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Topic: Waste of time?

Posted By: AtuckerKY
Subject: Waste of time?
Date Posted: 19 Oct 2010 at 8:18am

I may have wasted 3 hours, 10 gallons of gas, and 450 pounds of wheat last night but atleast I was driving an AC. Used our 1968 170 and a 8 foot Oliver drill to plant 5 acres of cover crop on tobacco patch. It has not rained since the night of July 15th. I can remember the last time it rained because we just finished topping the tobacco and the next morning dad and I were going to go to Paris, IL for the OPOP show. I was so excited either about the rain or the show that I could not sleep. 50% chance of rain Saturday we need it.

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Farming looks mighty easy when your plow is a pencil, and you're a thousand miles from the corn field. Eisenhower, Dwight D.

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Posted By: John (C-IL)
Date Posted: 19 Oct 2010 at 12:17pm

Everybody here was worried about the wheat coming up because the dirt is dry. Well, it's up and looking beautiful.

Plant in the dust and your bin will bust!

Posted By: CTuckerNWIL
Date Posted: 19 Oct 2010 at 1:40pm

It couldn't have been a waste if you were driving your Allis around. That's considered tractor therapy if nothing else. John, when the winds from the west, the fishing's the best.

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Posted By: AtuckerKY
Date Posted: 19 Oct 2010 at 2:13pm

Not complaining but I have never seen it this dry for so long. We have been feed hay for a month now.

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Farming looks mighty easy when your plow is a pencil, and you're a thousand miles from the corn field. Eisenhower, Dwight D.

Posted By: BrettPhillips
Date Posted: 19 Oct 2010 at 2:48pm

John: I've always heard "Sow in the dust and reap you must". At any rate it held true for me this year. about a week after I planted my Barley and Timothy it began to rain again, and it's doing well so far.

Posted By: DREAM
Date Posted: 19 Oct 2010 at 8:37pm

And Charlie, "when the wind's out of the east, the fish bite the least". LOL!

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Posted By: Bob D. (La)
Date Posted: 20 Oct 2010 at 5:16am

I always heard, sow your wheat in the dust. Plant your oats in the mud. Usually, the weather in Indiana at those times of the year gave you very little choice to do otherwise, especially with the oats.

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Posted By: Jack(Ky)
Date Posted: 20 Oct 2010 at 6:17am

One thing about farming is you can't wait to see what the weather is gonna do, you just have do it and hope for the best.JP

Posted By: Charles (KY)
Date Posted: 20 Oct 2010 at 7:30am

Planted some wheat a month ago. It came up good then about a week ago it started drying up and dying. No rain. Just finished planting 500 acres, hope it does better.

Posted By: Jim Lindemood
Date Posted: 20 Oct 2010 at 8:50am

Worked my wheat field yesterday -- yes it is a dust field. Calling for a chance of rain this weekend. Will go ahead an plant it - better rain a little - like I control it, LOL