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Thanks so much. That made our day!!

Hi mate thanks for watching! Yip they are great machines, the best part is they’re still capable of putting in a hard days work

Thanks for watching!

Thank you.

still not even 1/4 of what we need but we make it work

Awesome. Thank you.

Glad you enjoyed it. Thanks for watching 👍

Thanks mate 👍

All the best with your farming goals. 👍

@@ballymullinfarm thanks i'm just about to start my 2nd season contract milking.hoping to be sharemilking by 25 at the latest😁180cows 60ha 10ha runoff 16ash we aim for 80k solids.

Perfect, small farms are the best. Sounds like you’ll have it sorted. 👍

@@ballymullinfarm turns into houses in 2 seasons 🥲

Can’t wait to get stuck in 👍

Hi Rochelle. The rhubarb recipes is 500g of chopped rhubarb to 1/2 cup of sugar.

The Ball 1/4 pint jars are a regular mouth jar. I have some Ball lids that I stocked up on before they disappeared from the shelves in NZ. I also use ForJars lids which I get from Amazon.

Thanks mate We try to get the old gear out as much as possible. We plan to keep our farm small. We like that we can run the farm as a family and have the kids involved.

@@ballymullinfarm Better a small fire that heats you than a large one that burns you keep it small and you will be here when larger ones are gone and you will enjoy your farming God Bless

Thank you 🤞

Hi there. We milk 230 cows on 82 effective Ha.

That’s awesome. Thanks for watching. 👍

Thanks! Yes really interested in the tow and fert system but it’s outside our budget at the moment though there are contractors locally that can do it. We’ve come across a seaweed based powder fert that can be dissolved and then sprayed through a conventional sprayer that we are going to do a trial with

@@ballymullinfarm yeah I would love to get a tow and fert. Do you guys spray any N on or gibberellic acid when it’s colder?

Not yet but I have had plans to spray on urea for a while. Haven’t tried it yet though

@@ballymullinfarm definitely worth it we normally spray through the winter.

Thanks 👍

Thank you for watching. 👍

They're quite common in Europe in Germany and so. Especially on older tractors like a Deutz D25 or so. And fun to know they've got their own power takeoff in the middle instead of taking power of the rear PTO.

Hi Paul great to hear It’s amazing how far tractor size and hp has come since the 50’s. it’s great that the little Fergie’s still have their places though 🚜

@@ballymullinfarm for sure 🙂

I didn’t mention it in the video but I did find that it was best to alternate between clockwise/anti clockwise each time I turned the hay or it just keep throwing the hay further and further towards the outside of the paddock Thanks for watching!

The variety is Rampicante. This is our first time growing this variety, so I’m excited to try them. Spaghetti squash are great!

Thank you! 😊

Thanks so much for watching.

Yes I found the same problem with the really heavy outside row which was hard to get dry. Also I found after I’d turned the hay a couple of times I had to start from the middle of the paddock and work out from there as it was just moving the crop further and further away towards the outside of the paddock. I find it works ok for the small amount of hay I go in conventional bales but we have a modern fella Tedder for doing the rest of our hay. Dad hates using it, he still remembers using one in the 70’s in pastures full of lotus major and it just spun it up into a long rope like you mentioned. Rotary rakes really were a revelation when they came along. Thanks for watching!

We always alternated between starting on the outside then inside next time.After watching your video I rushed out and checked the tires on our rake. You were right! 'Made in Sweden.'Wow. @@ballymullinfarm

We appreciate it. Thank you.

It’s one of the best parts about farm life.

Hi, thanks so much for watching! The gasoline engine 35’s are also very common here. It’s actually hard to find a grey/gold that’s diesel. I have 4 of the gasoline 35’s but red/grey models. They are a great tractor 🚜

@@ballymullinfarm interesting, I ever only saw the one my dad had. Also back in the 70s people (farmers) had moved on to the 65's and 135's as the 35 was too small as the farms go bigger.

Petrol Fergie’s were very popular in New Zealand because we had quite cheap petrol as well as a rebate on petrol tax for petrol used in agriculture, this was carried on into the 35 era and there was also quite a lot of petrol 135’s sold here

@@ballymullinfarm interesting, as it was the one and only tractor I ever saw running on gasoline (apart from tiny garden tractors).

