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To: Oral Roberts who wrote (23999)	2/1/2007 4:21:58 PM
From: John Carragher	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 34894

some of my pipes froze last week. upsetting i spent two days putting in more insulation around them a few months back.. seems i kept the hot air from furnance getting to them and let the cold stay around them. tore out the insulation and opened part of hung ceiling and let hot air vent open up .. pipes started to flow again. temp was around 12 outside and the contractor ran pipes out in over hang and up the outside wall.

To: Oral Roberts who wrote (23999)	2/1/2007 6:24:18 PM
From: Ish	Respond to of 34894

<<I know the byproduct is much higher in protein then corn but does it have the energy? Cause that is what a guy is really feeding corn to dairy cows for although there are plenty of other sources if need be.>> It would be lower in energy but would make a leaner feeder steer. I know milk is priced, or used to be, by how much butter fat it had and the byproduct wouldn't be good for that. <<I remember these cold snaps well while farming. Nothing good happens below 0. I remember one January where the high temp for the month was -2. Everyday was spent with frozen pipes and water cups, etc. Real bitch.>> With horses it's the water line freeze going to the barn and frozen buckets. Luckily we have lots of buckets. A 5 gallon bucket is ok but I found some from a drywall company that were 3 gallon. 5 gallon leaves some water at the bottom as a horse's head is too wide to drink the last two gallons. The 3 gallon were as wide but shorter. I called the company and 10 dozen of the empty buckets was the minimum order. Told the girl what we wanted them for and she sent 2 dozen of them free as a sample. Still nice people in this world.