[Jay]

We have both the Pioneer Maid and the Baker’s Choice, Both are good- though I’d take the Pioneer Maid 1st any day – it’s air tight – the B C isn’t. Get the hot water coil with it. It will heat a barrel of water fast and the house as well. Holds a fire well… Can’t say enough good about it. We’ve had ours 10 years. We also have a Stanley Waterford with a water coil (U shaped tube) in it in another house which works well and is a little easier to bake with says the cook, though it doesn’t put out quite as much heat. Good stove though. Both a joy to use. Jay

[Jay]

Ditto for us. The comment we get most often is “This tastes GOOD”. Jay

[Jay]

Some one recently showed me a couple of 6s one with the tool box on the right and the other with it on the left (where the pole usually is). That was a new one for me. They can be shifted back and forth. Jay

[Jay]

I echo Mitch’s comments. Goes well in the ground. Jay

[Jay]

Ed,
I echo your sentiments. I find that I spend all my time and energy focusing on how to continue my farming work, improving the long term sustainability of each endeavor as much as possible all the time, that I find I am hard pressed to keep a civil tongue when a comment like the one you describe comes along…. You did well. Yes, compassion and respect for all. Peace, Jay

[Jay]

We have a covered, cement lined manure shed we have used for 30 years. We keep 5-6 draft horses, some pigs and a dozen sheep and a couple of goats. The horse manure is by far the largest component of the resulting manure/compost. I tried one spring parking the spreader under the bucket coming out of the barn thinking to save time and spread directly. I was spreading the composted manure at the time, so out in the field I had strip after strip of composted manure spread and then 1 of fresh, and then more composted. All year in the hay I could see where the fresh manure was spread – it didn’t look as though any manure had been put there at all. Ever since then I try very hard not to ever spread fresh manure – the composted has so much more effect. I do turn the parts of the pile in the course of the year, usually spreading only in the spring, though we may get some spread this fall.
I used to have a small leak in the roof and the compost/manure was always black and moist. I fixed the roof and now I have to add H2O and it does come out nice and black and the fields love it. Jay

[Jay]

It would seem that alot of us might be afflicted with said disease. Jay

[Jay]

Donn,

I have often thought that an obstacle course for team or single driven with only ONE hand would be an interesting challenge. I find I often have to drive for at least short times with only one hand and thought it might be fun to try. Can teamster use mouth or teeth (or anything else for that matter) to hold a line or choke up on lines? Jay

[Jay]

Donn, This sounds great – I like the “course by committee” idea. I need to cogitate a little more on an idea I have for the obstacle course. Looking forward to it. Jay

[Jay]

George,

It’s Jay Bailey in Brattleboro. You have pictures by any chance? Jay

[Jay]

George,
I have one mower with no stubbies and one with 3. In heavier hay the it can definitely hang up on the regular guards. I like the stubbies and will be putting them on my other mower. When I rebuild mowers, I put at least 2 stubbies on. “Your mower should sing like a sewing machine as you mow.”

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