How should I use my land?

Novel ranching idea.

I was visiting John Puckett today and drove past a very nice home with a couple of nicely trimed padocks constructed out of plastic fencing. Inside the padocks were two, twice live sized plastic bulls.

Eugene
 
I don't think those taste very good :lol: :lol: But they're easy on the feed bill :lol:
8)
 
Yeah John. I'm thinking of rabbits for meat.

If the coyotes, bobcats, foxes, and mountain lions leave a few for me I'd rather hunt rabbits to put in the freezer. I don't see a lot of rabbits even though I have lots of clover in the fields and trees and brush around the fields.

I have seen lots of turkeys, pheasants, and deer. And the pond next door is busting at the seems with very large panfish and medium sized bass. Wild blackberries are abundant and there are lots of wild cherry trees around.

Once I get moved I plan on putting a large chest freezer in the basement and spending my spare time filling it. :lol:
 
You might consider Irish Dexters for a cow. They are quite small. They look a bit like a small angus. There were some in the NE IA when I looked into it several years ago.
 
Little Indy,

I have looked into Dexters. IIRC, they're a good beef and dairy breed. If I just raise one head it might be a Dexter steer because of the reasonable amount of meat I'd get for the family. If I raise several head of cattle so I can sell some I'll go with something else.

I'm a little concerned that the Dexters are so small and cute that it would soon become a family pet. :D

They really are an ideal 'homestead' type breed.
 
John responed: Eugene. The owners husband is buried there, those are grave markers. You just thought you had strange neighbors.

John: In my conversations and dealings with you I have found you to be a decent, honest person. So I will take your word that those two plastic bulls are a grave marker.

Eugene
 
Dan:

Long story. Early 1960's I was working for my uncle shelling corn just south of the army post/Des Moines city limits. One of the neighbors said that he wouldn't be back to help that afternoon because he had to go to a funeral. I expressed my condolences. The guy said that he had a pet cemetary just up the road (closer to the city limits) and that the funeral was for a horse.

I asked if he dug the grave with a backhoe. Guy stated that he dug every grave by hand.

Last time I was past the place it was still a pet cemetary and he was still in business.

It was just a thought - I really didn't think you would go for it.

Rabbit hunting. Used to walk beside the corn picker. You could fill a freezer in a couple of hours.

Eugene
 
Sorry Eugene. I thought you were just joking around when you recommended pet cemetery.

I know they serve a purpose and they probably make some pretty good money for their owners but I think it might creep me out. Reminds me of a Stephen King movie.
 
Now you've got to remember that I grew up in the suburbs of a fairly large city. I spent a lot of time at my grandparents homes out in the country in central Missouri but they weren't really farmers.

Anyway, I saw lots of these strange looking plant in one of my hay fields. I had no idea what it was but I suspected I had a problem with weeds. I picked some of it over the weekend and showed it to some good ole farm boys and girls at work this week for identification. It's alfalfa!!! Lots of it.

I've got one good field of grass, clover, and alfalfa and another good field of grass and clover.

Maybe it's not a big deal but it sounds pretty good to me. This place is sounding better all the time.
 
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