I found out the hard way that high lambing rates come from flushing. I always heard it was the ram, and still do, I just got a ram the other day...
I am the opposite. The wife is a woman (hey you have to specify these days), all four daughters are girls, all the sheep are girls, the dog is a...
Anything over 5 pounds is illegal anyway...
I rechecked all my typing and yep, everytime I used a W and not a B so that should not be it. :-) Probably busy tackling tankers on that pond she...
I was going to cook this up, but decided I better throw it back. Too big... (This is really a picture of me by the way with a 14 Pounder) [ATTACH]
Maybe you are right...
I am 43 so no spring chicken that is for sure, and you are right about land clearing beating you up. Even in an excavator I take a pounding. Some...
My father and I built a barn out of round wood, though we used spruce...use what you have right. It was on skids and after several years, still...
Mat logs are logs sawn into 8x8 beams that are bolted together to form a mat that is 4 feet wide and 16 feet long. They are used in the...
A lot of the paper mills have closed: Millinocket East Millinocket. Brewer, Old Town, Winslow, Augusta, Bucksport, Madison, Lincoln...Jay is...
I remember as a kid we used to farm this neighbors field. It went up a a pretty steep hill and we were scared the old 120 HP Massey Ferguson was...
For many years I just cut tree length wood, sold it and bought propane. It worked, but I was cutting what amounted to 30 cord of wood to heat my...
I guess they are building a new pellet mill in the Bailyville area of Maine to try to help that region since all they have is forestry there. The...
Oh yes it is my own land. I have cut wood on other people in the past, but now concentrate on just my own. With Maine's new logging market there...
Oh I understand completely, we are sheep farmers are we not? :-) It is frustrating how many hours goes into that with no real financial benefit,...
No, no, no...reread my post. I know I write a lot and people skim them, but they give stoves away to those who are willing to fix them up. Just...
I hope everyone knows I am only joking. If anyone should be upset at the burning witch statement it should be me. We had three family members go...
You never met my ex-wives. Not only did most of the police force partake in her socialist type congeniality...shall we say as this is a family...
That is unfortunate. To me this was like when I worked for the railroad where they refused to place first aid kits in the locomotives. Their...
Hey welcome to the forum, I am another Maine sheep farmer and a lover of old stoves, though I am a touch south of you near Belfast. If you ever...