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Farming Chitchat 10/10- Now VIRUS-FREE!

Buford T. Justice XIX

New thread, same old stories:)

Old thread can be found below

https://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2057886077

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Buford T. Justice XIX

davidk1394 wrote: »

I'm sure it's been mentioned, but whats the story with the old threads ?

There's a lot of pressure on the servers with the amount of people online at the one time so the site protection software kicks into action to prevent the site going down.

And there appears to be some small glitch in the software that's causing a few issues as well but the IT guys are flat out keeping the site online atm and haven't had a chance to try to find it and fix it.

Nekarsulm

Typical Twitter and Facebook "pile on" by the easily outraged.
350 a week to sit on the sofa, verses 380 a week to do 8 hours a day in a poly tunnel on your knees? (minus deductions for food and lodgings)?
Most of those faceless warriors would be gone by 11am on the first day.
Probably call into Lidl and buy German jam ( picked by Romanians) at 99 cent a jar instead of buying Irish anyway.

Base price

Lime Tree Farm wrote: »

Glorious sunsets the past few evenings - I am surprised how far north they are on the horizon for April, usually see sunset in the south west sky not the north west at this time of the year.

I noticed that too especially on Tuesday and Wednesday night. I presume that it's down to the atmosphere been a little clearer with less pollution?

Say my name

Base price wrote: »

I noticed that too especially on Tuesday and Wednesday night. I presume that it's down to the atmosphere been a little clearer with less pollution?

These glorious sunsets are the result of the mountains being set ablaze this past week.
If there was no smoke in the air you wouldn't get these red sunsets. It's the particles in the air that the light bounces off and shows up.

Mt Leinster has been ablaze the last five days on and off. Wicklow I think it's everyday.

Even further afield Krakatoa erupted but I doubt that's any effect here yet.
The wildfires in the U.S. last year gave us some great sunsets that everyone noticed. Same with the fires in Portugal the smoke came up here too.

Water John

Gents and maybe Ladies too, hair and beard trimmer on sale in Lidl on Monday for €15.

Kevhog1988

Nekarsulm wrote: »

Typical Twitter and Facebook "pile on" by the easily outraged.
350 a week to sit on the sofa, verses 380 a week to do 8 hours a day in a poly tunnel on your knees? (minus deductions for food and lodgings)?
Most of those faceless warriors would be gone by 11am on the first day.
Probably call into Lidl and buy German jam ( picked by Romanians) at 99 cent a jar instead of buying Irish anyway.

This exactly!! people that wouldnt work in the good times arent going to work now. Fair play to them lads at it. Im working from home at the moment thank god but id have no problem going doing that to keep food on the table. I did worse jobs in the past when in college etc.

kollegeknight

Clear herd test. Had a cow with massive horns skulled. Big enough to make pint glasses out of. Glad to have that job done.

Water John

Good to pass, will be reading myself later. Those horns might be handy to those doing biodynamic farming. Don't they fill them with something and bury them in the field for the winter?

Say my name

Water John wrote: »

Good to pass, will be reading myself later. Those horns might be handy to those doing biodynamic farming. Don't they fill them with something and bury them in the field for the winter?

Special dates according to the moon.
Dung and clay and the microbes from the pit for the winter.
Crushed silica rock and something else for the summer.
I mightnt be 100% on that.
Horns have to be from a milking cow.

Water John

Yippee, clear TB test. Was a little concerned as all are bought in animals from 9 different herds.

Base price

Say my name wrote: »

These glorious sunsets are the result of the mountains being set ablaze this past week.
If there was no smoke in the air you wouldn't get these red sunsets. It's the particles in the air that the light bounces off and shows up.

Mt Leinster has been ablaze the last five days on and off. Wicklow I think it's everyday.

Even further afield Krakatoa erupted but I doubt that's any effect here yet.
The wildfires in the U.S. last year gave us some great sunsets that everyone noticed. Same with the fires in Portugal the smoke came up here too.

I don't think so. We had stunning sunsets last month and there wasn't any mountains on fire.

Actually Siobhan Ryan (Met Eireann) gives an excellent explanation here - https://www.irishtimes.com/news/environment/why-are-we-having-such-spectacular-sunsets-it-s-all-down-to-the-light-1.4209069

Say my name

Base price wrote: »

I don't think so. We had stunning sunsets last month and there wasn't any mountains on fire.

Actually Siobhan Ryan (Met Eireann) gives an excellent explanation here - https://www.irishtimes.com/news/environment/why-are-we-having-such-spectacular-sunsets-it-s-all-down-to-the-light-1.4209069

Apologies. You're completely correct.

kollegeknight

Water John wrote: »

Yippee, clear TB test. Was a little concerned as all are bought in animals from 9 different herds.

Great. Always a relief.
As for the horns, my brother asked for them- he is into being self reliant etc so will see what he does with them.

whelan2

Oh used 2 horns off a bully cow that we skilled last week

kollegeknight

whelan2 wrote: »

Oh used 2 horns off a bully cow that we skilled last week

Did ye boil out the core? My vet was saying some people locally use them as holy water fonts.

Brother wants them for gun powder horns- he doesn’t have muskets.

whelan2

kollegeknight wrote: »

Did ye boil out the core? My vet was saying some people locally use them as holy water fonts.

Brother wants them for gun powder horns- he doesn’t have muskets.

He washed them out with boiling water and put meat detail in them

Lime Tree Farm

In times past, large cow horns with the tip cut off, were used for dosing cattle. I have one belonging to an ancestor, it has the Landlord's initials imprinted on it.

kollegeknight

The run of bulls is truly over- a red limo heifer this evening. Still happy out. Have one black limo cow, one red and then two speckle parks left to calf.

Say my name

Lime Tree Farm wrote: »

In times past, large cow horns with the tip cut off, were used for dosing cattle. I have one belonging to an ancestor, it has the Landlord's initials imprinted on it.

What did they dose cattle with and what for in times past?

Genghis Cant

Lime Tree Farm wrote: »

In times past, large cow horns with the tip cut off, were used for dosing cattle. I have one belonging to an ancestor, it has the Landlord's initials imprinted on it.

Around here I saw them used at the end of a handle on a slean. Finished it off nicely.

Lime Tree Farm

Say my name wrote: »

What did they dose cattle with and what for in times past?

No idea, but I have seen a similar one on display in a Palatine museum.

Say my name

Lime Tree Farm wrote: »

No idea, but I have seen a similar one on display in a Palatine museum.

Maybe paraffin oil for bloat or something.

Albert Johnson

whelan2 wrote: »

Oh used 2 horns off a bully cow that we skilled last week

I'm always reminded of boss Hogg's Cadillac in the Duke's of Hazard when I see something like the above. You'd see some fine specimens going through the mart on occasion. I've already taken to wearing a cowboy hat as protection against the midday sun lately so I suppose a pair of horns mounted on the bonnet of the jeep could only finish off the look.