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Re: Ask Steve Dave Farm And Cow And Ranch And Tractor And Truck Related Questions
« Reply #250 on: February 07, 2015, 11:32:04 AM »

Did the transition from small square bales to big round bales give you more free time?
Did you ever have to pitch silage?
Did you ever have to steeple fence where the posts were made of hedge?
What was your preferred brand of barbed wire?
Dad ever make you spray brush with 2-4-5-t and diesel fuel?
Did you prefer a hot shot or a sorting stick?  Whip?
Do you have a brand registered with the state?

We have a huge square bailer. Makes enormous ones the size of like three round bales. Huge.

No to silege

Yes, we had some of those shitty fences. What a PITA

No idea on brand of wire

No on spraying thing

Hot shot. I would zap flys with it against the metal shoot

Yes on brand. Actually multiples.

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Re: Ask Steve Dave Farm And Cow And Ranch And Tractor And Truck Related Questions
« Reply #251 on: February 07, 2015, 11:37:20 AM »
Did you ever try to set the cows free so that they could live in the wild like they were meant to?

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« Reply #253 on: February 07, 2015, 12:06:18 PM »
Did you ever try to set the cows free so that they could live in the wild like they were meant to?

No, they set themselves free a lot though. The sheriff would call us at like 2am and we'd go see if they were our cows running all over or not

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Re: Ask Steve Dave Farm And Cow And Ranch And Tractor And Truck Related Questions
« Reply #254 on: February 07, 2015, 01:38:33 PM »
Did you ever get paid for your work?
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Re: Ask Steve Dave Farm And Cow And Ranch And Tractor And Truck Related Questions
« Reply #255 on: February 07, 2015, 01:41:54 PM »

Did you ever try to set the cows free so that they could live in the wild like they were meant to?

No, they set themselves free a lot though. The sheriff would call us at like 2am and we'd go see if they were our vows running all over or not

Wow, yeah! My dad has a hobby farm in the middle of some cow farms and those cows are just chillin on the road all the time. My dog will just stand like 20ft away and bark at them
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Re: Ask Steve Dave Farm And Cow And Ranch And Tractor And Truck Related Questions
« Reply #256 on: February 07, 2015, 01:43:49 PM »
When you "went to the city" growing up. Where was it? GC?
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« Reply #257 on: February 07, 2015, 02:56:08 PM »
Did you ever get paid for your work?

yes, I think I started at like $4 an hour when I was in 5th'ish grade up to like $10'ish an hour in HS.

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« Reply #258 on: February 07, 2015, 02:57:06 PM »
When you "went to the city" growing up. Where was it? GC?
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sorry, missed this one. Dodge City usually. Sometimes Liberal. Rarely GC (it was like 20 minutes further away). A couple visits a year to like Wichita or KC for big shopping trips.

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« Reply #259 on: February 07, 2015, 02:58:20 PM »
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Re: Ask Steve Dave Farm And Cow And Ranch And Tractor And Truck Related Questions
« Reply #260 on: February 07, 2015, 02:59:35 PM »

Did you ever try to set the cows free so that they could live in the wild like they were meant to?

No, they set themselves free a lot though. The sheriff would call us at like 2am and we'd go see if they were our vows running all over or not

Wow, yeah! My dad has a hobby farm in the middle of some cow farms and those cows are just chillin on the road all the time. My dog will just stand like 20ft away and bark at them

also, sddad is kind of bitter at the local sherrif's office because he thinks they just call him anytime cows are out because they know he'll go out and see who they belong to even if they aren't ours and other cow farmers will be like "meh, will check in the morning" or something. I don't know if it's true but he thinks it is. claims that like 3/4 time he goes out the cows belong to someone else.

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Re: Ask Steve Dave Farm And Cow And Ranch And Tractor And Truck Related Questions
« Reply #261 on: February 07, 2015, 03:07:24 PM »
what does a big shopping trip consist of?
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« Reply #262 on: February 07, 2015, 03:09:50 PM »
what does a big shopping trip consist of?

like school clothes, going to stores that aren't in Dodge City, visit to worlds of fun and a royals game or some wichita thing.

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Re: Ask Steve Dave Farm And Cow And Ranch And Tractor And Truck Related Questions
« Reply #263 on: February 07, 2015, 05:44:23 PM »
Did you dad refer to himself as a farmer or rancher? what about you?
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« Reply #264 on: February 07, 2015, 05:45:27 PM »
Did you have fun/interesting names for certain pierces of land? like "time to go swath up at Willow's bend farm"
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« Reply #265 on: February 07, 2015, 05:47:40 PM »
the real hero growing up on the ranch is my mom. YOU DA REAL MVP MOM! how people marry and stay with farmer/ranchers like my dad is a mystery. he's a really fantastic person but that's not a life anyone should voluntarily sign up for.

was sdmom a daughter of a farmer?  WWmom was raised on a farm and was one of like 8 girls, so she had to do chores all the time. I think that's why she didn't mind living that life.
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Re: Ask Steve Dave Farm And Cow And Ranch And Tractor And Truck Related Questions
« Reply #266 on: February 07, 2015, 05:53:26 PM »
Did you answer mine?

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Re: Ask Steve Dave Farm And Cow And Ranch And Tractor And Truck Related Questions
« Reply #267 on: February 07, 2015, 06:16:04 PM »
Serious cow farm question.

You have mentioned how you have to feed the cows everyday. Couldn't the cows just eat the grass for like a week in the summer without being checked on? Couldn't you just throw out like 5x the normal amount of hay bales in the winter and spend the week in Cabo?


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Re: Ask Steve Dave Farm And Cow And Ranch And Tractor And Truck Related Questions
« Reply #268 on: February 07, 2015, 07:01:59 PM »

Did you dad refer to himself as a farmer or rancher? what about you?

Both I guess depending on who he was talking to

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« Reply #269 on: February 07, 2015, 07:02:54 PM »

Did you have fun/interesting names for certain pierces of land? like "time to go swath up at Willow's bend farm"

Yes, definitely. I never really paid attention to what was called what and sddad would get really aggravated.

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« Reply #270 on: February 07, 2015, 07:04:39 PM »

the real hero growing up on the ranch is my mom. YOU DA REAL MVP MOM! how people marry and stay with farmer/ranchers like my dad is a mystery. he's a really fantastic person but that's not a life anyone should voluntarily sign up for.

was sdmom a daughter of a farmer?  WWmom was raised on a farm and was one of like 8 girls, so she had to do chores all the time. I think that's why she didn't mind living that life.

No. Grandfather worked in an office for Northern Natural Gas (bought by rough ridin' Enron)

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Re: Ask Steve Dave Farm And Cow And Ranch And Tractor And Truck Related Questions
« Reply #271 on: February 07, 2015, 07:13:01 PM »
Can you get gonorrhea from a tractor seat?

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Re: Ask Steve Dave Farm And Cow And Ranch And Tractor And Truck Related Questions
« Reply #272 on: February 07, 2015, 07:30:14 PM »
did you have a tractor that was loosely assigned to you?

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Re: Ask Steve Dave Farm And Cow And Ranch And Tractor And Truck Related Questions
« Reply #273 on: February 07, 2015, 07:32:09 PM »
can you give us some good farmer talk, like farmer equivalent submarine talk?

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Re: Ask Steve Dave Farm And Cow And Ranch And Tractor And Truck Related Questions
« Reply #274 on: February 07, 2015, 07:38:26 PM »

Did you answer mine?

I missed it I think