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Jean, you are great! Thanks for taking care of this so quickly.

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Hi Jean (and everyone else).

I’ve got an address to send the newsletter to for this injured teamster:

Clyde Avery – Patient
P.O. Box 2077
Idaho Falls, ID 83403-2077

I’ll get a card, sign it from DAPNet and send it off from here, if that’s okay.

Thanks again.

Geoff

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@Jen Judkins 28012 wrote:

With a get well note inside? Nice idea, Geoff. I say go for it. Send Jean his address.

Hi Jen – my thoughts exactly. I’ve contacted someone who will try to get me his address.

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@highway 28008 wrote:

Nice work, I wish I could use our horses for hay production like you all do.

Careful what you wish for Ed – as I look out the window at my hard work now getting a previously unforecast thundershower on it. Don’t get me wrong – the horses make the work more enjoyable but I feel like Andy felt in another post – “A farming failure”. Boo Hoo.

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Hi Jean,

Did you download your pics to DAP.com? In a gallery of some sort? I’m sure many here would like to see your stuff ( -umm – I meanthe HPD pictures).

Hope you had fun and made lots of contacts!

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Thanks Donn,

One thing that is the real challenge for me is my one field is almost a right triangle – some of those corners are tough. But now I have a new question regarding raking with a side rake – when you turn, since the front wheels are fixed and the rears pivot, there seems to be a lot of side draft on the front wheels. One of my neighbors suggested instead of doing the right turns as normal, you actually turn to the left and loop around to make the corner. Any thoughts?

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I’m humbled! Nice work and pics.

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Check out some of the additional pics at the website Anne lists above in post #3. Particularly the 6 up hitch and how the head yokes are linked in series …. Thanks Anne. As Tim said – beautiful animals.

PLEASE NOTE – THE “DELETED POSTS” HAVE ACTUALLY BEEN MOVED TO THEIR OWN THREAD “DISCUSSION OF HEAD-YOKES”. IF THAT’S NOT ACCEPTABLE, PLEASE LET ME KNOW AND I CAN RESTORE THE POSTS TO THIS THREAD. I THOUGHT IT MIGHT HELP WITH CLARITY OF THE THREAD.

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FYI – here’s Carl’s input/assistance regarding the forum estimated costs/budget:

I always figured it at about $600/year, rounding up for lea-way. I figure we could also include another $500-$1000 for Technical Assistance. I also think that we should be looking at the sponsorship/advertisement strategy so that the site can contribute to its own maintenance.

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ive them a simple diet of crushed grains and vegetable with their hay or grass. That said we estimate that we get 10,000 litres per calf with an average lactation of 4 years. We have a cow now that has been giving milk for 9 years and is stillgiving us 18 litres per day. Without checking my detailed records for her we could estimate that she has given us about 45,000 litres of milk so far.

Thanks Ed!

I’m still astounded by the production they’re getting with those extended lactations.

“That said we estimate that we get 10,000 litres per calf with an average lactation of 4 years. We have a cow now that has been giving milk for 9 years and is stillgiving us 18 litres per day. Without checking my detailed records for her we could estimate that she has given us about 45,000 litres of milk so far.”

Also please thank Syamasundara for taking time to address my questions. Do you know what prompted them to use extended lactation management in the first place? Is it part of the Krishna practice/doctrine or is it something newer?

BTW – making hay as we speak.

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Thanks everyone –

I tried the sweeping method George and found it does work pretty nicely. I’ll try and get some a picture or two off the camera.

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@dominiquer60 27950 wrote:

Geoff would this thread fit in the Financial/treasurer category better? I can see why you put it in organizational, but when we leave it an look for it later it may be easier to find in the finacial area.

I think it was more a matter of this thread being in the “Budget Committee” category which ended up under Organizational Structure. We can put it anywhere you all want to – perhaps move the whole Budget Committee under the Financial/Treasurer heading? Other ideas?

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Thanks Anne. Are “Ferrandaise” related to the Pinzgauer breed? They have similar markings w/ the white strip down the back but I’ve never heard of the Ferrandaise breed before.

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I tedded most of my down hay today and things went well EXCEPT that the tedder (an old 6 tine kicker) drive was giving me grief. The mechanism for keeping it engaged in gear is a 2″ wide wooden U shaped block that you wedge in place to force the 2 drive cogs together. Tedding is harder on that block than one might think and it wants to pop loose (and disappear into the loose hay) but the worst was when the cogs began to jump past each other (skips) every so often and then more frequently.

So, if anyone has an old kicker tender can you explain or better – add a photo or 2 – of how the drive is engaged/disengaged, could you help me out here? The thing performed its task if not for this issue.

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Hi Tim,

I have a question from your earlier post about DM and quality losses during curing of hay. Is the increase in fiber actually more fiber being synthesized or is it more likely a matter of the loss/consumption of other components resulting in the fiber content being a larger proportion of the remaining DM?

“When it is cut the crop sort of starts to consume itself by converting carbohydrates, sugars and starch (good stuff) to carbon dioxide, heat and water.”

“Respiration causes moisture loss but increases fiber and reduces energy in the hay.”

Another question – since there is some heating as the grass dries down early on, and you do have carbs & proteins etc still available, is there much if any Maillard rxn going on? Or is the temp too low?

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