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I have not seen that brand but their ad sure says all the things I like - - - hopefully I will not need a replacement in my lifetime but I would consider one of their's if I needed one. As far as ground rods I still say check with your local utility company and use what they use and the number...

I bought one several years ago advertised to cover 150 miles of moderetly weeds fence with a 12 joule output at 8,000 volts - - - I have 5 miles of fence Going to the south farm with one ground I was down to 5,000 V so I put in another 10' steel copper clad ground rod 10' from the first - - -...

I have always had a problem - - - it seems the cattle always leave about a foot of hay in the bottom of the feeders - - - I will leave it and put another bale a few yards away but then they leave hay in the bottom of it. This hay looks and smells good to me but they refuse it. With a small...

Buy the biggest charger you can afford - - - when the torhado came thru hear about 8 years ago I was so busy with the house and barns it took me 2 weeks to check fence. The pasture the cows were in had a 2 strand hi tensil with power - - - fallen trees had about 100' of it flat on the ground...

I bought a bag of Alfalfa seed and I'm putting a little on the mineral each morning - - - I am hoping to inter-seed the pastures, so far I think it just might work! There must be over 100 seedlings coming out of many of the cow patties! I will keep you all informed weather it really works or...

I think protein tubs will allow you to get by on lesser quality hay - - - but you would probably be money ahead to just step up and buy some better hay.

I think I am going to try one bag of alfalfa and see what happens

Thanks for the input

An old topic - - - did any body get some of the yellow alfalfa seed and try it in their mineral? I was never able to find the seed but wanted to try a small plot and did not hear any more.

You mean scams are not a new way for the few to steal from the many?

Do you guys with lots of range have problems with milk fever? I always switch to "Spring Mineral" with double the magnesium about a month prior to calving - - - if not the first or second calf cows will get grass tetany and if not treated quickly will die. I always keep hay in front of them...

In this area if I want water any where I can take the backhoe, dig a flat bottom ditch back into a hill - - - on most hills I look for about a 45 degree slope so if I get 20 feet back into the hill I will be close to 20 feet deep. Take a plastic 55 gal barrel and drill many 1/2" holes into it...

I took some pictures of the tank I put in for my son. When he got married there was an old rusted out tank about 12' in diameter and about 5' deep buried about 1/2 way with an old galvanized pipe. My daughter-in-law's great grand father had put it in many decades ago taking advantage of a spring...

The pipe the neighbor to the south has is plumbed with 1" pipe which I feel is part of the problem - - - It gets plugged with moss which is easy to blow out but I feel if 2" or larger was used the incidence of plugging would be much less. A pasture to the east I used to rent had a 2" pipe and...

On the rebuilding - - - I redid the 10 acre pond at "Jellystone" Campground in Knightstown about 5 years ago - - - pumped the pond dry and hauled out the 30 years of sediment then let it refill - - - much cheaper than it would have cost to cut and rebuild the dam. The dam was in good shape - - -...

I would hook up a water pump and air compressor if possible - - - if you can apply about 60 PSI of water pressure going backwards and then have the air compressor hooked into a "T" at about double the pressure you will cause turbulence and scrub the inside of the pipe clean. If you can get a...

I know I'm a lot smaller than most of you but I maintain about 5 miles of hot wire - - - I went thru 3 Gallengers before I gave up on them. The day I threw the last one away the biggest charger TSC had was a "Holdem" and it came with a ( storm guard ) lighting arrester. This was at least 10...

We have had 4 days with no rain and most of the hay is baled - - - hopefully it all will be by nightfall as they are calling for more! We had rain 25 of the 30 days in June!

We finished the month of june with 13.5" of rain - - - no hay baled! But the pastures sure are keeping in good shape. Calves came up to check out the puppies - - - they seem to get along well. This is the third litter of the year - - - I only breed each female once a year. got 3 heifers...

I'm planting soybeans on my best hay field this year and back to alfalfa next year - - - soil test every 2 acres and put on everything needed - - - it does not cost it pays - - - call it return on investment!