Farming Chitchat 10/10- Now VIRUS-FREE!

kollegeknight · 20-10-2019 11:47am

Say my name wrote: »

120 cows on 10 farms and no fences!!
Some lads are addicted to hardship.
Reminds me of that fella Evenflow...:pac:

He was like “as long as they weren’t on lawns.” His only saving grace is my grass was long and distributed their weight. I just got to them before they got to my mothers lawn.

I was saying they got an awful shock off my fence. It’s a force field for 300acres and puts out 7000 volts, that I work 30 miles away and can’t take a chance of getting a call like he just did. All he replied, “when you get those calls 8 times a week, you get used to them.”

Say my name · 20-10-2019 11:59am

kollegeknight wrote: »

He was like “as long as they weren’t on lawns.” His only saving grace is my grass was long and distributed their weight. I just got to them before they got to my mothers lawn.

I was saying they got an awful shock off my fence. It’s a force field for 300acres and puts out 7000 volts, that I work 30 miles away and can’t take a chance of getting a call like he just did. All he replied, “when you get those calls 8 times a week, you get used to them.”

Ah will you stop!!

He HAS to drive a blue hiace as well.

https://youtu.be/JFsoQ7GJh2I

kollegeknight · 20-10-2019 12:07pm

Say my name wrote: »

Ah will you stop!!

He HAS to drive a blue hiace as well.

https://youtu.be/JFsoQ7GJh2I

Ha, pretty much a carbon copy, maybe less roaring. Twas like a scene from bachelors in trouble, there was 6inches at the back of his Jeep and the cow trying to get past, then she’d go to the front of the Jeep and he trying to squeeze through the 6 inches to stop her. The crowd that sold the land will regret it yet.

Grueller · 20-10-2019 1:05pm

Grueller wrote: »

Thanks be to jaysus I've no cows to milk yet. Just in front a wedding and ful enough. 12 tomorrow will be time to get up

Up and out feeding cattle here. What did Christy Moore say? Oh jaysus, jaysus never again.

Off to the day 2 barbecue now at 4.30. I'll report back tomorrow.

jaymla627 · 20-10-2019 5:18pm

kollegeknight wrote: »

Ha, pretty much a carbon copy, maybe less roaring. Twas like a scene from bachelors in trouble, there was 6inches at the back of his Jeep and the cow trying to get past, then she’d go to the front of the Jeep and he trying to squeeze through the 6 inches to stop her. The crowd that sold the land will regret it yet.

He might seem harmless but the reasoning behind buying ground all over the county and not fencing it is to basically get to graze the neighbours aswell,

patsy_mccabe · 20-10-2019 5:53pm

jaymla627 wrote: »

He might seem harmless but the reasoning behind buying ground all over the county and not fencing it is to basically get to graze the neighbours aswell,

There's 2 sides to a fence.

whelan2 · 20-10-2019 6:15pm

Genghis Cant wrote: »

Isn't you county final that was posponed last weekend on tomorrow too?

Minors won, seniors lost

Genghis Cant · 20-10-2019 7:09pm

whelan2 wrote: »

Minors won, seniors lost

Balls. That's two years in a row losing. I seem to remember that they left it behind last year.

Albert Johnson · 20-10-2019 7:12pm

jaymla627 wrote: »

He might seem harmless but the reasoning behind buying ground all over the county and not fencing it is to basically get to graze the neighbours aswell,

A man locally would have kept large numbers of sucklers during the reference years on a large acreage of owned and rented land. He wasn't known for taking good care of the rented ground and would generally be given his marching orders within a few years. Therefore he had to cast the net further afield every year for more acreage. One year he attended a land setting auction the guts of 30 miles from home and gave a big price for 10 acres of rough grazing on an 11 months lease. The auctioneer didn't know him and having made enquires asked him as to why he'd bother with such a small place seeing as he had such a bundle of cattle. He replied that driving down the road he'd seen that the surrounding land was only half stocked and all he wanted was a local address to get his foot in the door.

