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Mike Rock
ParticipantRon and Jared,
Thanks. I did not pursue tenure track years ago and don’t regret it. Metallurgical engineering was my field.I saw some pretty monumental egos at work in other departments and also the petty bullshit in our own.
I can see how some might feel threatened by the past, having dedicated their skills and emotions to the future. Many have never worked outside academia a day in their lives however, and are viewing the world through soda straws of their own making. In one of our publications, SFJ, RH or some other, there was a statistic this month on the percentage of the world’s food raised by draft power. It was astonishing at some incredibly high number…..that I can’t recall offhand. Like 85%+. And the number of farmers with only a single draft animal to feed their families and generate surplus for sale to their neighbours and the market was equally high. Draft animals might be anachronistic in Europe and the US but worldwide their usage is normal, everyday life, and the sooner we understand that the better. I am not a ‘peak oil’ preacher, but things are going to change, later if not sooner. I don’t know the answers, or even the questions, but draft animals will be a much larger part of our future, and petrochemicals a much smaller portion. The fact that we have driven several thousand local varieties of maize, melons and other vegetables to extinction by allowing Monsanto to take over the lands in central and South America and Africa is deplorable, at best. Much of he northward migration seen world wide is due to these folks being pushed off the land.
I won’t even address the population problems…… but I will mention them.
God bless.
ParticipantRon wrote,
“For many years I taught the draft horse course at a local agri college and the animosity from the conventional staff towards that course boarded on paranoia. Even though these courses and support groups are relatively self funding and well received by the participants they will be torpedoed at every opportunity.”Might I ask what forms that animosity took and what possible reason there might be for it?
ParticipantGet thee to Waverley! http://www.waverlysales.com/ You will see it all, horses and equipment and people to help.
SPRING 2016 – MARCH 29 through APRIL 1, 2016
Participantmcm,
Where about in West Georgia are you? Near Benning?
I have some equipment down there I have to pick up and might also have some to help you get going, like small cultivators and a disk and drag.Mike
ParticipantFind a Haflinger, draft, ride…… friendship. Old between the rows cultivators are still around down south… Tommy Flowers has nice small plows.
Participanthttp://www.thriftbooks.com/w/timber-cutting-practices_steve-conway/1197778/#isbn=0879300213
Here’s a book that will help with felling. A friend at Forest Products Lab in Madison recommended it in 1974 and I never regretted getting it. Met him up there once, knew his stuff. This book might well keep you from killing yourself or someone you work with.
Very visual book. Available from other sources, this is the cheapest I found.
Mike
ParticipantCarl, the picture doesn’t show up, at least here.
ParticipantWelcome Noah,
Whereabout in the cheesehead state? We’re down SW of Madison a bit.Mike
Argyle, WIParticipantI love the book. Wife does too. I wonder if anyone else got theirs yet?
ParticipantAfter watching Carl’s video, this one popped up. 40 minutes, in Deutsch, but darned good old school logging. The sawmill is worth the visit.
ParticipantJust got the books unpacked. Looks good so far, skid trails and felling…..
Thank you Cindy! Nice handwriting by the way 🙂ParticipantAs an aside, who carries grain binder rock guards, and most importantly, grain binder sickle sections?
ParticipantCindy,
That was pretty quick work! Thank you for your efforts.God bless.
Mike
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Argyle, WI 53504ParticipantCheck out the videos here. Jean Nolle’s work. Combine a bunch of ideas……and add in the wheels of the IH No.4 cultivator.
ParticipantThank you!
About to work on six mowers. Getting a new shop up, 40’x64′ with a 15’x32′ lean on one side for the machine shop. YEAH~~ Been fifty years a’coming!- AuthorPosts