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Dont know about corn subsidy as i dont grow the stuff, grew some sweet corn in the garden for dinner. but that was back when i had a couple of pigs. sold em off cause it cost too much to feed em, $40 every two weeks for pollard and barely. just started stick raking 85 acre with the old Dozer probably take 3 or 4 weeks. winter coming on so not expecting any rain for a while. Wild Dogs (Dingo's) getting pretty bad had one come within 100 ft of the house but it bolted when it saw me, by the time i got the rifle out it was 1/2 mile away and still going. heard 4 or 5 howling at 3 am yester morning. and how this off the coast of Queenland there is a big sandy island called fraser Island. well they have wild dogs on there and anyway a while back they had a child attacked so the enviromentalists decided that rather than kill the dam things they would relocate them, and where better to put them right in the middle of cattle and sheep country, smart move!! they kill young calves and lambs. anyway Bob my neighbour is out getting fire wood and the dam dog walked right up to the car. so he shoot it. Any dog we see on our property is fair game. we also do baiting as well i put out 12 baits last week and when i checked after a few days 9 baits were gone. funny but when you bait you never find a dead dingo, that enought for this one.

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Subject: summer crop 2008/09.

Description: <br>forage sorgum summer forage crop on the day i let the cattle in to grase

summer crop 2008 09 - New Pix by TumbaDowns
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Subject: David Brown 990 Selectamatic.

Description: <br>David Brown 990 Selectamatic with combine seeder just after finishing 2nd planting of 20 acre in the 50 acre Paddock

David Brown 990 Selectamatic - New Pix by TumbaDowns
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yeah KT the little white tractor is a David Brown 990 selectamatic; 4 cylinder diesel with a 12 speed three stick gear box, poor old girl is near as old as i am. heavy ploughing,this paddock was ploughed up last winter and planted forage barely last april (2008) and cattle feed on it in aug sept, just replanted same paddock again for this years winter crop, again forage mix 40 acre equals 10 by 40kg bags (880lbs) of forage barely 80kg (176lbs) of Forage Oats and 20kg (44lbs) lucerne. my own idea for the mix, this year all working up (ploughing) of the paddock done with the david brown and set of 16 disc offsets. glad you enjoyed the pics. see new pic of David brown & combine seeder set up.<br>

some heavy plowing - New Pix by TumbaDowns
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wood heaters are the way to go and if your place is like mine i have more trees than i could burn in 10 life times. however not all are good burning, take for instance cypress pine, a hard wood that because of its resinous nature burns quickly so you are always feeding it, and the resin can build up in the chimney, and it has been known to catch alight causing the house to catch fire, so a point to watch, with resinous fire wood. what do you do with the as? I collect it, when i have enough to fill my fertilizer spreader, i put it on my paddocks before cultivation, a good source of Potash (potassium Carbonate)good for plant growth. especially in poorer soil area.

BURNING WOOD NOW
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disc ploughing should only be used as the 1st cut on a new paadock, i have a 22 disc one way plough, continually making left hand turns while ploughing up a paddock, the only thing i have that will pull the heavy thing is an old dozer, which is fine because the ground pressure of the dozer tracks is far less then that of my small tractor, after the initial soil breaking with the big plough i then swap for a set of 16 disc offsets which i work the paddock in one direction (up and down the paddock,)then change direction across the paddock, once thats done i put a set of scarifiers (chisels) on the 3pt and run diagonal cross pattern then run the offset disc again in the direction i 1st started them finally i us a set of harrows to break up any big sods of soil left, it takes about a week to go from 50acres of grazing pasture to ready to plant paddock for Barely or oats, it is in heavy black clay soil call Brigalow or melon hole country

Ploughing advice
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Subject: me.

Description: <br>Fred thompson

me - New Pix by TumbaDowns
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Subject: Tumba downs house.

Description: <br>Tumba Downs is the property name, not a bad house, no gardens yet and ive been here near 6 years

Tumba downs house - New Pix by TumbaDowns
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Subject: me.

Description: <br>fred thompson

me - New Pix by TumbaDowns
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great looking paddock, looks like you planted right up to the house. so now you have a great crop what do you do with it? do you bale the hay after its harvested?
love your farm, Kinda wish mine was like it

wheat field - New Pix by pinevalleyfarm
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Subject: David Brown 770.

Description: <br>My David Brown 770

David Brown 770 - New Pix by TumbaDowns
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just emember to take the spark plug out of the chainsaw

Buying that Perfect Small Farm
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Subject: cattle on pasture.

Description: <br>cows and calves enjoying the results of the heavy ploughing,

cattle on pasture - New Pix by TumbaDowns
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Subject: me.

Description: <br>fred thompson

me - New Pix by TumbaDowns
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Subject: Tractor at work.

Description: <br>David Brown tractor snigging logs out of the forest

Tractor at work - New Pix by TumbaDowns
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Subject: me.

Description: <br>fred thompson

me - New Pix by TumbaDowns
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Subject: Tractors at work.

Description: <br>Snigging logs out of the forest using David Brown tractor

Tractors at work - New Pix by TumbaDowns
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