Bullocks · 20-10-2019 7:29pm

Albert Johnson wrote: »

A man locally would have kept large numbers of sucklers during the reference years on a large acreage of owned and rented land. He wasn't known for taking good care of the rented ground and would generally be given his marching orders within a few years. Therefore he had to cast the net further afield every year for more acreage. One year he attended a land setting auction the guts of 30 miles from home and gave a big price for 10 acres of rough grazing on an 11 months lease. The auctioneer didn't know him and having made enquires asked him as to why he'd bother with such a small place seeing as he had such a bundle of cattle. He replied that driving down the road he'd seen that the surrounding land was only half stocked and all he wanted was a local address to get his foot in the door.

I met a lad the other day who asked would I give him a hand testing in a couple of weeks, was surprised when he said he had something over 80 sucklers and whatever calves were with them. He only has about 10 acres owned if that and bits rented. I was telling the old fella when I was home and he said the same crowd are the same way for years, rent a piece and hope the neighbours were quiet when stock would break in haha

kollegeknight · 20-10-2019 9:43pm

jaymla627 wrote: »

He might seem harmless but the reasoning behind buying ground all over the county and not fencing it is to basically get to graze the neighbours aswell,

For the most part, I’m lucky that way. Well fenced at his bounds but I hadn’t a gate up at the bottom of our avenue when I was applying for planning. I was told not to have one up and I rebuilt a pier and Beverly put up a gate again. I’ll do it now.

Dad always said if he went down with TB, half of our parish and half the neighboring one would be locked up too.

_Brian · 21-10-2019 7:52am

Driving between Dundalk and Carrickmacross last night.

Approaching a crossroads I could see a car waiting for me to pass as it was dark and lights were easily seen.

Just as I approached the junction a guy on a bicycle came up along side the car and straight across the junction in front of us. Jamming on breaks I missed him by few feet.

Pricks like this get all cyclists a bad name. Selfish moron risking his life just to keep up momentum.

jaymla627 · 21-10-2019 11:01am

Albert Johnson wrote: »

A man locally would have kept large numbers of sucklers during the reference years on a large acreage of owned and rented land. He wasn't known for taking good care of the rented ground and would generally be given his marching orders within a few years. Therefore he had to cast the net further afield every year for more acreage. One year he attended a land setting auction the guts of 30 miles from home and gave a big price for 10 acres of rough grazing on an 11 months lease. The auctioneer didn't know him and having made enquires asked him as to why he'd bother with such a small place seeing as he had such a bundle of cattle. He replied that driving down the road he'd seen that the surrounding land was only half stocked and all he wanted was a local address to get his foot in the door.

Have a lad like that beside us at the minute, takes ground beside us for tillage and then out winters sucklers and their calves on stubbles, not a strand of wire his side and cattle half starving half the time, where breaking through double stranded wire into us with 8k vollts in it last January...
It happened twice on 3rd occasion I lost the rag and said next time the whole lot was been put out on the road and drove up to the adjoining forestry...
He moved then onto stubbles beside a badly fenced main road on same block then and a cow ended up on main road been hit by a car, killed stone dead and car wrote off he's been took to the cleaners now by driver of car

Water John · 21-10-2019 11:06am

This house budget of a woman with 6 children, working on a pig farm, may be of interest.

https://www.thejournal.ie/readme/spending-money-diary-ireland-pig-farmer-4850943-Oct2019/

Grueller · 21-10-2019 12:24pm

Grueller wrote: »

Up and out feeding cattle here. What did Christy Moore say? Oh jaysus, jaysus never again.

Off to the day 2 barbecue now at 4.30. I'll report back tomorrow.

Burnt out!!!!!!!
2 day weddings are for the young of this world not auld lads like myself. Had some craic though:D:D

CHOPS01 · 21-10-2019 1:34pm

Out for a walk yesterday evening with wife and kids. Herself says lets have a race ! Bit of a 20 yard dash. Off I went and powered into the lead ðŸ˜‚ Snap !!
Crippled today either pulled or tore a quad I reckon.

Odelay · 21-10-2019 5:56pm

It’s the season of cluster flies. Gave up hovering them and then emptied a can of fly spray upstairs. Hopefully that will cure the worst of them.

Say my name · 21-10-2019 6:58pm

Odelay wrote: »

It’s the season of cluster flies. Gave up hovering them and then emptied a can of fly spray upstairs. Hopefully that will cure the worst of them.

We never get those cluster flies here.
I think you have to be near natural woodland or marshland?

If you were standing here for five minutes though today you'd be covered in small spiders and webs.

