Likely the holiday period for you sport some attention towardthankfulness . Let me seek to be cognizant and not hypocritical about this very concept as I rush to dispatch shopping lists and logistics fortravelthat include directions for the farm sitter . As I reflect on the year — and the weather condition and theanimalsthat are a big part of it — it ’s really the round-eyed things that descend to the head . And although I call this man “ A Large Animal Vet ’s List of Thanks , ” I ’m betting hobby Fannie Merritt Farmer out there will find many similarities to their lists as well . In fact , you ’ve likely receive some piece of farm equipment on your lists that I could habituate myself , so I suppose this could also work double - tariff as a form of dewy-eyed giving list .
After all , you’re able to never have too many Hot Hands , can you ?
Instant Thermometers
Quick , honest , accurate and comparatively cheap , these thermometer are a must - have piece of farm equipment for any ex-serviceman . Do n’t get the erstwhile - timers regale you with tale about those atomic number 80 thermometers . Digital work out just fine . Just be sure you have a few on - hand . They are easy to misplace or miss in tall dope , never to be seen again .
Alpaca/Wool Socks
I have been lucky enough to receive a few pairs of socks made from alpaca fiber from various clients . They are tremendous . A hearty pair of wool socks will also do a darn fine job on those biting , cold days that are coming .
Orange Knit Hat
If you could insulate the top of your school principal in frigid weather , you ’ve won half the battle . The orange is a bonus in case you ’re in a remote wooded areaduring hunting time of year . Safety first .
Headlamp
The dark come too soon this time of year . When you ca n’t afford to drop off one hand while view as a torch , but you need to see two feet in front of you , a headlight is the Francis Scott Key . Trudging my way through a cow pasture at midnight ? No problem . Investigating a lesion on the venter of a horse in a coloured stall ? Easy peasy .
Coveralls
Depending on your location , lined coveralls are deserving bonus points . Properly made , these thing are nearly indestructible . No holes nor snags nor open train of thought will stop me and , unbelievably , they are relatively imperviable to discolouration as well .
Mine are a dark unripened for no picky grounds , but any colour will do . Plus the pockets are to conk out for . Pen ? Got it . notebook computer ? Here you go . Above - mentioned insistent thermometer ? Always get it on me . Band - Aid ? If I have n’t run out already .
Lined Rubber Muck Boots
These coupled with the drogue above are a double threat to those sub - zero temporary worker when you ’re pad through a sloppy pasture , pass over a creek to get to a down animate being , or just heading to a cloudy barn — which happens even to the best of us sometimes .
Extra Power Cord for Smartphone
Tuck it in your glove compartment and block about it until you take it .
Thermos
Hot afternoon tea , burnt umber , drinking chocolate — whatever your hot drink of choice , a Thermos is an indispensable piece of farm equipment on a dusty wintertime day . With a good insulated container , you may have a comfy potable at your fingertip all twenty-four hours long .
Extra Extension Cords
The concept of duplicity is important in this lean . You may have one of everything , but have an extra on hand is really something to be thankful for . I ca n’t tell you how many extension phone cords I ’ve left at other farm , but at least I know they ’re being used . Maybe it ’s the actual endowment that keeps on gift . It ’s the trivial thing , right ?
