pretty payday

formerly ny bill · Nov 9, 2023

Lots of things are satisfying about farming- beautiful sunsets, a nice heifer calf from a good cow, watching your kids grow, but one thing that is most enjoyed is seeing the yellow ears, or in this case, shell corn filling the wagons. This was on the way back to the barn this afternoon, taken from the 826 hydro.

Janicholson · Nov 9, 2023

That is a fine feeling. Good clean crop in those wagons. Nice! Thanks. Jim

rustred · Nov 9, 2023

and i totally agree! at times i think of town people , like what do they do? walk to garage if they have one. go for coffee. sit in the house , look out the window, go drive around. not for me no thanks. i am all over the place on the farm always doing something , there is always something to do, you never have nothing to do. and still cant get things done i want to do. but as long as i accomplish something each day i am happy.

jm. · Nov 9, 2023

Never have nothing to do... That is me I coffee with some older gents that just complain all the time about nothing to do. Man I am 15 projects behind and then my wife's list.. . 460 acres here and any day I can drive around and find a tree down that needs to be cut up. Just so much.

r.w.b. · Nov 10, 2023

great crops this year. had very little last year.bins filling up great scenery.
i love viewing hay all green flying out back of mower conditioner too,or watch soil turn over while working it

Geo-TH,In · Nov 10, 2023

jm
You are an 80 year old Action Figure.
Don't stop or you may rust.

agjim · Nov 10, 2023

Beautiful.

paul · Nov 10, 2023

Nice!

Was very difficult to get a clean sample this year, low spots were 200+ bu wet corn the high spots were burned up 50 bu dry nubbins. The last 40 I just finished has 14 hill tops and all the low spots between. Then add a 30mph wind the fan couldnt blow one direction and blew to the neighbors going the other way. Never found a setting that gave me clean corn this year.

Paul

Crazy Horse · Nov 10, 2023

It's nice for you to be concerned about townies Rusty but it's not really necessary. I'm sure we keep every bit as busy as country fok do and some, even more so. Many retired townies for example spend hours and hours each day volunteering and helping others in the community in countless ways instead of wandering around their farms accomplishing something for themselves. I've often wondered where these distorted views of town folk comes from.

showcrop · Nov 10, 2023

(quoted from post at 09:41:33 11/10/23) It's nice for you to be concerned about townies Rusty but it's not really necessary. I'm sure we keep every bit as busy as country fok do and some, even more so. Many retired townies for example spend hours and hours each day volunteering and helping others in the community in countless ways instead of wandering around their farms accomplishing something for themselves. I've often wondered where these distorted views of town folk comes from.

Many townies are holding on by a thread even working 2-3 jobs. I know some who got laid off when the economy tanked in '97 and were forced to go onto social security at age 62. Many of these people had always had good jobs and just though that they always would. When you go on Social Security that young you are pretty much doomed to working until 85 if you still can. I see an awful lot of older people working in retail and service sector. Hardly sitting looking out the window or going for a drive.

GermantownGreen · Nov 10, 2023

Nice haul!
I agree, what do some folks do with their evenings?
When I get off work town work, I tell the co-workers, who wants to come home and work third shift for help?

No takers....

GG Wes

rustred · Nov 10, 2023

I am not concerned about them one bit. So I guess ur a townie as u call your self. I was just thinking if I lived in town I would get pretty bored fast doing what I posted. Dont know how its distorted when a farm person who is outside all day moves to town and then has to sit in the house all day for example. Its reality. And I dont have to be in town to help others out. And the kms on my phone each day show I am not sitting down and not a chance I can do the same in town.
But each to ur own thing

Crazy Horse · Nov 11, 2023

I'm sure you would get bored RR but you didn't say that. I was referring to your reply when you said ....

'at times i think of town people , like what do they do? walk to garage if they have one. go for coffee. sit in the house , look out the window, go drive around'

Sounds to me like you are saying that's what town people do, not what you might end up doing if you lived in town. Big difference. Anyways, an interesting topic.

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