somesortafarmer
Member
Hi, I am pretty green to field work...I am trying to turn over and work a small 4 acre field that was planted to smooth brome grass 15-18 years back. I was hoping to get a mediocre corn crop for my hogs and sheep. I have an Oliver 1550 and an Oliver 4240 3x16 pull plow. I am having a fiendishly difficult time getting this field plowed. I don"t have the horsepower to get much more than a 6" cut. I am plowing in 1st and sometimes use the hydro to keep rpm"s up. DO I just keep this up and then disk the tar out of it? Will this shallow plowing be able to create a good soil condition for a crop? What is my best case scenario for getting something in the ground this spring? Don"t hold back I can take it, and I want to learn. My antique neighbor lets me have it regularly for my "farming" idiocy.