grandpa Love
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Stuck the hillers on and ran through the corn. Did fairly good. Next year I won't plant the corn in hilled rows to start with. And I will run the hillers sooner. Gotta learn something every day!
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corn looks good, don't see it hilled up much anymore kind of surprised the old girl can handle all those sweeps at once. neighbor was telling about his daddy bought a cub and the first time he tried to lay by his tobacco with it they had a time with it, trying to use 2 buzzard wings and 2 hiller blades under the front and 2-22 sweeps on the back, he said it would almost turn around in the field trying to pull what he had under it, come to find out they needed to split the middles each time with a progressive larger sweep each time they cultivated solved their problem.
Saw the neighbor across the getting the water started on his beer barley.
I had to go over and have a ditch meeting.
He uses gated pipe.
Right next to the barley is a 200 A. corn field. So dry, he figures
he gonna have to irrigate it fairly soon. But he's gotta ditch the corn rows
before he can irrigate. He uses gated pipe on the corn too. 24 inch rows.
He says what you doing next week?
Why???
Well, he says, might need you to help ditch corn rows.
I said OK. He's got two ditching set ups.....one regular one and and one GPS one.
Retired from the RR, but I still like to pretend farm!!
I had to go over and have a ditch meeting.
He uses gated pipe.
Right next to the barley is a 200 A. corn field. So dry, he figures
he gonna have to irrigate it fairly soon. But he's gotta ditch the corn rows
before he can irrigate. He uses gated pipe on the corn too. 24 inch rows.
He says what you doing next week?
Why???
Well, he says, might need you to help ditch corn rows.
I said OK. He's got two ditching set ups.....one regular one and and one GPS one.
Retired from the RR, but I still like to pretend farm!!
Traditional Farmer
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Think someone mentioned that before you planted.
Hobo,NC
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I never take the hillers off on one of my farmalls I do a lot of cultivating with them. I need to hit the corn one more time. That tractor has a flat and needs new tars so I will have to use the rolling cultivator set op on my other Farmall...
The big reason I plant corn other than its hard to buy good corn in the grocery store is I am the tractor driver and the tractor driver likes to cultivate corn... : )
Looking good !!! A offset Farmall gods gift to dirt...
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grandpa Love
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TF....I know. I know! Lol. But I still struggle with the fact that a big rain will wash everything out if I don't hill.....may try waiting a couple weeks longer to plow next spring. Maybe get past the rainy season. I'm learning as I go........
Hobo,NC
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- Sanford, NC
BTDT I take my chances on hill'N...
After the corn comes in mow the stalks down they will lay in the tire tracks, plant peas in the stalks. As the peas come up pull the dirt from the center of the row to them... It will be getting late for peas if your corn is in a place with plenty of sunlight you will make peas. If not you will have the best looking bushes around its good for the soil...
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grandpa Love
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Hobo. Growing this indian corn for the
stalks! Will sell them with hay bales
and bunches of the ears this fall for
decoration
stalks! Will sell them with hay bales
and bunches of the ears this fall for
decoration
larry@stinescorner
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heres our corn field
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