While everyone was trying to get out of the freezing cold today and that horrible wind, we were out there in it, still farming and taking care of all of the animals. When it gets this cold, we just put on more clothes to try to stay warm!
I had the pig barns nice and warm today since it was so cold outside. I got a fire started, the propane heat was already on, and kept the fire going the whole day. It's amazing what a difference it makes when the fire is going to how warm it stays in the barn for the little pigs!
I almost ran out of feed in the tank for the hot nursery pigs today. I told Matt so that he could grind a batch of feed for Dad to bring down tomorrow so that we will have enough food for them. Dad was able to get in the combine last Thursday to get new corn in the tank. We have about 1000 bushels of corn in the grain bin right now. Dad was in the middle of combining today and I was getting ready to go combine for him, when the combine broke. He isn't really sure what's wrong with it right now, because he had to leave to go to Harrisonburg to pick up meat to deliver in the morning.
The corn didn't do as well as it normally does this year because of the lack of rain we got all summer. Normally, we get between 100-120 bushels of corn per acre, and this year we are only getting about 60. That is pretty discouraging, because it's always nice to have extra corn in the grain bin, so we are sure we don't run out before next year's harvest. Hopefully on the other farm that we rent and down by the river we will get more bushels per acre, but I am sure it won't be close to what it was last year.
Hopefully tomorrow the wind won't blow so badly, so we can stay a little warmer. I'm looking forward to Wednesday when the wind isn't supposed to blow!
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