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Good stuff! Will reference this in the future for sure
Mennoniteman
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March 16, zone 6b, there were fifteen deer in my 1/2 acre fall planted cereal rye plot, which looks surprisingly green considering that our early March snow just melted. In colder zones a rye plot is absolutely a must for winter deer feeding programs.
MarkDarvin
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Cool thread man. And that is a bad ass building!
I giggle a little at the words you fairer weather zone guys use to describe snow. 8" or less is celebrated where I'm at. I don't start worrying until it goes over 18".
I giggle a little at the words you fairer weather zone guys use to describe snow. 8" or less is celebrated where I'm at. I don't start worrying until it goes over 18".
Mennoniteman
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That sprayer would be kind of a cool, in a nerdy kind of way, like putting on clean underwear but not taking a shower. I'm not sure how I would use it, because I always mix the correct amount for the size field I'm spraying. It's like a Ruger Charger .22 auto, I absolutely think I should have one, but I can't think of any practical use for it.
Mennoniteman
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I love the north country, your summer weather has a clear crisp fresh air that you will never find in the south. Alaska is a beautiful place, but don't think I'd ever live there. However, I do admire you "real men" that are hardened to the elements, and are immune to snow. I don't mind the cold, it's the snow, slush, salty vehicles, and mud that makes me crave for sunshine.
deer patch
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Mennoniteman...My new New Holland Powerstar 75 will be delivered either Tuesday or Wednesday of this week. It's the newer version of yours. I hope it does everything I want it to do.
Mennoniteman
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Congratulations, I'd love to see pics! I'm hoping that it is going to be a good purchase for you. I think my tractor is the latest model but it still has 4.75 on the hood? The earlier models had a park brake on the gear range selector and the later models have a parking brake lever. Curious to know if yours has only 75 on the hood and dropped the 4?
deer patch
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Yes they dropped the 4. It says Powerstar 75 and it has the parking brake lever on the side and not the gear range selector. They are delivering it tomorrow around 9:00 so I'll post a pic of it
Mennoniteman
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The salesman said my tractor is the new model with tier 4 emissions, then it came with 4.75 on the hood, he said they used up the old hoods till they run out? Whatever. I had a 75hp kubota with tier 4 emissions and it was a fuel guzzler. So far I think this New Holland is very lean on fuel. I thought the price I paid was a very good deal for what I got, and I like the tractor, fingers crossed though, I've read to many reviews of new tractors of any brand making trouble.
Mennoniteman
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We've been using these Thunder Valley Deer Feeders for eleven years and they're still in good condition, a 10" tree even fell on one. They hold three and a half 100 lb. bags of shelled corn, a little less for lighter feed like oats. They were $300, but now they are $575 delivered, which is somewhat expensive, however, it's definitely well made.
deer patch
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I started a new thread of my new tractor in the general discussion as to not hijack your thread. So far I like it but haven't hooked up to any equipment yet. That will be the true test. Thanks for all the info you posted.
deer patch
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BTW...Nice group of bucks you had. You must not have many bears around or you wouldn't be feeding in the summer time.
Mennoniteman
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The feeding that I'm doing there is in Chester county, Pa, close to Philadelphia. There's no bears there. I don't feed during summertime at my place in southcentral Pa, because I have food plots there, and you're right, the bears would tear the feeder apart.
Mennoniteman
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Doing some March land clearing to enlarge my orchard. These aspen trees are easy, but this rig wouldn't push hickory or oak of this size.
Mennoniteman
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April 2, 2019. As the third year of an experiment, I divided the seed box into 3 sections and no-tilled barley, wheat and oats into expired fall brassica plots. Last year I did wheat and oats, and the oats were more successful than the wheat. I'm doing a multi year experiment to find which spring small grain planting does the best in my soil. The first year I did oats and rye, oats won easily, no surprise there, rye needs to be fall planted with a winter freeze to reach its full potential. I'll post these results with pics by memorial day.
Mennoniteman
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One of my latest (failed) experiments; I was trying to address the need for converting clover patches into more rye growing in the winter, because the clover fades in mid-December here, and rye usually has some green grazing available for most of our zone 6b winter, provided that the snow doesn't have it buried.
So early last September I was planting rye in a terminated oats field (this rye grew just fine) and, as an experiment I no-till drilled a few passes of rye into an adjacent 8" tall stand of ladino clover, so the seed was planted perfectly, at about a 1" depth in very good soil, with an aggressive plant like rye, and? NOT ONE SINGLE RYE STALK EMERGED! The clover apparently choked it out.
So I had this great epiphany, but alas, I'm no einstein. Back to the drawing board.
So early last September I was planting rye in a terminated oats field (this rye grew just fine) and, as an experiment I no-till drilled a few passes of rye into an adjacent 8" tall stand of ladino clover, so the seed was planted perfectly, at about a 1" depth in very good soil, with an aggressive plant like rye, and? NOT ONE SINGLE RYE STALK EMERGED! The clover apparently choked it out.
So I had this great epiphany, but alas, I'm no einstein. Back to the drawing board.
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