Capital cost of five sows (six-year lifespan, five-year working life): £1,350.00 Capital cost of one boar (six-year lifespan, five-year working life): £350.00 Capital cost of pig housing (over five years) £2,215.00 Capital cost of livestock trailer (over 10 years) £1,000.00 Total capital cost, annual £883.00 Running costs, annual Feed for five sows & 1 boar [...]
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Archive | July, 2009
Growing well
27 July, 2009
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The warm, damp summer has provided ideal conditions for weeds—and for some of our vegetable crops. The onions look set set to be some of the largest we’ve grown, some varieties of parsnip are doing extremely well (particularly Tender and True), and the carrots are looking healthy. The shallots are on par with previous years, [...]
Read moreAnother day, another no show
27 July, 2009
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A customer phoned us last week to order three Berkshire gilts. He was quite certain that he wanted them, insisted I mark the three best ones down for him, and said he’d collect them Saturday afternoon or Sunday morning. However, neither the Other Half or I were that positive about the sale as we’ve been [...]
Read moreThere are days…
24 July, 2009
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There are days when you can put in a hard day’s work, finish up, walk in the back door, and just get on with domestic life. But there are also days when you can put in a hard day’s work, walk to the back door, bend to take off your wellies, and almost knock yourself [...]
Read moreA giant Meccano set!
16 July, 2009
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Yesterday morning, the postie delivered a very large, very heavy parcel that prompted a lot of bouncing up and down, excited squeaks, and manic grins from the boys. Why all the fuss? Because “we” were going to rebuild the Land Rover. Well, not quite. Whenever I get a Land Rover, I like customise it for [...]
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