lunckbucket, please explain about buying bags of the stuff? If you meen by buying bags of feed and putting it out, it wouldnt be cheaper & less hassle because we would have to drive 5 hours each way each time we wanted to put the feed out. We also have a fast running creek that runs thru the middle of the property that doesnt freeze over so we wouldnt need the heated tub of water. Do you think 25 acres of winter wheat would do the job? or would we need more? Thanks, Pike