How to avoid the Pearson's square when formulating a feed ration, how to get corn out of a bulk bag, and a better mouse trap

Its been a week.

I am tired. Lots of rain. Not a lot of motivation. I have been trying to clean my shop. That is depressing.

Friday it was finally decent enough to make feed. 

I have a couple pallets of feed in my shop to keep dry. The sheer volume of rain overwhelmed the aluminum roof and it leaked on my oat/alfalfa mix.

And mice have moved in.

So Friday I set about cleaning up the random 800lb bags of oats stuffed in the barn and trying to get the 3,000lb bag of corn off my truck so I can haul the oat bags to a better location.

I borrowed this handy tool from my neighbor.

You screw it into a bulk bag. I has little razor knives that cut the bag and then you thread it in to the bag. It worked amazingly well. Note: Just because 3,500lbs of corn will fit into a bag doesn't mean you can actually pick up the bag without the handles ripping...

Earlier in the week I made pig and chicken feed and then diluted it into cow feed for my friend. I just boosted the oats to get the protein down to 13%.

Friday I started getting messages about my Oat/Alfalfa pellets. They haven't been selling so I told the first guy that if he got there in an hour I would knock off $50. He showed up!

But I got more messages! This continued through Saturday. I sold another 1000lb bag. Then took an order for two more, and then another two. I figure I will actually sell three bags. I probably need to get up early Monday.

This is my current mix below.

I made this mix because my friend likes corn. But then he was worried about too much corn. So I put more oats in it. I was going to add 500lbs of alfalfa but the alfalfa was mixed with third cutting canary grass which was like 100 percent leaf and smelled good so I figured it would work.

It made nice pellets

I got a special order for a little extra. I can't believe this got mold. It has been a couple years. It stinks! 

I need to find a building. Everything is now mud.

I bought electronic mouse traps. I catch at least three mice a day

I have been trying to read. My daughter got me a couple Piers Anthony books for Christmas. I do have quality reading material already. I miss books.