
Jamestown, Ohio
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[Market-farming] Heritage wheat, Facebook etc,
Wyatt Jones, 04/08/2016
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Re: [Market-farming] Heritage wheat, Facebook etc,
Carla Shafer, 04/08/2016
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Re: [Market-farming] Heritage wheat, Facebook etc,
Marlin Burkholder, 04/08/2016
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Re: [Market-farming] Heritage wheat, Facebook etc,
Ken Bezilla, 04/08/2016
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Re: [Market-farming] Heritage wheat, Facebook etc,
Beth Spaugh, 04/08/2016
- Re: [Market-farming] Heritage wheat, Facebook etc, Mike Rock, 04/08/2016
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Re: [Market-farming] Heritage wheat, Facebook etc,
Beth Spaugh, 04/08/2016
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Re: [Market-farming] Heritage wheat, Facebook etc,
Ken Bezilla, 04/08/2016
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Re: [Market-farming] Heritage wheat, Facebook etc,
Marlin Burkholder, 04/08/2016
- Re: [Market-farming] Heritage wheat, Facebook etc, Mike Rock, 04/08/2016
- Re: [Market-farming] Heritage wheat, Facebook etc, Road's End Farm, 04/09/2016
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Re: [Market-farming] Heritage wheat, Facebook etc,
Carla Shafer, 04/08/2016
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