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Hurstel M. Howa

05-30-2001 18:29:17




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Hi to all, What I have been able to do with my 8n is use the plow and disk and work the soil but I have not figured how to plant the seed. Any ideas.
I really want to plant for the wild life, like wheat,corn,and other things. I saw a 4 row planter in the paper but don't know nothing about what I really need. thank you.




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Dave in Mo

06-01-2001 05:53:12




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 Re: Planting seed in reply to Hurstel M. Howard, 05-30-2001 18:29:17  
Probably the best thing to plant for carry thru for the cold winter is corn. Everything will eat it. In the cold December snow, the stalks make a good meal for the deer. I have watched them many times eating those. I use an old 2 row JD lister planter for my corn and milo/sorgham with a ho-made fertilizer box attachment. Works great on the 8N three point hitch. In your case for this year you could buy a couple of 50 pound bags of the bird food mix and broadcast the mixture along with some 12-12-12 fertilizer the same way. It sells for about $6/ 40 lbs bag or so. Drag a fence behind the 8N to cover the mix and wait for the sunflowers to grow.

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Charlie

05-31-2001 06:37:45




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 Re: Planting seed in reply to Hurstel M. Howard, 05-30-2001 18:29:17  
Seeds like wheat, barley, oats are normally sown with a grain drill. For small acres you could buy a broad cast seeder, even a small one where you walk across the field and turn a crank to work the spreader. Broadcasting takes more seed than drilling. Corn should be put in rows using a corn planter and then in your case it will need cultivating to cut down on weeds. Weeds are a problem in any crop unless you spray and/or cultivate. Are you planning to harvest or let the birds do the harvesting. Depending on what you want to accomplish you may have alot bigger project going here than you planned for. As alrady mentioned, talking to a local agricultural or coop department can help work out what you want to do.

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Hurstel M. Howard

05-31-2001 19:36:55




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 Re: Re: Planting seed in reply to Charlie, 05-31-2001 06:37:45  
Hi, Thanks for the reply. No I'm not planning on taking any of the crop. I was going to let the wild life do that. Thanks again.



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Dave in Mo

05-31-2001 04:23:24




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 Re: Planting seed in reply to Hurstel M. Howard, 05-30-2001 18:29:17  
Contact your State Conservation Agency. They will offer different type of seed for free usually along with advice for best performance based on your desires. They may even loan out some planting equipment.



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Hurstel M. Howard

05-31-2001 19:39:17




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 Re: Re: Planting seed in reply to Dave in Mo, 05-31-2001 04:23:24  
Hi, Thanks for the reply. I have contacted the state in the past and I have not had real good luck, but maybe I'll try again.



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Dave in Mo

06-01-2001 05:45:23




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 Re: Re: Re: Planting seed in reply to Hurstel M. Howard, 05-31-2001 19:39:17  
I can only tell you what we have in Missouri. Which state do you live in? Sometimes you need to be persistant. Probably would be better to do this arranging In January or February. They are probably swamped now or have already dispersed the alotted seed they have.



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Hurstel M. Howard

06-02-2001 04:36:48




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 Re: Re: Re: Re: Planting seed in reply to Dave in Mo, 06-01-2001 05:45:23  
The farm is in southern Illinois 20 miles north of Karo. This is not just for 1 year I plan to do this each year, so if I am to late this year I can still work toward next year. Thanks for the help.



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TomH

05-30-2001 19:06:38




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 Re: Planting seed in reply to Hurstel M. Howard, 05-30-2001 18:29:17  
You have three choices:

Broadcast - kind of like a really big fertilizer spreader that mounts on the 3pt hitch. Good for small seeds like clover, grass, or alfalfa

Drill - usually used for small grains like wheat, might have a grass seeder attachment for small seeds. Gives a little better control of seed rate and depth than broadcasting

Planter - plants one seed at a time at the depth and spacing you want, usually used for bigger seeds like corn. I think a 4-row would be too big for an 8N.

It sounds like you could get by with broadcasting. Here's an example.

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Hurstel M. Howard

05-31-2001 19:44:34




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 Re: Re: Planting seed in reply to TomH, 05-30-2001 19:06:38  
Hi, Thanks for the reply. You have been helpful. I saved the .com you sent and will check it out more later. thanks again.



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