Cold and Snowing

rusty6 · Dec 26, 2021

Been coming down pretty good here all afternoon. Lots of light and fluffy snow. .Not quite enough wind to drift it yet but we know it is going to eventually. I think we might have hit a high of -12F which is not too bad as long as you are out of the wind. Anybody interested in watching me walk through the snow feeding cats and cattle again? No tractors started in this one as there is still a day's worth of hay in the one feeder behind the trees.
Snowing and Feeding

Traditional Farmer · Dec 27, 2021

Is that a Cockshutt plow at the beginning of the video? Don't think I could last the Winter out at your place.

Bruce from Can. · Dec 27, 2021

When you here the snow squeak under foot, it tells you its below Zero without looking at a thermometer. The barn the cats hang out in used to be a pig barn? How many pigs? Sows or fats? Up into the 1980s most farms had a nice little barn like that full of pigs, but by the 90s no one had pigs anymore, only huge pig farms now. How long since there was a pig there?

Bruce from Can. · Dec 27, 2021

My dad had a plough like that, a Kangaroo plough. He sold it to a fella probably 30 years ago for lawn art. We laughed when he proudly parked on his lawn near his driveway. To us it was junk from a unseen fence row.

Bonnan · Dec 27, 2021

Very interesting, thanks for posting.

jm. · Dec 27, 2021

Just now looked 68 deg fh here in Tennessee about 20 deg above normal for December morning temp. Keep that white stuff up there.

cjunrau · Dec 27, 2021

Your a little cooler than mb. We are to go as low as -32c in the next couple days. 1 ft of snow already and another 4-8 inches in the forecast. Blowing pretty good this morning

Kow Farmer · Dec 27, 2021

Great video again sir. Always enjoy seeing your cattle. Thank you.
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rusty6 · Dec 27, 2021

(quoted from post at 03:56:53 12/27/21) When you here the snow squeak under foot, it tells you its below Zero without looking at a thermometer. The barn the cats hang out in used to be a pig barn?

The barn was for our milk cows. I spent years milking cows by hand there. Separating milk to sell the cream. Two cows in most stall. I think at times we had a dozen or more in there. Plus calves some of the year and they stayed in most of the time in the cold weather so you can imagine we wore out a few manure forks over the years. One thing I'll say frozen cow manure is a lot easier and lighter handling than fresh. Oh my aching back.
And yes, that is a Cockshutt plow donated to me by a friend for "lawn art".

Masseyharrisnut · Dec 27, 2021

Lots of cold here in southern Alberta rusty6 but not much snow. I dont miss my cows or pigs on mornings like this at all. Hand feeding 45 head of cows and a bunch of hogs was not fun. Sold them all about 15 ish years ago.

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