rusty6
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- East central Sask.
One of the few foggy mornings we have had here this winter. Not real heavy but enough to make some nice scenery for the drone. Looking down on grandpa's Red River Special thresher in the pasture.
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One old neighbor had a Red River Special threshing machine powered by a Rumley Oil Pull that he used to do the neighborhood threshing with for many, many years. It
finally got so old that the joke was that you'd end up with more oats in the stack than in the bin which was proven in the spring when the straw stacks would get real
green.
finally got so old that the joke was that you'd end up with more oats in the stack than in the bin which was proven in the spring when the straw stacks would get real
green.
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rusty6
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- East central Sask.
Here, way back in time the straw stacks were used for livestock feed. I'd guess a little grain in them would be appreciated by the cattle and horses in the cold winters.
We had two big barns but in the day of loose hay we needed all of the barn space for hay and would blow the straw on a stack right up close to the end of the barn so we
could pitch it in a window and it was all used for bedding. Once we started baling, then we could store the straw in a mow in the barn. A much better arrangement.
could pitch it in a window and it was all used for bedding. Once we started baling, then we could store the straw in a mow in the barn. A much better arrangement.
That's a great picture. My grandfather started his homestead with oxen in 1905. Don't know how
long he kept them. I've got a couple iron oxen shoes. Some of the farmers let their colts run
along with the mares when they were being used. Fifty years later I heard stories of sows burrowing
into the straw piles to birth their piglets. In the summers you'd see old straw bottoms being
burned.
long he kept them. I've got a couple iron oxen shoes. Some of the farmers let their colts run
along with the mares when they were being used. Fifty years later I heard stories of sows burrowing
into the straw piles to birth their piglets. In the summers you'd see old straw bottoms being
burned.
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rusty6
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- East central Sask.
Straw seems to get more palatable after aging a year or so in a bale or stack. The cattle will eat it better than fresh straw. I've heard stories of old horses dying in a straw stack when they laid down for shelter there in winter and couldn't get up. These "settings" were usually out in the field away from the yard so the sheaves didn't have to be hauled so far to the thresher.
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