Farmer Logger, Local Term or Nationwide?

[lfnh]

Can't lose enough money farming so they log as well.

Don't want to put the cart before the horse, but ranching fits in there somewhere

 

[lmbrman]

I have heard the term used here in WI, but never was there spitting involved as some refer to.

 

[RedArrow]

We use the term Farmer Notch... A notch with huge, almost vertical face that goes over 1/2 way through. But the only reason is the dip that liked to cut them on our crew was a outspoken farmer. "Gotta have Farmblood!" He liked to say. More like gotta stay away from me while I'm cutting..

 

[Fuzly]

Chucker is right on the money for my upper Midwest perspective. My wonderful, late Grandpa would milk cows by hand, run the misery whip all day and wear out a couple partners each winter, come home, milk again, eat, hit the hay, and get up and do it all again.

There was also a springtime job. I got a taste when I was a boy of the spring “popple cuttin’”. The aspen logs needed the bark removed before going to the paper mill. The kids would be issued a torture device called a “spud” to peel the bark off while Gramps ran the saw. Sticks were hand loaded on a sled behind a tractor to go to the landing. A nickel a stick was great pay.

My uncle said he still dreams about it. His Dad waking him up, “Come on, let’s go!” “Dad, it’s raining out…” “Water cooled! Water cooled! Good, you’ll be able to peel twice as much, let’s go!”

Why did he work so hard? Times were tough, six kids, and he embraced technology. He was the first guy in the community to save up enough for a chain saw (one of the world’s greatest inventions in his opinion) and a reliable tractor (to get rid of those @#$%!ing horses).

 

[chucker]

fuzly, heres a like and a rep. for not forgeting your past or future !

 

[Cedarkerf]

In the fall the logger farmer fells the corn stalks and bucks them to length. Then the stalks are stacked with a shovel, the skidder comes in and brings them to the landing. The corn stalks are then taken to the mill for processing. :msp_rolleyes:

Sounds like Indyaner, Always loved the four seasons out there, short brown corn,short green corn, tall green corn, tall brown corn