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Jeremy Holst

12-03-2003 19:54:27




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Hey, whats up?
I'm interested in a photo or picture of an antique quack digger on steel. If anyone could send me a picture, photo, or sketch for reference, it would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks




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Bob

12-05-2003 08:42:10




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 Re: Quack digger photo in reply to Jeremy Holst, 12-03-2003 19:54:27  
Try a Google search for "chisel plow" or "Graham Hoeme".



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Dick2

12-05-2003 03:30:58




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 Re: Quack digger photo in reply to Jeremy Holst, 12-03-2003 19:54:27  
I remember seeing those on steel wheels, but we had the first 3-pt cultivator in the neighborhood on our 1939 9N Ford. It became my job to work the quack patches every week to bring up the roots. I went back and forth in a criss-cross pattern and lifted the cultivator often to bring up the roots. I killed a lot of quack in the early-to-mid 40's with that cultivator.



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Kelly C

12-04-2003 10:11:52




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 Re: Quack digger photo in reply to Jeremy Holst, 12-03-2003 19:54:27  
Is that a implement to find bad Doctors????



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RayP(MI)

12-04-2003 12:58:50




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 Re: Re: Quack digger photo in reply to Kelly C, 12-04-2003 10:11:52  
No, a quack digger is a field cultivator. Typically a trailer type tool, as most were in use before 3pt hitches were common. They featured quite high clearance, pointed, springy tines, with shearpins. Their name "quack digger," came from their use in freshly broken fields, where a nasty grass with lots of tendrils, called "quack grass" grew. The cultivator would pull the roots to the surface, where exposure to the sun dried the roots, killing the plants. Often this tool was used several times over a two or three week period to kill off the grass roots. Quack grass is common to Michigan and perhaps other states in the midwest. Others can comment on this. Wish I had a good quack digger!

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NPM

01-09-2004 20:45:05




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 Re: Re: Re: Quack digger photo in reply to RayP(MI), 12-04-2003 12:58:50  
My uncle in SW MN has a quack digger. Still works, too!



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Rauville

12-05-2003 04:38:52




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 Re: Re: Re: Quack digger photo in reply to RayP(MI), 12-04-2003 12:58:50  
I remember an old farmer once telling how to get rid of that hard-to-kill quackgrass: "You have to dig it twice, rake it, let it dry, burn it, and then...be DARN CAREFUL with what you do with the ashes!"



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JMS/MN

12-04-2003 23:48:56




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 Re: Re: Re: Quack digger photo in reply to RayP(MI), 12-04-2003 12:58:50  
Ray has it right- they are field cultivators with narrow shovels- not ducktooth, but only about two inches wide. His description of how to kill quack without herbicides is also correct- multiple passes- often used in summer fallow-- you need to expose the roots (runners) to sunlight so they die. They reproduce with runners, so multiple passes exposes the roots to the sun and they are history. Can clean up a bad infestation in a year or two of treatment. In the 60s, with the govt set-aside program, it was a good idea to till the field every 2-3 weeks to get rid of the quack. If you kept it black all summer it would reduce the problem for the next year.

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Dick

12-04-2003 19:07:40




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 Re: Re: Re: Quack digger photo in reply to RayP(MI), 12-04-2003 12:58:50  
We have quackgrass here in Ct. Even nastier is that stuff we know as wiregrass. I have seen a young root grow through a potato! Thank God it isn't as widespread as quackgrass.



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greenbeanman

12-04-2003 09:01:55




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 Re: Quack digger photo in reply to Jeremy Holst, 12-03-2003 19:54:27  
I'll bite. What's a quack digger? A digger for quack grass? Perhaps what we call a duck foot cultivator? Maybe a "fake" digger?

Hm, new to me, but I'm not a know it all. lol



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Jim in michigan

12-04-2003 07:32:10




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 Re: Quack digger photo in reply to Jeremy Holst, 12-03-2003 19:54:27  
I can get you a picture of mine if it ever quits snowing and it isnt buried,,I had 2 on steel , identical to each other, but the neighbor needed one so I gave him my spare,,I also have one or rubber with spoke wheels,,,,Jim



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John

12-04-2003 11:21:13




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 Re: Re: Quack digger photo in reply to Jim in michigan, 12-04-2003 07:32:10  
They are typically not much more than a heavy looking cultivator. I tried to find a picture but to no avail. I think there have been posts on quack diggers on here previously.



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Peter B.

12-04-2003 20:05:07




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 Re: Re: Re: Quack digger photo in reply to John, 12-04-2003 11:21:13  
Were they also called diggers? I remember them from my youth, on the farn, in North Dakota, mid 50"s. Could put spears or shovels on them to kick up the weed/grass roots. Two or three times through, in the spring, disk, and plant. Also saw some in Oklahoma, had a wide spread on the distance between shanks. Were also called field cultivaters.



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Jim in michigan

12-04-2003 12:32:02




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 Re: Re: Re: Quack digger photo in reply to John, 12-04-2003 11:21:13  
you are right that they are kind of like a cultivator, but not as many tines, mine only has 8 I think. ..works great to rip up ground,, I use it for shallow plowing and to rip the garden,,,Jim



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