landtracdeerhunter

Found my first one of the season this morning, walking in gathering maple sap.

A real old timer.

Mine plugged up with snow. I'll give them to fasteddie.

Are a nice quiet breed. The other warrant mentioning, hens could fly like birds, given enough room for lift off. They would fly back to the corn field, pick up scraps from our harvested corn fields, then land on the peak of the barn roof as they come home. We clipped one wing feathers, to throw them off.

I heard two toms up on the knoll raising all kinds of hell Monday. They was a battle going on. One had a bloody head, he chased the other into the brush. Been hearing gobbling, while working in the woods, the last week. Seems a little early.

They raised all kinds of hell. Even the deer got out of dodge. I broke two up fighting Monday here, only to have them go into the brush after one another. One had a battle wound to his head. It's that time of year

Years ago, I always raised a couple hundred Muscovy ducks for both egg and meat production. At the time they were the only duck on the market where the meat wasn't greasy. Egg production slowed in the late summer, even though I would pump the protein to them. Selling duck eggs were slow on the market; but the meat flew off the tables.

Hope you bought all they had in stock at that price. . That's expensive paint.

Now I've seen everything. A John Deere chicken coop, lol. Great job on the build.

Today, they have hydraulic blades that mount on the front of the boom, to angle side to side. Can also tip the blade forward with the bucket hydraulic cylinders to make great snow igloos. If you want to invest the money in these compact tractors, they make anything a skid steer can use.

Ford 1951 8N would make that a side mount distributor. Redesign of the camshaft, front timing cover, as a result of the best kept secret by the Ford tractor dealers for decades. I converted many to 12 volts just to eliminate the generator. I can understand, keeping it 6 volt however. I rebuilt several generators over the years. Simple electrical system. Most that would go wrong would be the in line resistor to the coil. I did have a cap short out along with the internal lead going to the points break sometimes though. Bad connections and or bad grounds always to be considered on these antiques. Coils would last forever on side mounts, so it seemed.

In 2004, these tractor manufactures were knocking on potential dealerships doors to gain name recognition, increase dealer support, etc.. I had a better offer from another company that I ran with. I would have liked to represent them, if I didn't already have another brand that fit the same bill as T.Y.M., at the time.

Long history here, with the pre Golden Jubilee era. Made a good living off those tractors, not so many years ago. You might know the name, Owen, Yoder Brothers, long since gone. I still have a few N's on the place, just for old times sake. I will be rebuilding my grandfather's 1942, 2 N in the future,

I have a loader for my front wheel assist farm tractor, that was bought new in 2004. I purchased it from out of my inventory. I usually leave it off, most of the year including winter. It's so dam awkward and ties the tractor up to much for other purposes I use the tractor for. It's also tougher on the front axle bearings running up and down the road, leaving the loader on.. I use a rear three point hitch back blade on a bank run gravel driveway for like 30 years now. it will dig in and grade some of the driveway into the lawn, when no frost or ice present, if not careful. Neighbors get that from pickups and four wheelies. The tractors are so much money today, it's really difficult to justify purchasing one; at least in my book it does. Someone mentioned a Ford 9N with a blade for clearing snow. They work for a few inches at a time. If you have ice under the tires, they hardly get out of their own way with the three point blade up. One tire spinning, hit the brake and the other tire will spin. Manufactures come a long way when differential lock was developed. Now with front wheel assist tractors, differential locks not used to much. One thing I always ran by my customers; the horse power you think you will need, move up to the next hp.class. You can never have to much, but to little does no good at all.

I had a chance to sell the TYM brand back in 2004. I went with another brand, instead. Great South Korean tractor,

You must be in that 100 inch zone I read about yesterday in New York. 1963, 1966, 1977 were all bad storms in our area. We had bad flooding in their aftermath.

With all this cold weather and snow, Maple producers are hoping for a good, extended maple run season. Maybe. Temperature now need to get up in the 30S with below freezing nights.

Old time beekeepers [ most were farmers) would erect a building where the hives would take the place of the outer walls, entrances facing out, with a roof over head. An isle way was down the center of the building, to interact with the hives. The idea was to have good air circulation around the hives a kind of wind break, with an extra roof over head to protect the hives. The sun would shine on the hive to awake the cluster, on warmer days. I remember seeing a couple of these small buildings, back in the 60's. None of which were being used at that time. I watched one being taken apart, to make way for a chicken coop. I was never told why this concept was stopped. It would seem like a pretty good idea. Might have something to do with bees being transported around more in modern times?

A colder winter can actually be more benifital than a warmer one, provided a nice sunny day with temps about 30 or better is thrown in the mix, now and again. Activity is not as great with colder temps, which makes food reserves last longer. A sunny day give the bees a chance to fly out to remove waste from their systems. Mine were out the last sunny day doing their duty. They also were cleaning house of the bees that died inside. Have they moved up into the upper chamber yet?

I know last winter really spoiled me with it being so mild.

No. This would take the fun and enjoyment out of deer hunting for me anyways. I found through the years, and as I grow older, to enjoy the finer thing, that nature has to teach.

Look at the guest visits. Thirteen pages (30 guest per page) on a Sunday morning listed. Checking back on old threads and posts. Yes some are spammers and hackers, but I bet you their are a lot of old members visiting the site without logging in. That's nothing to shake a stick at. Yes a few old members came back to make a comment on this thread. What I read was bitterness, anger and reality. Carries a long ways sometimes. We've done excellent here for years; with an owner that just may be one of those visitors, from time to time.

The stalls full and they just keep shoveling it.

I believe quite a few are still carrying. I did see three that had dropped back in late season though. Shed hunting will start for me, when this cold weather breaks, and the January thaw comes, when ever. Can't wait.

Yeah, seems like old times, doesn't it, LOL.