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- Back about 10 miles, that's all of ours.
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This is second cuttin' hay.
We only cut this once 'cause
this is a barley field
we planted, and it did
really good this year.
We're happy about that.
There's bales everywhere out there.
I'm glad the second half
of the season's startin' up
because that means I
probably won't be out there
pickin' too many of them up.
I'll be over here during
the week, pickin' em up.
There ain't no way I'm
getting all those picked up
in a couple days, so.
I'll go and ride bulls and they can pick
the rest of them up.
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To know that I get to
help around the place
and I'm just not another body in the way,
to know that I'm actually
doing good, helpin' out.
That's pretty rewarding
feeling to be able to help
my dad and grandpa out.
They've give me everything, so.
The least I can do is give back to them
and help out as much as I can.
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- Jess spends a lot of time on the road,
so we don't get to see him as much
as we'd like, but when
he's home for a few days
he'll come around and
bale, swath, or whatever.
So that's always nice,
gives somebody else a break
and I don't know if he
likes doin' it or not,
but we make him do it.
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- I like getting out there
and just away from everyone.
Your phone don't work out
here, so you don't get to talk
to people on it and you
just get to listen to music,
stay away from it all, and it's nice.
Right now it's an M15, moisture
15, and that's real good.
When it gets dry it'll
let you know it's dry
and you really don't wanna bale
above 20, 21, 22, 23 cause
that's pretty wet bale
and you don't wanna bale
when it's wet either, so.
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These Vermeers are just
handy for that reason.
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- One of the things I really
like is the moisture tester.
Gives ya a pretty good
idea of what key point
you should be baling, and
of course we really like
the netwrap because it's so fast.
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- Working with dad and grandpa to be able
to do somethin' like that,
it's just generation after generation,
it's pretty cool to see and
it just wouldn't be the same
if dad and grandpa wasn't
here, it's just not the same,
its just not hayin'
season without them here.
- If he wants to take over the
place, that'd be great too,
and hopefully both the boys will be back
but time will tell.
The main thing I want them is to be happy,
be where they wanna be.
- I love it.
Wherever I go, I can to go New York City,
I can go to all them cool
places but when I get back here,
this is home.
And I'd rather be here than anywhere else
and that's why I'm still here, honestly.
I just don't know anything
other than ranching,
so this is what I've grown up knowin',
and cattle is what my life is about.
(laughs) Whether it's riding
bulls or taking care of cattle
we have here at home.
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