Gary McMasters and his son Brandon grind feed on a Saturday afternoon for Gary to feed to his mules. In the hammer mill he adds corn, oats and molassas.
(Photographs copyright 2012 by Dan Routh)
Grinding Mule Feed
Category: Agriculture
Feeding Silage
Dairy farming is an every day profession, 365 days a year. Michael Williams loads silage to feed his cows on a Sunday afternoon at Williams Dairy in Grays Chapel, North Carolina.
(Photographs copyright 2012 by Dan Routh)
Mowing
Brothers Matthew (above) and Michael Walker (below) work to make one more cutting of hay before winter sets in near my home in Grays Chapel, North Carolina.
(Photographs copyright 2011 by Dan Routh)
At the Stockyard
On Friday morning my son I took a load of yearling calves to Carolina Stockyards in Siler City, North Carolina. I went back by later in the afternoon and watched the auction for a while as I waited for my sale to be processed. There were a lot of cattle to be sold and the buyers in the auction arena were quite active. It’s one of those places where if you scratch your head at the wrong time, you might end up buying a cow. I picked up my check, and while I was at the counter, I met a couple of young cattle barons making their very first sale.
(Photographs copyright 2011 by Dan Routh)
Loading Shavings in the Afternoon
Neighbor Greg Williams loads shavings and sawdust on his family’s dairy in Grays Chapel, North Carolina.
(Photographs copyright 2011 by Dan Routh)
Cotton in Carolina
An afternoon lately found Dennis Burleson and his nephew Andrew picking cotton near Tuckertown Lake in Stanley County, North Carolina. Dennis farms a couple of thousand acres of cotton and his family runs a local gin that processes several thousand more.
(Photographs copyright 2011 by Dan Routh)
Turning Ground
Neighbor Bill Walker uses a turning plow to get ground ready for next year’s vegetables on his farm in Grays Chapel, North Carolina.Â
(Photographs copyright 2011 by Dan Routh)
Combining Soybeans
Soybeans are harvested this weekend near New Hope in southwestern Randolph County, North Carolina.
(Photographs copyright 2011 by Dan Routh)
Dirt and Dust
(Photograph copyright 2011 by Dan Routh)
Gene Lineberry stirs up soil and a little dust with his disk at the end of my road in Grays Chapel, North Carolina.
Working Land
Justin Sparks from Wilkes County and a coworker were in our neighborhood this week preparing land. They are on contract with a local dairy to produce silage for cattle feed. They were using some special equipment and while they were tilling the land they were also incorporating barley seed that had been broadcast on the fields. The barley will be a cover crop that will provide green fertilizer for next year’s corn. It’s interesting to see ways farmers are working to be more efficient. It’s pretty cool riding around in the cab of a eight wheel, 450 hp tractor as well.
(Photographs copyright 2011 by Dan Routh)
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