By the Numbers

As a new year begins and an old one ends I always find myself reflecting on the past year. If I look at 2015 in numbers here are a few of the statistics:

Pounds of grain fed = 114,084 pounds/51,747 kilograms (how is that possible??)

Inches of rain at the farm in 2015 = 56.1 inches/1,494 millimeters; converting that to gallons of rain on the farm that is 227,434,572 gallons of rain or 859,702,682 liters of rain

Number of stray dogs we adopted = 1

Number of times above stray dog was skunked = 5

Number of days above stray dog terrorized the farm because he was wearing a cone = 7

Pounds of hay fed = 375,000 pounds/170,415 kilograms (pounds of grass grazed would be even higher!!)

Number of water leaks repaired = 1 (I think Jason would say it felt like 10)

Number of times we saw a vet = I don’t actually know, nor do I want to know

Number of days we spent with a farrier = 30

Number of days we spent with the equine dentist = 12

Number of days Timbit annoyed us = 365

Number of cans of cat food our stray cat Oscar consumed = 436 (this is a conservative count)

Number of times we managed to capture Oscar in a live trap to take him to the vet = 1

Number of pet cows we moved from my parents’ farm to our farm = 3

Number of body clips I did in 2015 = 14

Number of blogs posted = 154

Number of pictures posted on the blog = 1,463

These are just a few of the numbers from 2015. They do make me look at things from a different perspective. The 227 million gallons of rainwater is staggering to me, especially since we could have used a little more rain at times this year.

Share with us some of your interesting numbers from 2015!

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Blu, Sam, Murphy and Taco