Farm Show Magazine

[scott_vt]

Has anyone heard of Farm Show Magazine? I just got a flyer in the mail for it and went ahead and subscribed. Of course the flyer makes it sound like it's the best magazine in the world. I was just wondering if anyone here has experience with it.

Evenin Iplayfarmer,
I would say what I do closely parallels your screen name ! That being said, I did get the flyer in the mail, and for the money I thought I would give it a whack !

I am a steady subscriber to Red Power mag and thought a bit of diversity in the homestead wouldnt hurt !

Ill give you an evaluation when I I get my first copy !

 

[Iplayfarmer]

Evenin Iplayfarmer,
I would say what I do closely parallels your screen name ! That being said, I did get the flyer in the mail, and for the money I thought I would give it a whack !

I am a steady subscriber to Red Power mag and thought a bit of diversity in the homestead wouldnt hurt !

Ill give you an evaluation when I I get my first copy !

We'll have to compare notes. I wonder how long it will take to get the first issue.

 

[Diesel-ME]

I got that mail drop too.... I wonder what the common thread is to have landed on their new mailing list? I wonder how many of us will at least fill out the "Win This Handy Chore Tractor!" contest entry form - thereby getting promoted to their semi-permanent mailing list?

~paul

 

[Iplayfarmer]

I got that mail drop too.... I wonder what the common thread is to have landed on their new mailing list? I wonder how many of us will at least fill out the "Win This Handy Chore Tractor!" contest entry form - thereby getting promoted to their semi-permanent mailing list?

~paul

We call it the "Sucker List". I think there's a similar list for telemarketers. When you finally cave and donate a dollar to someone's fireman's assistance fund, all of a sudden everyone else wanting money calls you within a week.

 

[scott_vt]

I wonder how many of us will at least fill out the "Win This Handy Chore Tractor!" contest entry form - thereby getting promoted to their semi-permanent mailing list?

~paul

Afternoon Paul,
Well I figured I had a better chance of winning that chore tractor with mailing in my subscription than not ! Like I need another tractor !

 

[Iplayfarmer]

...Like I need another tractor !

I thought tractors, clamps, and tarps all were in the same category... As long as you have a place to keep them, you can never have too many.

 

[Soundguy]

I've got lots of problems. but having too many tractors ain't one of them!

soundguy

 

[Iplayfarmer]

Well, here's my follow up after receiving my first issue and the free gifts, "Best of Farm Show" and "Energy Saving Ideas". I've spent numerous hours browsing all three volumes and chuckling over some of the ideas I've seen.

It's probably worth the $14.95 that I spent on it. I haven't seen anything in there yet that has really changed the way I look at the world or how I tinker. It has changed the way I look at grain combines. It seems like every other project in all three volumes was made out of an old grain combine. It makes me wonder if there's some kind of surplus of them laying around.

I'm guessing that after a year I'll probably not renew. The magazine and both free "books" that I got seemed to all have the same basic stuff in them. I'll see if new issues have new ideas that have not already been covered. If I do see new, novel ideas, I'll consider renewing.

The only real complaint that I have is that most of the "articles" really seem to be advertisements for someone's new idea. It's the magazine equivalent of infomercials.

 

[Soundguy]

I also let my subscription run out.. I saw enough things made from combines abd busses to hold me for a loooong time!

soundguy

 

[Iplayfarmer]

I also let my subscription run out.. I saw enough things made from combines abd busses to hold me for a loooong time!

soundguy

I only saw a few busses this time. On the other hand, though, there were at least a dozen fancy contraptions to burn a round bale of straw.