Working on picking 4 acres with a #10 New Idea picker and my WD. SLOWWWW going. 1st gear is too fast, have to ride the hand clutch to ease into the stalks. My 494 planter was set a little high, probably close to 35000 population. Some places there"s a stalk every 3". Lot"s of small ears, but that"s OK, since I"m going to grind it for feeding steers. We had a lot of rain in June and heavy black dirt to carry it through July. Not a bad crop, considering that I didn"t spray, but we cultivated once a week. Renters combined some of our farm 2 weeks ago, said moisture was 18% then, so it should be plenty dry to crib. They said they were getting 150 bu/acre, but I think they"re probably getting better than that.
Getting quite a bit of shelling and about 1/3 of the ears aren"t getting husked completely, but not much I can do about it now. Cribbing it in a 16" wire crib with a lot of ventilators, so I think it should keep OK. Now if that big elevator chain will stay together for more than a 1/2 hour at a time, I might just finish the field this week.
Getting quite a bit of shelling and about 1/3 of the ears aren"t getting husked completely, but not much I can do about it now. Cribbing it in a 16" wire crib with a lot of ventilators, so I think it should keep OK. Now if that big elevator chain will stay together for more than a 1/2 hour at a time, I might just finish the field this week.