Wow that’s some great history! Thanks I didn’t know that. I have seen a few different brands around though. I have seen photos with one wheel lower than the other and wondered if it was used that way for tedding. This one also has an adjustment to the tynes that can make them “flick” the hay more while tendering. Thanks for watching!

@@ballymullinfarm my grandfather had a very early model of the Fahr chain rake but sold that after he got a walk behind version which was better for the hill farm he farmed, that unit was used from the 60s to about the early 80s when it got traded for a rotary hay rake which was invented in the 60s by Bucher-Guyer but their factory in Niederweningen Switzerland was far to small so there subsistary factory Kuhn in France started to make them same with Fahr in Germany (the Fahr and Bucher familes where related because Bucher sold Fahr equipment in the late 1800s)

Awesome info thanks. Some really great hay making equipment came out of that part of the world 👍

Good day from Canada Back in 70-80's those rakes were sold over here, not many. After we sold farm there was 1 for sale private for $75.00 I didn't think they were being made anymore. To bad. Thanks Did they do a good job?

@@donvoll2580 Belt rake as they are called now are still being manufactured by two Swiss companies and they do a good job raking and windrowing hay and also turning hay over

It’s not mandatory to remove weeds. We remove them mostly to leave space in the beds for vegetables. Weeds with a tap root can actually be useful at bringing nutrients from deep within the soil which they store in their leaves.

@@ballymullinfarm and do we need to put a net on our growing vegetables and fruits especially grapes and figs which are favourite of birds.? What you say do birds like to eat vegetables or I should only cover fruiting plants.?

@InnerLifePhotography if they are a nuisance in your area then you can cover fruiting plants to protect them from birds. You may also like to cover vegetable seedling, birds like to peak them out because it gives them easy access to bugs in the soil.

It could be. I have seeds for a Queensland blue, but don’t remember starting any.

Thank you. We really love it.

I’m pleased it’s not just me. Thanks so much for watching.

Hey John! I found the same with the mid mount mower actually. I started pretty tentative at first but found it definitely went better once I got some speed up. It also helped once the cutter bar got a polish on. Thanks for watching and keep an eye out for future videos 👍

Thanks Alan There are quite a few types of mid mounted mowers around New Zealand. I’ve seen a few featherstones, also mortls and one by brusartis. I really like the idea of a mid mounted mower, I definitely prefer using it to a rear mounted sickle bar mower. I love the 65’s. really great tractors. Thanks for watching!

I always wonder if one day we’ll have enough time to get all the things done. It’s a good idea to set a night aside to get some jobs done. I definitely need to use the time I have more effectively 😬 The good thing about a weedy garden is that it still has lots of food in it. Our kiddos are growing so quick. They’re all at school now and our oldest started high schoool. Crazy!!

Better then sitting in the shed in our opinion 👍

Thanks! Yes your folks are great people. It was great to see your dad got his spud planter working this year 👍 I really like the old gold belly, don’t get it out enough really. You need to get it painted, looking forward to seeing video of it in the future 👍

It’s a great tractor.

Great idea. That would make it heaps easier. 👍

That’s great news about your peach trees. Good to know there’s hope, because honesty I will forget every time to do anything about it. I hope your garden is growing really well, thanks heaps for watching.

Thank you 😊

@@ballymullinfarm ma'am what qualifications needed for work in your farm ?

We don’t have any employees it is a family run business with just my husband and I. He has a Bachelor of applied science and I have a Post Grad diploma in teaching.

​@@ballymullinfarmYou people are very educated people, I have also done graduation. I've always dreamed of working on a dairy farm in New Zealand because I love New Zealand so much. People of New Zealand like the peaceful behavior of the people here.

​@@ballymullinfarmIf anyone you know has any work for me, please let me know. I would love to come and work in New Zealand. Lots of love and respect from a indian...If you ever visit India, then definitely come and visit my house, consider it as your home.❤

That’s great. It was hard only choosing a few. 😊