Tag: haying season
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The Farm or Ranch Wife: Also Known As Parts Runner
This column was originally published July 30, 2014 The act of a farmer or rancher sending his wife to pick up or go get parts is referred to as going on a parts run. This is because farmers and ranchers generally want the parts-getter person to hurry in getting the needed parts and hurry…
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A Thing of Beauty
photos by Amy Kirk A lot of the pictures I take on our ranch are of our livestock, but this summer I’ve enjoyed seeing photo opportunities of our hay. As you can see we don’t have an abundance of these round bales sitting in our hayfield, but compared to last year hay crop these…
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Having a Family Hay Day
We haven’t put up enough square bales to make an impressive trailer load in a long time, so my husband wanted pictures this time. The barn was originally built to house hay stacks but this photo seemed appropriate. For the past couple of weeks we’ve been busy putting up hay. We baled a lot more square…