april 26
there does exist a sane person in this episode...... Bill------ of the. farm bureau....
i am a member of the farm bureau whether the town likes it or not
and there is a mass law.
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There are some legal protections for farms being declared a nuisance by the Board of Health. MGL Chapter 111. Section 125a essentially says that they cannot declare you a nuisance if you are following "generally accepted agricultural practice. They would need to show that your are not doing so in order to declare you to be a nuisance
my problem is... when they came up the. driveway in 5 trucks to talk about expirimenting with rodenticide to see if it would kill a large dog like a dane------ no one... as in NO ONE asked me what i a had already done. which i. though was significant---- buying 84 victor snap traps and having only 20 left when they got here... for openers... what they were going on was an on camera tactic of naming one gizelle...jus to make it sound more acceptable to the camera city folk--- the other thing that probably upset them was i realize rats are smart.... and i was interested in seeing just what they were attracted to-- on a scientific experimental level---- perfectly legitimate.... who in the board of health knew ridex was an icecream party to a rat--- or my toyota wires.... and what in the home depot hardware aisle attracts some living creature according to our dogs.... i asked these questions, but it was way beyond the board of health's interest. i still think the world would like to. identify a few more things like ridex.....
There are some legal protections for farms being declared a nuisance by the Board of Health. MGL Chapter 111. Section 125a essentially says that they cannot declare you a nuisance if you are following "generally accepted agricultural practice. They would need to show that your are not doing so in order to declare you to be a nuisance
my problem is... when they came up the. driveway in 5 trucks to talk about expirimenting with rodenticide to see if it would kill a large dog like a dane------ no one... as in NO ONE asked me what i a had already done. which i. though was significant---- buying 84 victor snap traps and having only 20 left when they got here... for openers... what they were going on was an on camera tactic of naming one gizelle...jus to make it sound more acceptable to the camera city folk--- the other thing that probably upset them was i realize rats are smart.... and i was interested in seeing just what they were attracted to-- on a scientific experimental level---- perfectly legitimate.... who in the board of health knew ridex was an icecream party to a rat--- or my toyota wires.... and what in the home depot hardware aisle attracts some living creature according to our dogs.... i asked these questions, but it was way beyond the board of health's interest. i still think the world would like to. identify a few more things like ridex.....
so then we are to ... is scientific inquiry a generally acceptable practice....?
it always has been or we would starve to death.
Bill. did mention somethign my dogs have been telling me...... there is a stack of branches 10 feet from where i parked my sequoia.... something is in that pile...jiminey and sizzle have told me several times....
i did know.......shame on me for not doing anythng about that stack..... i dismissed it as squirrels . which are no better...
it is on the short list now.
along with shoving the exhaust hose down a couple rat holes in the barn... and under where coop once was,,, yes i will do that when the mare is not in the barn....again an interesting experiment-- the answer i am pretty sure of anyway--- tthere are many tunnels we never new were there..... where do they go? smoke blowing might be interesting. with a leaf blower????
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i do feel safer... because i do practice generally acceptable agricultural practices ( snap trapping 64 in 2 months) hopefully i will be allowed it investigate any "out of the agricultural box" ideas without punishment.
