murph
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In the background is the longest country elevator in the world.
Some black baldy steers we bought this fall.
Steers on frosty wheat pasture.
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In the background is the longest country elevator in the world.
Some black baldy steers we bought this fall.
Soapweed
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murph said:
In the background is the longest country elevator in the world.
Some black baldy steers we bought this fall.
That's a big elevator, murph. Nice looking steers.
murph
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We are from Friona, half way between Black and Parmerton Hill :lol:
murph
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It was 4 degrees F this morning but this afternoon got up to nearly 40. Worst part is keeping water thawed . How do ya'll keep water to livestock when it never gets above freezing for years at a time? :???:
Jerry H
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good lookin steers and the wheat looks great also
ours doesn't look that good up here but i don't think ours has gone dormant thou
i also think ya'll got more snow out of that first storm than we did
we have not been able to get down to friona to church since before xmas and was wondering if you know gary stowers and if so how he's doing
the last i heard he was home and in bed for awhile but thats been a about a month ago
until later jerry
ours doesn't look that good up here but i don't think ours has gone dormant thou
i also think ya'll got more snow out of that first storm than we did
we have not been able to get down to friona to church since before xmas and was wondering if you know gary stowers and if so how he's doing
the last i heard he was home and in bed for awhile but thats been a about a month ago
until later jerry
IL Rancher
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Murph.. It isn't below freezing for years at a time but I am guessing you were joking about that...
I know on our cold days we would fill the tank once a day and the cows would drink it down and than you would fill it up again the next day.. Usually with our 1500 gallon tanks the ice that is left will get melted by the new water coming in as long as you have enough head drinking.. If you don't. use a smaller tank.. Much smaller...
Big old elevator there... Most around here are much, much smaller except a few on the river were they load barges.. But we have Elevators every 10 miles or so it seams, not to meniton farms building 100,000 bushel grainbins... neighbor has two of those... Them things are huge.
I know on our cold days we would fill the tank once a day and the cows would drink it down and than you would fill it up again the next day.. Usually with our 1500 gallon tanks the ice that is left will get melted by the new water coming in as long as you have enough head drinking.. If you don't. use a smaller tank.. Much smaller...
Big old elevator there... Most around here are much, much smaller except a few on the river were they load barges.. But we have Elevators every 10 miles or so it seams, not to meniton farms building 100,000 bushel grainbins... neighbor has two of those... Them things are huge.
movin' on
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Murph, what do you mean by "country elevator"? Just wondering.
Maple Leaf Angus
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Many years ago, I was at a wedding in Hutchinson, Kansas. While there, I saw what I thought what surely had to be the biggest elevator in the world! At least, it was the longest one I have ever seen.
Do any of you Kansas folks know the one I am talking about?
Do any of you Kansas folks know the one I am talking about?
movin' on
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Yes, I lived near Hutchinson for my first 25 years of life. The longest elevator under one "head" in the world is in Hutchinson. One half mile long. That's why I was asking Murph what a "country elevator" was.
Maple Leaf Angus
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Thanks, movin on. That's pretty interesting. I was down there in the late '70's. That thing would take a lot of kernels of wheat to fill it up!
murph
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A country elevator is a farmer elevator vs. a terminal elevator like the ones on the port or on the MS River. Some of those terminal elevators are bigger than Friona Wheat Growers. Another cool picture of the elevator is on their web site http://www.frionawheatgrowers.com
movin' on
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Yeah it would! I've hauled hundreds of loads of wheat there back in my "farming" days. I should know what the capacity is but I don't! I know that there is several million bushels of storage in about two square miles there in Hutch.
movin' on
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I see Murph. The one there in Hutchinson used to be owned by Collingwood and now ADM owns it.
murph
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jerry H I drank coffee with Gary last week and he is doing incredibly good. He is walking, a little slow but is getting out some, He said he sat in his saddle the other day just to see if he could , said it was a little ouchy. Not ready to be horseback just yet. Glad he is still around as a horse fell on him and crushed his pelvis.Jerry H said:
Jerry H
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thanks murf
i had not heard any news on him in awhile
i'm glad he is getting around i know the guys that have been helping him but we have all been so busy with the bad weather and all that i have not talked to anyone
i don't know gary personally but we go to the same church and know alot of the same folks
it's funny that not a week before his horse fell with him i had the same thing happen to me but i came out luckier than gary i geuss just hurt my neck and back some but i never had to miss any work thank god
thanks again
until later
jerry
i had not heard any news on him in awhile
i'm glad he is getting around i know the guys that have been helping him but we have all been so busy with the bad weather and all that i have not talked to anyone
i don't know gary personally but we go to the same church and know alot of the same folks
it's funny that not a week before his horse fell with him i had the same thing happen to me but i came out luckier than gary i geuss just hurt my neck and back some but i never had to miss any work thank god
thanks again
until later
jerry