[AT] New 8N/Now hay, coastal bermuda

[Bob McNitt]

I agree, Mike, that the horsers & mini-farms play an important role in 
today's agricultural economy in many areas of the country.

Bob
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Mike Sloane" <mikesloane at verizon.net>
To: "Antique tractor email discussion group" <at at lists.antique-tractor.com>
Sent: Tuesday, February 24, 2009 12:08 PM
Subject: Re: [AT] New 8N/Now hay, coastal bermuda


> Don't knock the horse people! I made a pretty good living at the New
> Holland dealer, selling compact tractors with loaders, three point field
> mowers, and little Millcreek manure spreaders to folks with 5 acre
> "farmettes" and two horses. :-) If it weren't for the horse people, I
> think the dealer would have folded up - none of our local (mostly dairy)
> farmers could afford to buy new equipment. Our other customer base was
> landscape contractors buying machinery to prepare new lawns for sod, as
> well as driveway installers.
>
> The local TSC doesn't have much in the way of tractor supplies - they
> just cater to horse and dog people, selling "work" clothing, horse
> accessories, and that kind of thing.
>
> Speaking of hay, some of the local farmers put up "small" bales of
> "special" horse hay that the yuppies can handle easily and put in the
> back of their SUVs. I don't know if they supply plastic bags to keep the
> hay from getting the cars "dirty". One of my neighbors pays a guy to
> haul his "special blend" of horse hay down from Bob McNitt's area. This
> guy's barn is finished nicer inside than my house.
>
> Mike
>
> Bob McNitt wrote:
>> Dave -
>>
>> The horsers here in CNY are cut from the same fabric .. money apparently
>> means nothing to them. One of our most successful "farm & garden" stores
>> here is doing very well because it caters to the horsers & mini-farm 
>> owners,
>> many relocated here from the big cities, and the prices the store charges
>> for everything is inflated about 40%. And it's pretty common to see the 
>> same
>> customers stopping 2 or 3 times a week, buying small quantities of almost
>> everything. It's kind of funny to see them trying to cram 2 or 3 bags of
>> feed and the same number of light bales into their Volvo or Mercedes 
>> station
>> wagons or SUVs.
>>
>> Bob in CNY
>>
>> ----- Original Message ----- 
>> From: "Dave Ernst" <shop at cccomm.net>
>> To: "Antique tractor email discussion group" 
>> <at at lists.antique-tractor.com>
>> Sent: Tuesday, February 24, 2009 10:30 AM
>> Subject: Re: [AT] New 8N/Now hay, coastal bermuda
>>
>>
>>> The horse people in Kalifornia are nuts AND have way too much money to
>>> spend. Third crop hay here is going for approximately $145 to $155 a 
>>> ton,
>>> and it is a $30 haul to central Kalifornia (Fresno). The hay store sells
>>> it
>>> by the bale, regardless of weight. They're getting $18 per bale. Doing 
>>> the
>>> math, say $180 per ton delivered, roughly 16 bales per ton equals 
>>> roughly
>>> $11 per bale. They tell us the same people on their way home from work
>>> stop
>>> by daily and purchase a couple of bales for their horses. The hauler I
>>> know
>>> takes 2 truckloads, 456 bales per and like clockwork the seller reorders
>>> every 6 weeks.
>>>
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