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Don't know as though I would call this gods country with the weather we have had here the last couple of years but we're all surviving.

I have been trying to get the old square bales cleaned out of that big old barn.

I have lived on this farm all by 52 years of life and have never seen the floor in that barn.
It will hold about 7000 bales when full and we always kept it full. Now with the big round bales it's time to get it emptied before I get rid of all the cows.

I got down to some wire tied bales that were baled before 1962. That's the year dad traded the wire tie for the string tie. The barn was empty in 57 cause that is the year they moved this big old barn in here.

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Thanks for the reply. How far did they move that barn? Must have been a big job, for sure.

Sorry to hear you're getting rid of the cows. I know they're a lot of work at times, but, looking in from the outside, there's something peaceful about a field with cows in it.

Stan
 
They moved it about 3 miles.

When the Government bought the land north of here for the Coralville Reservoir the building sites had to go.

Over 50 farmsteads that got bought out had to be moved or tore down back in the late 50's.

They also moved in 4 other buildings onto this farmstead.
 
I have no permanent pasture. All my pasture is rotated with row crops.

I made the decision 3 or 4 years ago to back off on cattle and raise more crops.

Now with the prices I am going all the way out of cattle.

If things change I may get back in. But I doubt it.

It may not seem long to some of you guys but I have been caring for cattle for 36 years and I am burnt out on them.
 
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