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Grain Binding Time!! Have a Questions

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Threshing In IL

07-14-2006 05:40:45




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Well I decided that my oats were ready to send the binder through, and mother nature joined in and pushed the temps to 93 with heat index of around 100, boy does that make for hard work!! I do have a question though, I am only 26, so my shocking oats experince is not that great! I always set my shocks sitting east/west with the premise that the wind prevailing from the west can blow through the shock to dry the grain. Makes sense right? Well the old boy down the road stopped me last night and said I put them the wrong way, because I should set them north/south so the sun shines on both sides to dry them out. Anybody have thoughts on this? I shocked three acres in 4 hours last night with 93 degree temps, so as long as they stay standing, I am pretty happy!! Have a good one!

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Mn Dave

07-15-2006 05:34:29




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 Re: Grain Binding Time!! Have a Questions in reply to Threshing In IL, 07-14-2006 05:40:45  
My dad said that they should be north and south, so the prevailing south wind can blow through them and the sun hitting on both sides of the shock. But really, after doing it for over 30 years for our threshing show, it don't make to much diff. The one thing is make sure they stand, if they don't stand, it don't make any difference which way you made them, once they are on the ground and it rains they start growing and that is not good. Make sure you put the butt of the bundle solidly on the ground. So many people just throw the shocks together and they look nice for about the first 3 hours and by the next morning they are twisted down into a heap.

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vernMN

07-15-2006 02:47:49




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 Re: Grain Binding Time!! Have a Questions in reply to Threshing In IL, 07-14-2006 05:40:45  
Remember quite well the cutting of oats with a binder and shocking. It was kind of preference to face them north and south, but usually they ended up putting them what ever way was handy. Nothing worse to have a thistle patch in the field. Ouch.



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Allan In NE

07-14-2006 13:48:07




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 Re: Grain Binding Time!! Have a Questions in reply to Threshing In IL, 07-14-2006 05:40:45  
I agree with these other guys, it doesn't make a fig how you stack 'em; just with the heads off the ground.

Guys that use swathers don't even worry about that anymore. The grain will ripen anyway ya do it. :>)

Allan



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KEH

07-14-2006 13:05:11




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 Re: Grain Binding Time!! Have a Questions in reply to Threshing In IL, 07-14-2006 05:40:45  
We used a binder when I was a boy. We just shocked the bundles however was convenient. The oats are already half ripe and dry when cut anyway. Of course, we were using them for hay, not threshing them.

KEH



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Ben in KS

07-14-2006 06:31:11




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Just shock it! It's over 90 degrees; I'm sure it will all dry down anyway. Have fun with it. Ben



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