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Livestock/General Farming photo thread TAKE #2 ::::RULES IN 1st POST::::

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    #6542
    funkey_monkey
    Registered Users Posts: 8,263 ✭✭✭funkey_monkey


    Thanks. Will speak with the merchant and see what he recommends. Usually have general blend, but have 16% for the weanling in the bin until we can sell them on.
    I was going to just mix some post calver mineral powder into it or over the silage, but will need to see what he has in it first now.


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    #6543
    patsy_mccabe
    Registered Users Posts: 10,825 ✭✭✭✭patsy_mccabe


    We don't know how to to protest in Ireland. :D

    'If I ventured in the slipstream, Between the viaducts of your dream'



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    #6544
    Lady Haywire
    Registered Users Posts: 5,181 ✭✭✭Lady Haywire


    ^ well we can, but we're likely to get thrown into jail for it. While Anto with 55 previous convictions gets a suspended sentence because he grew up in a disadvantaged area/difficult upbringing/left school early.


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    #6545
    High bike
    Registered Users Posts: 2,504 ✭✭✭High bike


    Lady Haywire wrote: »
    ^ well we can, but we're likely to get thrown into jail for it. While Anto with 55 previous convictions gets a suspended sentence because he grew up in a disadvantaged area/difficult upbringing/left school early.
    And his mammy didn't give him hugs


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    #6546
    Anto_Meath
    Registered Users Posts: 1,337 ✭✭✭Anto_Meath


    Lady Haywire wrote: »
    ^ well we can, but we're likely to get thrown into jail for it. While Anto with 55 previous convictions gets a suspended sentence because he grew up in a disadvantaged area/difficult upbringing/left school early.

    Ah I will not be having any slurs on the the name Anto thank you very much...😁😁😁


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    #6547
    Lady Haywire
    Registered Users Posts: 5,181 ✭✭✭Lady Haywire


    Anto_Meath wrote: »
    Ah I will not be having any slurs on the the name Anto thank you very much...ðŸ˜ðŸ˜ðŸ˜

    Apologies. Can I stick in stevo or micko instead :D


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    #6548
    Albert Johnson
    Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 1,890 Mod ✭✭✭✭Albert Johnson


    Lady Haywire wrote: »
    Apologies. Can I stick in stevo or micko instead :D

    I hate to be "that" person but maybe leave Stevo off the list as well!!!


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    #6549
    Lady Haywire
    Registered Users Posts: 5,181 ✭✭✭Lady Haywire


    Albert Johnson wrote: »
    I hate to be "that" person but maybe leave Stevo off the list as well!!!

    If I have to put up with Karen I don't take prisoners.


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    #6550
    furandfeather
    Registered Users Posts: 391 ✭✭furandfeather


    Lisadell jackpot bull


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    #6551
    JJayoo
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    New twin lambs, one white one black.


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    #6552
    greysides
    Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 9,024 Mod ✭✭✭✭greysides


    JJayoo wrote: »
    New twin lambs, one white one black.

    Ebony and Ivory. You could put it to music.

    The aim of argument, or of discussion, should not be victory, but progress. Joseph Joubert

    The ultimate purpose of debate is not to produce consensus. It's to promote critical thinking.

    Adam Grant



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    #6553
    patsy_mccabe
    Registered Users Posts: 10,825 ✭✭✭✭patsy_mccabe


    ....

    'If I ventured in the slipstream, Between the viaducts of your dream'



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    #6554
    High bike
    Registered Users Posts: 2,504 ✭✭✭High bike


    patsy_mccabe wrote: »
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    she looks well impressed:D


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    #6555
    tanko
    Registered Users Posts: 9,270 ✭✭✭tanko


    High bike wrote: »
    she looks well impressed:D

    Blinded by the shirt :D


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    #6556
    Grueller
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    patsy_mccabe wrote: »
    ....

    He is only telling her that her fake tan line under her chin is brutal.


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    #6557
    Limestone Cowboy
    Registered Users Posts: 3,532 ✭✭✭Limestone Cowboy


    A few pics from the last few days.


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    #6558
    patsy_mccabe
    Registered Users Posts: 10,825 ✭✭✭✭patsy_mccabe


    Some buy land. Some make it. The recent dry weather must be a godsend for the winterage.

    'If I ventured in the slipstream, Between the viaducts of your dream'



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    #6559
    Limestone Cowboy
    Registered Users Posts: 3,532 ✭✭✭Limestone Cowboy


    patsy_mccabe wrote: »
    Some buy land. Some make it. The recent dry weather must be a godsend for the winterage.

    I timed my calving well anyway, had 15 last week, going to slow down a bit now. Its a lot easier when the days are fine. Think I will have to give the young lad I had driving the digger a bonus too, don't think anyone thought it would turn out as well. Sorry I didn't take a before picture, it wasn't pretty.


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    #6560
    Say my name
    Registered Users Posts: 11,614 ✭✭✭✭Say my name


    Limestone Cowboy wrote: »
    A few pics from the last few days.

    As much as I like trees. I'd say in a few years you'll be sorry you didn't whip those few out that are left in the middle.

    Had a drainage contractor here a few years back reclaiming rushy ground. There was a bit of birch trees in the middle along a drain. We were thinking of leaving them when they were there but before we could say anything the contractor had them all whipped out and levelled.
    It was the right thing to do in fairness as he could do the drains properly and then after when he was gone I could see what way the field was and I brought back field stones to level up places and cover with soil and I was able grade and level then with the tractor and harrow and leveller and I had a proper field where I could take a crop of silage or top or whatever.


