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Yes, that is a big boat prop. Yes, it's attached to a piece of farm equipment behind a tractor. Any guesses on the use? Bueller? Bueller? That is used for the annual stirring of the hog lagoons at Rezac Land and Livestock, Onega KS. I realize I am stretching this posting with the prop to tie it back into sailing for technical blog purposes. But the truth is, there wasn't any sailing for us this weekend. We spent the weekend in Wheaton KS at our good friend Kevin's wedding. *Apparently it was on his bucket list to get married once before he turns 50 next year as this was Keebon's first wedding. HA! And we had an absolute hoot of time. It was just a good old small town America wedding extravaganza weekend with all the normal trimmings; beer drinking, riding around the 3 block town in golf carts/gators/4 wheelers, riding the John Deer B tractor down the street, beer pong, fireworks in the middle of the street, petting of various farm animals (barn cats, horses, town dogs, 10 alpacas on the edge of town), shooting of various guns and a homemade cannon, decorating the community center/quonset hut, the wedding, reception, dance, beer drinking, after party, etc....Cap10 Tom reconnected fellow K-Stater Jay Rezac, who lived across the hall in Haymaker Dorm 25 yrs ago. Jay and Stacy invited us to stop by their farm on the way home Sunday. It was a good chance for city boy Tom to see a real working farm. It's obvious they run a very successful operation. Quite impressive. Thanks to Jay and Stacy for showing us around. Thanks to the town of Wheaton for a grand time. Most of all thanks to Kevin and Lisa - Congrats and Best Wishes!
Just one question from a city boy....WHY do hog lagoons need to be stirred. And what the hell, while we're at it....WHATS a hog lagoon?
ReplyDeleteOh boy. I am going to take my best shot at explaining this. Hopefully Farmer Jay himself (K-State Ag Econ Grad) will view this posting and correct any mistakes I make. Hog lagoons are a way of best managing the waste from the various hog pens and buildings. Sophisticated flooring drains the waste out of the pens/buildings off into various lagoons where water is added. Once a year they stir the lagoons and then pump the waste out to be used in the fields to fertilize the crops. It really is amazing at how efficient today's modern farms are - I am talking family farms not corp farms.
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