Built Fence Around Little Pond
To keep the feeder calves out of the new little pond, Driskell Cotton Farm built a 5-wire fence on the north and west side.
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To keep the feeder calves out of the new little pond, Driskell Cotton Farm built a 5-wire fence on the north and west side.
Continue Reading10/6/2020 – Bryan Woodham called and said a plane would spread ryegrass seed over the cotton field this afternoon–no chemicals. The plane was fun to watch as usual. I passed the news on to our neighbors.
Continue ReadingBrian Woodham/Driskell Cotton Farm and his son Jimmy, finished bailing hay (grass the cows did not eat) and hauling it away. He was happy with the 71 bales. The yearlings had gained about 300 lbs each. They will be on their way to Nebraska next week. His crew hauled out old troughs, the water tank […]
Continue Reading11/3-6/2019 – Driskel Cotton Farm picked the windrowed peanuts with four combines, a special trailer, and lots of dust. This post is to show our Grandkids the process of gathering peanuts. First – Dig up the peanut plants so the peanuts dry out. Next – Use combines to remove the peanut from the plants. Next […]
Continue Reading10/15/2019 – Today Driskel Cotton Farms began digging the peanuts planted this year. The digging attachment needs a big tractor that moves slowly. It moves slowly so the peanuts are not knock off the vine as they are being dug up. They are dug up so the sun can dry them. They need to dry […]
Continue Reading5/22/2019 – Driskell Cotton Farms finished planting peanuts in the field north of the house. There was a longer time than in the past between the cows leaving and this planting. They had a lot more grass than needed for the cows and so baled it–over 100 round bails. Then the field was subsoiled with […]
Continue Reading5/21/2019 – Aron brought a guy and large backhoe and cleaned out the ditch behind Peggy’s house where their feeder yearlings had played on the slopes and raised the flowline at least a foot. He also cleaned out both ends of their culvert and removed the old rusted out metal culvert at the barn.
Continue Reading5/6/2019 – For the past week the Driskell’s staff have been setting up a large portable loading pen and feeding the steers inside it. Today they closed the gates and hauled them to another local pen. After the cows were hauled away the winter grass, that is still high, was cut for hay on the […]
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