Base price · 21-10-2019 7:26pm

Say my name wrote: »

We never get those cluster flies here.
I think you have to be near natural woodland or marshland?

If you were standing here for five minutes though today you'd be covered in small spiders and webs.

The whins in the hedgerows have been covered in gossamer in the last week or so. This years spiderlings are heading off on their next adventure

Odelay · 21-10-2019 7:27pm

Say my name wrote: »

We never get those cluster flies here.
I think you have to be near natural woodland or marshland?

If you were standing here for five minutes though today you'd be covered in small spiders and webs.

Well I had planned on brining a bag full of spiders into the house to take care of the flies, but that would have led to other problems...

Lady Haywire · 21-10-2019 7:31pm

Odelay wrote: »

Well I had planned on brining a bag full of spiders into the house to take care of the flies, but that would have led to other problems...

A bagful of birds to catch the spiders, a bagful of cats to catch the birds :pac:

Mac Taylor · 21-10-2019 8:11pm

Jeez, the politicians in the north are gas, brexit has been flying around for nearly 3 years and they decided they didn’t need an government which impacts them all, yet mention abortion and same sex marriage which impacts a few and they are all over it. At least we know their priorities........

Nekarsulm · 21-10-2019 8:18pm

DUP spends all last week in Wesrminister demanding NI is treated exactly the same as rest of UK, and all day today in Stormont demanding that it isn't!

whelan2 · 21-10-2019 8:18pm

Nekarsulm wrote: »

DUP spends all last week in Wesrminister demanding NI is treated exactly the same as rest of UK, and all day today in Stormont demanding that it isn't!

Could you imagine Ian paisley with all that's going on?

Birdnuts · 21-10-2019 8:32pm

Odelay wrote: »

Well I had planned on brining a bag full of spiders into the house to take care of the flies, but that would have led to other problems...

Over the years I've found spiders webbing in the skylights are the greatest way to nab the likes of bluebottles in the house

Say my name · 21-10-2019 9:01pm

Nekarsulm wrote: »

DUP spends all last week in Wesrminister demanding NI is treated exactly the same as rest of UK, and all day today in Stormont demanding that it isn't!

Didn't the Labour MP's though play a blinder in tabling the motion of same sex marriage and abortion through on the same day and playing the DUP as fools when the power sharing assembly was broken up. And the DUP couldn't do a thing today when Sinn Fein wouldn't attend today.
So you had the particular circumstances of the power sharing assembly in Stormont broken up, two Labour MP's tabling the motion, it being voted for in favour in Westminster, the DUP trying today to reconvene the assembly today to block it, Sinn Fein not attending so that failed, and then any that did attend today all fell out with each other over who the new speaker would be and all walked out.

If there is a God it was poetic justice against the DUP today.

Base price · 21-10-2019 9:15pm

Birdnuts wrote: »

Over the years I've found spiders webbing in the skylights are the greatest way to nab the likes of bluebottles in the house

Much to my late Mam's horror I try to keep as many spider webs in my house as possible

Unfortunately most people/home owners don't appreciate the work that spiders do in catching flies, crane flies (daddy long legs) etc.

Lime Tree Farm · 21-10-2019 9:18pm

on now - 103 - ITV
The Unknown Soldiers
A special episode dedicated to the extraordinary searches for soldiers lost in battle during first world war.

Base price · 21-10-2019 9:20pm

whelan2 wrote: »

Could you imagine Ian paisley with all that's going on?

As I posted in the Brexit thread I associate him with "No Surrender" and I thought that both sides have moved on from that type of rhetoric but it seems to be trying to rear it's ugly head again :mad:

Say my name · 21-10-2019 9:43pm

Base price wrote: »

As I posted in the Brexit thread I associate him with "No Surrender" and I thought that both sides have moved on from that type of rhetoric but it seems to be trying to rear it's ugly head again :mad:

The DUP live in their own bubble far removed from real life business and cooperation. They even make their own religion to suit their own ideology.
I'm not on about Presbyterian or Methodist, I'm on about these far removed from sense and life ideological evangelist ones as Green Pastures. Brainwashing.
The money came for these isolationist creations from Wright bus and money pumped into the north from the UK for the vast civil service to keep the peace.
They've been spoiled rotten in other words and never needed to be any other way.

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