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    #6561
    forgottenhills
    Registered Users Posts: 441 ✭✭forgottenhills


    Say my name wrote: »
    As much as I like trees. I'd say in a few years you'll be sorry you didn't whip those few out that are left in the middle.

    Had a drainage contractor here a few years back reclaiming rushy ground. There was a bit of birch trees in the middle along a drain. We were thinking of leaving them when they were there but before we could say anything the contractor had them all whipped out and levelled.
    It was the right thing to do in fairness as he could do the drains properly and then after when he was gone I could see what way the field was and I brought back field stones to level up places and cover with soil and I was able grade and level then with the tractor and harrow and leveller and I had a proper field where I could take a crop of silage or top or whatever.

    Rushy ground in Wexford? I hadn't seen any on my trips there. A good bit of ragworth here and there though... Rush bushes come in handy in some other counties for standing on when trying to walk across a wet field.


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    #6562
    funkey_monkey
    Registered Users Posts: 8,263 ✭✭✭funkey_monkey


    Say my name wrote: »
    As much as I like trees. I'd say in a few years you'll be sorry you didn't whip those few out that are left in the middle.

    LC - any particular reason you left them in? What depth would your soil be there?


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    #6563
    Say my name
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    forgottenhills wrote: »
    Rushy ground in Wexford? I hadn't seen any on my trips there. A good bit of ragworth here and there though... Rush bushes come in handy in some other counties for standing on when trying to walk across a wet field.

    I may take you on a tour the next time you're here..


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    #6564
    grassroot1
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    forgottenhills wrote: »
    Rushy ground in Wexford? I hadn't seen any on my trips there. A good bit of ragworth here and there though... Rush bushes come in handy in some other counties for standing on when trying to walk across a wet field.
    Some of the most difficult land in Ireland is in Wexford surprisingly.


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    #6565
    Limestone Cowboy
    Registered Users Posts: 3,532 ✭✭✭Limestone Cowboy


    funkey_monkey wrote: »
    LC - any particular reason you left them in? What depth would your soil be there?

    Scratching posts, shade, shelter and I just kinda like them to be honest. Not going to ever be mowing it for silage so doesn't make a huge amount of difference.


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    #6566
    forgottenhills
    Registered Users Posts: 441 ✭✭forgottenhills


    grassroot1 wrote: »
    Some of the most difficult land in Ireland is in Wexford surprisingly.

    Is this land near the Blackstairs or there abouts as I haven't been in that area? I certainly have never seen any really bad stuff apart from some sea coast marshes either side of the N11 all the way down to Carnsore, up along the east coast or over to Hook Head or along the N25 or Bunclody roads. Let me know where this difficult Wexford land is and I'll keep an eye out for it next time I'm down there!


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    #6567
    Say my name
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    forgottenhills wrote: »
    Is this land near the Blackstairs or there abouts as I haven't been in that area? I certainly have never seen any really bad stuff apart from some sea coast marshes either side of the N11 all the way down to Carnsore, up along the east coast or over to Hook Head or along the N25 or Bunclody roads. Let me know where this difficult Wexford land is and I'll keep an eye out for it next time I'm down there!

    That was the last we heard of forgottenhills.
    He was seen last in The Ballagh heading for Newbawn.


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    #6568
    forgottenhills
    Registered Users Posts: 441 ✭✭forgottenhills


    Say my name wrote: »
    That was the last we heard of forgottenhills.
    He was seen last in The Ballagh heading for Newbawn.

    I've never been in Newbawn. I've just dropped down randomly on Google maps on roads around that village and all I see are green fields and tillage. See the link below and I have clicked on a few similar roads around there with the same kind of good land to be seen.

    Random road near Newbawn

    Serious question. Can you direct me anywhere in Wexford on Google maps where you can see a rushy field?


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    #6569
    Say my name
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    forgottenhills wrote: »
    Serious question. Can you direct me anywhere in Wexford on Google maps where you can see a rushy field?

    This reminds me of ag college where wexford fellas had the cork lads drove up the wall with stories of wexford having the best land in the country and n'er a rush to be seen.
    This was all rumbled when one of the tasks we were all given was plant identification on our farms and to bring samples back in a folder.
    The big eegit I was I brought back a sample of rush among other plant species. I let the side down. :rolleyes:

    Forgottenhills we keep our rushy fields away from the roads.
    We have some dignity.


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    #6570
    valtra2
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    grassroot1 wrote: »
    Some of the most difficult land in Ireland is in Wexford surprisingly.

    In fairness some of the most difficult people are there too...


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    #6571
    forgottenhills
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    Say my name wrote: »
    This reminds me of ag college where wexford fellas had the cork lads drove up the wall with stories of wexford having the best land in the country and n'er a rush to be seen.
    This was all rumbled when one of the tasks we were all given was plant identification on our farms and to bring samples back in a folder.
    The big eegit I was I brought back a sample of rush among other plant species. I let the side down. :rolleyes:

    Forgottenhills we keep our rushy fields away from the roads.
    We have some dignity.

    All I can do is admire the land down there.

    Here is a random typical spot in West Cavan on Google maps. Click on any road around there and you will see what heavy land with rushes really looks like and never speak ill of Wexford again. Wet hills and even wetter lowlands. Zero tillage possible with modern machinery. And this is in summer when Google drive around and the land is looking it's best. The same type of land is common in Leitrim, Fermanagh, lots of the North West and Connacht. Even the odd bit of Munster.

    Back in the 1950s my father and his friends were in the young NFA/IFA and would go on the odd bus trip to different parts of the country such as the Golden Vale. He told me that they would marvel at the quality of the land there and come home fairly depressed.


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