Brockeff's Ag Advice
De-worm Heifers
One important late spring job is
to deworm calves and heifers
sometime in May. Material used in
the feed does a good job for most of
the animals.
If you will select the smaller and
rougher animals in each group for
some personal attention, you will
probably have done an adequate
job. Those smaller heifers should
get a bolus to be sure the job was
done.
Credit
It’s probably a bit late to talk
about lining up credit for spring
needs. However it is never to late
to talk about using credit. Don’t
use all available credit just
because it is there. For many
fanners 1982 may be the most
critical year they will ever see in
their career as a farmer Those
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who are too highly leveraged (have
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I will repeat seme suggestions
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Don't spend more than you can
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Act as if there is no tomorrow
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Make a habit of asking yourself
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Don’t use borrowed money for
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Don’t run up dealer debts - those
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Safety
Get chains, cogs, PTO shafts and
other moving parts covered The
farm operation will come to a
grinding halt if someone gets hurt
Be safety conscious at all tunes
Especially train little children to
stay away from operating and non
operating machinery A operator
sittmg up high on a tractor or
power unit may be unable to see
small children move in towards a
big tire. With all the other things
the operator has to watch, a small
child may be vulnerable
Replace worn belts before they
snap Don’t work on a machine
while it is operating. If you feel you
must jam a bunch of forage into
something use a stick not a foot or
hand. The stick may break the
machine but it is replacable.
Wear loose but not flapping
clothing. Perhaps farmers who
like to challenge PTO shafts should
wear tear away clothing
Watch where you drive Ditches,
chuck holes, or a tree stump on the
side of the hill are just three of the
things that can Up you tractor
over. Make sure all tractor
operators know how to stop the
PTO, the hydraulic lifts, and the
tractor itself
If there are features on
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