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Drilling Sudan Grass

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Farmallb

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Ive got a 1924 IHC 14 hole disc opener grain drill.
Im wanting to sow Sudan Grass/Gotcha grass. Ive sowed it before, but that was 30yrs ago. Ive forgotten how to set the bottom cups and the 2 controls on the back plate.
 
Just called my seed man. He says a standard bag costs $34, and a enhanced bag, that goes twice as far is $67. not near as bad as I thought it would be. I think I paid $16 30yrs ago.
 
I have an old JD. On the back are the seed plate opening setting adjusters. I still have the info sheet on the bottom of the hopper lid and this is what it says for sorghum. I use #16 for 50#/acre with depth pressure at max for discs at 7" spacing.
 
Well, mine dosent say none of that as I don't have numbers on m mine, nor a guage sheet on the bottom of the lid.
 
16 notches in the gauge position from fully closed. Seeder wheel is about 1/4" or so away from the sheet metal side.

Measure off an acre and test it. Put in a 50# bag and go with it. I know you will have to stop frequently to ensure the seed is in the trough to the seeder wheel, but an acre isn't all that big and won't take you that long.

For a 7' drill (actual seed dropping part) it is a strip 6200' long. For a 9' is 4840'. A mile is 5280'. If your field is 1000 ft long, it's about 6 laps or 5.

Mark
 
Ive got a 10 acre field. I got no way of measuring it, much less by the acre.
I don't know what your calling the seed wheel
 
When you look at the bottom of the hopper from the inside, the thing that collects seeds and rolls them out.

On measuring your 10 acres just pace off one side and divide the paces by 10. That's your one acre. I have done that many times to measure a patch that I didn't know the size.

Mark
 
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