Posted by Cow on December 24, 2011 at 13:07:38 from (75.205.127.213):
So, I have a 40 acre chunk of land outside of town of which there's 14 acres of tillable land we rent out to a guy planing soybeans for ~$1,100/yr. My wife wants to take an area of that, about 1.5 acres(makes sense if you saw the layout of the property) and fence it in for a horse and a donkey. She already has the donkey, the horse will be a freebee. They're "rescue" animals.
She knows what she's doing with the animals, I honestly don't but that's OK. I had my fill of livestock on my dad's cattle farm growing up.
I've got my Ferguson TO-30 with FEL I bought as a snow clearing/garden tilling/general utility around the property machine. What can I do with it as far as cleaning up the horse manure? My wife mentioned that at the horse barn where she works they use a drag harrow(or what sounded like one from her description) to work the manure back into the ground. I'm sure the fergie could handle that. I already have a small disc I thought might work but I don't think I want to disturb/rough-up the soil that much. Drag harrows are not pricey as far as I know. It's also been suggested I may need to brush-hog it. I guess my fergie can handle that too.
One thing I'm wondering is if there's any easy tractor way of collecting the horse manure for my garden... or is it just plain easier with a shovel and a bucket?
Another thing... since she's got these critters that need fed, would there be any point in me getting some implements and/or a larger tractor and instead of renting that field baling square bales for the horsies? I've got no idea how much hay I can get out of my land, what stuff costs, how much they eat, etc... Really if I'm honest I just think it would be fun to actually work my own field. I kinda had it in my head that maybe some day if I had the time I might try to grow some specialty crop out there.
If it helps, I live in WI so we have a short growing season. I've also got pretty sandy soil- the farmer doesn't seem to have any trouble with his corn/beans but I have a hell of a time keeping my garden watered.
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