edn
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- Location
- Oxfordshire/Gloucestershire
Confessions of the Sheep/Beef Cattle/Pig Addicts
- Thread starter Anymulewilldo
- Start date
- Location
- Cheshire
As much as lambs are warming up, looking at crop and ground conditions I’m still fairly sure it’s a good thing that I haven’t bought as many 
it’s a long time till start of April
it’s a long time till start of AprilNot sure how much land drainage is now, but surely at least another £50/ac/yr would have been made from the drained land over the last 50 yrs?
Though I do know clays installed in '60s and '70s and before are still working better than '80s plastic! But would probably have a job to get clays now!
I wouldn’t want to think of the cost of a clay tile compared to plastic either
livestock 1
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No not for us. We went from 15 stone brick/wooden byres, none of them could get a tractor in all to muck out by hand to 3 sheds.
The cattle numbers went up so did the production and we could buy land.
Land improvement grants helped push production and profits
They did no end of good I can remember being told that there was 800k of grant money available to claim most of that was 80% the only thing that was wrong was we didn’t claim enough but we probably did what we could if I know anything
livestock 1
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Only rich people can do that
- Location
- East Ayrshire
f**k knows but he’s got clogs on so must be from @livestock 1 generation.
- Location
- East Ayrshire
Pretty sure @Bald Rick wore clogs before he retired ...
Still do … and haven’t yet retired … just semi
- Location
- Scottish Borders
Where on earth did you source your clogs ?
Or are you a dab hand at woodwork ?
But I expect even they are comfier than Nora wellies !
Maybe he goes to Amsterdam for other things and the clogs are a good excuse.
One has them hand made from a bespoke template of my feet in a colour of my choice (burnt orange being an especial favourite) using only black poplar as the sole and the finest calf skin leather for the upper. Unfortunately my clog maker has retired to his bodgers hut
Now one can source an ersatz clog from Germany (with steel toecaps) under the Brynje brand … but they cannot take the hammer and disintegrate after a year which, at £200 a pair, is no damned good
Other than that, I wear a “European Comfort Shoe” clog indoors and for driving made by Josef Seibel and sourced from Dickies Discount Shoes down the road from here
- Location
- central scotland
Land drainage £12-£1500 an acre will last 50-100 years maybe need a jet every 25-30 years so call it 2K an acre for 50 year £40 an acre more output should be easily recouped I would say 
But I do have a drainer sitting on the farm just now doing a bit for me 
But I do have a drainer sitting on the farm just now doing a bit for me
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- Location
- central scotland
Anyway back to jagging some cattle bloody IBR in a shed of 80 not a pretty mess 
livestock 1
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It’s been a annual event as long as I can remember usually New Year’s EveAnyway back to jagging some cattle bloody IBR in a shed of 80 not a pretty mess
Shouldn’t say much had a few here less than normal
- Location
- Scottish Borders
Do you wear them purely because they are comfortable, or is it a fashion statement of choice ?
I’m now picturing @unlacedgecko in clogs and those shorts !
Go wash ya eyes with bleach and say ten hail Mary’sDo you wear them purely because they are comfortable, or is it a fashion statement of choice ?
I’m now picturing @unlacedgecko in clogs and those shorts !
Do you wear them purely because they are comfortable, or is it a fashion statement of choice ?
I’m now picturing @unlacedgecko in clogs and those shorts !
Comfortable and easy to slip on & off
Plus it’s what my forefathers and their men would have worn. Most farms had poplar or willow so the clog maker could pick his tree on his annual visit
