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Tony,<br>
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Sorry to see you go. I wish you well.<br>
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If your life moves you in that direction, come back to us sometime. We
may not always (or even rarely) agree on things, but it's been fun
conversing with you. Take care.<br>
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Paul<br>
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<pre wrap="">Ah a whimsical trip down memory lane...... All this talk about gas prices
verses oats has me thinking we will haul out the horses before long.
Remember that great opening scene from the old Mc Cloud detective series
with Dennis Weaver, where he was riding his trusty steed down the traffic
choked arteries of Manhattan? TV just aint what it used ta' be....
Well Ya'll, it has been an interesting exercise this past year, and I know
that my leaving this site will be accompanied by mournful tears and a
pitiful gnashing of teeth from those on the left, but I'm afraid a recent
commitment will preclude my further participation in this forum. So, how
does one sign off anyway? I trust I can anticipate several helpful tips
with this....
Alright now, this is where you all get to get the last word. Knock
yourselves out. I will try to resist a parting shot of my own before
signing off.
"Old bloggers never die, they just get writer's block." -Percival
Childers Eudelhorn
Ciao,
Tony
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From: "April Fingerlos" <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:aprilf@fingerlos.net"><aprilf@fingerlos.net></a>
To: <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:vision2020@moscow.com"><vision2020@moscow.com></a>
Sent: Thursday, May 03, 2007 7:58 AM
Subject: Re: [Vision2020] Ga$oline Price$
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<pre wrap="">I don't feed straight oats because they need a ration balancer that offsets
any price gain, but I know Strategy has gone up $0.50/bag every 3 weeks for
the last several months. This is a big topic of discussion in horse circles
right now. The price of corn is skyrocketting, hay prices haven't recovered
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<pre wrap=""><!---->>from the last several years of droughts and hurricanes, and a sizeable
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<pre wrap="">chunk of the hay crops as of yet unaffected are being swapped out for
soybeans or corn. Sticking with grass only won't cut it around here--we're
too selenium deficient, and the nutrient quality of local hay is awful for
the amount of work a horse replacing a car would be required to do. Good
hay will still have to be brought in from the Basin, and that hay is in
demand throughout the United States. Many Basin hay brokers exported their
portions last year.
Wood for fencing has also exploded in price, and unless you have a private
supplier, obtaining shavings or pelletted bedding is going to hit your
pocketbook, too--a 50 to 75% increase is hitting the PNW right now. Those
of you that burn pellets for heat know how scarce that commodity was this
winter, and the difference between heat pellets and animal bedding is
slight--hard wood for stoves, soft woods for bedding, with most folks just
talking what they can get. Some local barns have stopped taking
boarders--they can't find a shavings supplier, let alone pass on enough of
their costs to boarders to stay afloat and actually keep boarders. Metal
for shoes and wire fencing has gone up due to scarcity of resources as
well.
No, Dobbin isn't going to be any cheaper to maintain, but the good news is
that he'll be easy to obtain--rampant hobby breeding and the market
collapse of the huge production ranch breeder over the last decade in all
breeds has left a glut on the market, and now the three remaining
slaughter plants in the US are now closed, creating a new low to the
market. That new low is being seen under a new banner: "free horse". At
the bottom of the market, they can't even be given away now.
I'm showing at the Canadian Appaloosa National Championships later this
summer on my gelding in Brandon, and I've budgeted my diesel figure at
$3.50/gallon. I've been tempted to readjust to $4.00. It won't prevent me
from going if it reaches that high, or even if it hits $4.50. I've chosen
to support Canada over the US Nationals due to proximity--I won't be
hauling to Oklahoma City (or, next year, Jackson, Mississippi) at even
$3.00/gallon.
Sorry for the long post, Tom, but finally, a topic on V2020 I can
contribute to with a degree of expected knowledge! :-)
April
April Fingerlos
Moscow, ID
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<pre wrap="">Tom Hansen<a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:thansen@moscow.com"><thansen@moscow.com></a> 5/3/2007 7:18 AM >>>
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<pre wrap="">Those of you who live in our rural surroundings may want to get ol' Mr. Ed
and Flicka out of the barn. What's the going rate for hay and/oats per
bushel?
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