My Dad never limed or used commercial fertilizer. He had a small dairy and fed everything through the cows. Pasture was grass and clover. He worked up about 10 acres every year to plant corn for silage. Usually a 4 year old stand of pasture. The cows grazed 300 days a year, he hauled the "droppings" from the loafing shed twice a week and cleaned the slab at the feed trough at the silo once a week (Saturday) while we were home from school, spread on next years corn field. He had 12 acre river bottom that he grew grain on, oats and peas and/or barley and vetch that he put in an old wood grainary and ground for the cows, this was where he spread the manure when he cleaned the barn pack in the fall after harvest. The feed bunk in front of the cows was swept to the end for the 3 pigs, along with a scoop of hay and silage. Any bad milk was made into mash with a little ground grain, and some whole, that sprouted, fed to the pigs and the chickens. We also had a few sheep for weed control around the buildings and lanes. We always had a huge garden that got compost during the growing season and a coating of fresh manure before planting. He had some of the best "dirt" in the county....James
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Today's Featured Article - Timing Your Magneto Ignition Tractor - by Chris Pratt. If you have done major engine work or restored your tractor, chances are you removed the magneto and spark plug wires and eventually reached the point where you had to put it all back together and make it run. On our first cosmetic restoration, not having a manual, we carefully marked the wires, taped the magneto in the position it came off, and were careful not to turn the engine over while we had these components off. We thought we could get by with this since the engine ran perfectly and would not need any internal work. After the cleanup and painting was done, we began reassembly and finally came to t
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