[AT] Real farmers problems - adiscussionoflanduserelatedtofarming - wasfuel problemsgetexpensive-perspectivesandreactions

[Herbert Metz]

Guys (with wildlife problems);  any teenage boys or girls in your
neighborhood that are prudent with a gun, and discreet in their
conversations.

> [Original Message]
> From: Ralph Goff <alfg at sasktel.net>
> To: Antique tractor email discussion group <at at lists.antique-tractor.com>
> Date: 7/3/2010 12:58:08 AM
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> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "charlie hill" <charliehill at embarqmail.com>
> To: "Antique tractor email discussion group"
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> Sent: Friday, July 02, 2010 5:42 PM
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> discussionoflanduserelatedtofarming - was fuel 
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>
> > Al, that is particularly true with the beaver since there were no
beavers 
> > in
> > coastal NC until wildlife brought them here in the 70's (I can't prove 
> > that
> > but it is a widely held belief around here)
> > Since the time they showed up they've destroyed countless dollars worth
of
> > timber and turned dry land into federally protected wetlands.   As best
I
> > can tell there is no reason or purpose for them in our ecosystem.   Big 
> > rats
> > with big teeth and a flat tail.  Don't get me wrong.  I like to look at 
> > them
> > but they are out of control.
> >
> > Charlie
>
> Those big rodents are a problem here too Charlie. I remember when they
first 
> showed up in the area about 1970 on my Uncles farm. They thought it was 
> great to see these new creatures on the farm.. Now they are one of the 
> biggest pests. Not so much the trees they chew down because we have
plenty 
> of them but its the dams they build and flood farmland. I've got one half 
> section I farm that has become two separate fields within the last few 
> years. Just too wet to get across and I have to go around by the road
with 
> machinery. An extra mile and a half at least. I'd shoot them all if I had 
> the time but I don't.
>
> Ralph in Sask. 
>
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