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Re: amazing how much farm equipment has changed.
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Posted by buck on July 03, 2004 at 21:00:47 from (209.240.205.61):
In Reply to: amazing how much farm equipment has changed. posted by Jonathan on July 03, 2004 at 20:02:02:
well the sickle bar mower has been around for around 100 years now and I don't know that it is any better because you call it a conditioner. I remember putting up loose hay and hand shuckin corn for the cows. Was talking to an old farmer down the road that bales those 2000 lb bales and ask how many small squares was in one of them bales as I can relate to how many cows you can feed per day on so many square bales. He said you really cant compare them as it takes more hay in round bales than in square bales to feed the same amount of cows. Said round bales is all about saving time and labor but the end product is very little if any increase in spendable income. Sorta funny how we spend 100 grand for a tractor to save less that 10 dollars in hourly wages. Guess it is the same as the Amish comparison.
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