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

[charlie hill]

Yeah we've got the danged coyotes here too.

Charlie
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From: "John Hall" <jthall at worldnet.att.net>
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Sent: Monday, July 23, 2007 9:47 PM
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> 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
>
>
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> From: "charlie hill" <chill8 at suddenlink.net>
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>
>> 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
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