Author Topic: Ask Steve Dave Farm And Cow And Ranch And Tractor And Truck Related Questions (Read 370854 times)

ben ji · « **Reply #1650 on:** July 27, 2019, 04:23:04 PM »

Tons of old junk/equipment on our farm. By the barn we have a "Junkyard" type area where its just rows of old vehicles/plows/random metal implements etc.

ben ji · « **Reply #1651 on:** July 27, 2019, 04:28:03 PM »

Quote from: KST8FAN on July 27, 2019, 03:40:06 PM

This week we have cream separators. Benji every cat rancher should have one these marvels of technology.

Tom

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My dad sent me this a couple months ago, the cream can is pretty cool.

My understanding is after WWII dad and another guy, maybe Bird City area, used VA money to buy a couple milk cows and sell cream. Heard this from an old guy last name Hoyt who has boys younger than me. Said he thought he had a cream can with dad's name on it and told me the story.

sys · « **Reply #1652 on:** July 27, 2019, 05:27:22 PM »

Quote from: steve dave on July 27, 2019, 03:54:03 PM

a rule for digital farmers in the age of social media is when you kill a rattle snake you post a picture of the rattle on facebook and also include a note indicating how many rattles it had in case your followers can't count.

ben ji · « **Reply #1653 on:** July 27, 2019, 05:36:58 PM »

The key to reducing unnecessary Rattle snake deaths is a strong local barn cat population. More cats = less mice = less rattlesnakes in proximity to humans.

Katpappy · « **Reply #1654 on:** July 27, 2019, 09:40:12 PM »

Quote from: ben ji on July 27, 2019, 05:36:58 PM

The key to reducing unnecessary Rattle snake deaths is a strong local barn cat population. More cats = less mice = less rattlesnakes in proximity to humans.

They'll just eat the cats.

steve dave · « **Reply #1655 on:** July 28, 2019, 08:05:42 AM »

also, the rattles are called "buttons" in cowboy talk. may actually be called that but that's for sure what you refer to them as on facebook when posting the pic of the rattle.

sys · « **Reply #1656 on:** July 28, 2019, 09:18:31 AM »

the first segment of a baby rattlesnake's rattle is called the button. all the subsequent segments are called segments. if the button breaks off, the new terminal segment doesn't get promoted to button, it's still just a segment.

steve dave · « **Reply #1657 on:** July 28, 2019, 09:20:50 AM »

Can’t wait to own some farmer on Facebook next time I see one posted.

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sys · « **Reply #1658 on:** July 28, 2019, 09:22:38 AM »

cow farmer - i just killed a rattlesnake, it had 6 buttons.
herpetologist - oh my god, 6 buttons. so it had 6 tails, then, you ignorant psychopath?

Ksuminnesotacat · « **Reply #1659 on:** July 28, 2019, 09:28:08 AM »

I gather SD that the family ranch is in the western area of the state how many head have been sacrificed at the alter of the mythical large cats that the kdwP insist do not exist in Kansas? Hint I have seen and tracked two in Central Ks over the last 12 years.

steve dave · « **Reply #1660 on:** July 28, 2019, 10:06:21 AM »

Quote from: sys on July 28, 2019, 09:22:38 AM

cow farmer - i just killed a rattlesnake, it had 6 buttons.
herpetologist - oh my god, 6 buttons. so it had 6 tails, then, you ignorant psychopath?

lmao

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steve dave · « **Reply #1661 on:** July 28, 2019, 10:07:16 AM »

Quote from: Ksuminnesotacat on July 28, 2019, 09:28:08 AM

I gather SD that the family ranch is in the western area of the state how many head have been sacrificed at the alter of the mythical large cats that the kdwP insist do not exist in Kansas? Hint I have seen and tracked two in Central Ks over the last 12 years.

Zero. You run across cow farmers who claim we have them and I always just assume they are idiots or drunk 24/7/365.

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steve dave · « **Reply #1662 on:** July 28, 2019, 10:07:47 AM »

We had an elk on our ranch one time tho!

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ben ji · « **Reply #1663 on:** July 28, 2019, 10:07:55 AM »

Please identify these two cats for me

ben ji · « **Reply #1664 on:** July 28, 2019, 10:19:56 AM »

Quote from: Ksuminnesotacat on July 28, 2019, 09:28:08 AM

I gather SD that the family ranch is in the western area of the state how many head have been sacrificed at the alter of the mythical large cats that the kdwP insist do not exist in Kansas? Hint I have seen and tracked two in Central Ks over the last 12 years.

Quote from: ben ji on July 28, 2019, 10:07:55 AM

Please identify these two cats for me

Ksuminnesotacat · « **Reply #1665 on:** July 28, 2019, 10:58:01 AM »

Benji

That is a Bobcat with a long tail. Genetic anomaly you can tell by the markings behind the front legs with white and black patterns also the cheek tufts that are visible. Very rare but it does happen. Never caught one like that but have seen others that have been caught before.

pissclams · « **Reply #1666 on:** July 28, 2019, 11:17:03 AM »

yup I don’t want to rando brag about some stud thing but I identified that bobcat a long rough ridin' time ago

ben ji · « **Reply #1667 on:** July 28, 2019, 03:55:42 PM »

You are both wrong, its a juvenile mtn lion according to WKS farm expert ben ji's dad.

sys · « **Reply #1668 on:** July 28, 2019, 06:06:02 PM »

i was going to say baby mt lion, but i decided to lay low after the mudhen fiasco.

Ksuminnesotacat · « **Reply #1669 on:** July 28, 2019, 07:01:02 PM »

Never seen a juvenile mt. Lion with black and white stripes but ok and cheek tufts but ok 👌

mocat · « **Reply #1670 on:** July 29, 2019, 01:10:49 AM »

Quote from: sys on July 28, 2019, 09:22:38 AM

cow farmer - i just killed a rattlesnake, it had 6 buttons.
herpetologist - oh my god, 6 buttons. so it had 6 tails, then, you ignorant psychopath?

Enjoyed this post tremendously

meow meow · « **Reply #1671 on:** July 29, 2019, 08:52:14 AM »

the bottom one is def a mountain lion or a cheetah

chum1 · « **Reply #1672 on:** July 29, 2019, 08:59:31 AM »

Something that escaped from the zoo, for sure.

steve dave · « **Reply #1673 on:** July 29, 2019, 09:42:00 AM »

lmao

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ben ji · « **Reply #1674 on:** July 30, 2019, 10:40:28 PM »

Bored and reading through this thread again dreaming of the day i can be a hobby farmer.

Here is a long distance pic of my cousins coyote hunting lodge. Its currently in the "Junkyard" area of our farm on the top of a hill.

He will "call" them into range then blast them and sell their pelt.