[AT] Old vs. New (about TRACTORS!)

[John Hall]

Occasionally you hear of a bear up this way but not often. I hope it stays 
that way.

  Unfortunately we now have coyotes. While planting beans I saw 3 go across 
an adjacent field. (It never ceases to surprise me how the wildlife is so 
tolerable of farm machinery running.)Neighbor killed 5 of them--they got 
most of his goats first. When I was growing up the only wildlife that ever 
caused problems were goundhogs. My how farming has changed.

John


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "charlie hill" <chill8 at suddenlink.net>
To: "Antique tractor email discussion group" <at at lists.antique-tractor.com>
Sent: Monday, July 23, 2007 5:26 PM
Subject: Re: [AT] Old vs. New (about TRACTORS!)


> John, down this way the deer have taken to eating tobacco.  The farmers 
> were
> having to plant a band of soy beans and other goodies about 50 feet wide
> around the tobacco fields to hold them at bay. Of course there's a lot 
> less
> tobacco in the last few years than before so I guess that problem is 
> taking
> care of it's self.
>
> Last week a friend of mine's boyfriend was riding her horse when a bear
> attacked the horse.  The rider was thrown and dislocated his shoulder. 
> The
> horse was injured and ran off.  In the next few hours while they were
> looking for the horse they encountered 6 bear within an area of a couple 
> of
> hundred acres of crop  land and cut over timber land.  They weren't sure 
> if
> it was six different bear or if they were seeing some of them more than
> once.
>
> Charlie