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farmer101IL

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Now where was I. Oh yea,, thoughts of October , November. Fall colors,
frosty mornings, crisp dry cornfields, no more baling. God i love combining corn, no dust, the sound of snapping corn stalks,maybe a pheasant or two.
I love that cool crisp air. Usually a trip to Wisconsin for a short fishing trip in October. My 55 JD combine is itching to go 2 rows at a time, 4 sweet acres.
Those are some of my thoughts of the farm in fall. Oh yeah one other thing,
a fire in my grandfathers hand built rock fireplace, built with rocks gathered from all over this great country, when he was a rockhound nut. Can't beat a fire and coffee at 4 thirty in the morning waiting for the sun.
Anybody else got any thoughts of fall??

Take Care

Farmer
 
Usually mud. Manure from penned up cattle. Getting every part of my anatomy kicked over and over working weaned calves. Putting on too many clothes in the morning cold and working up a heck of a sweat before I have the good sense to take some of them off. The absolute dread,every morning that the next one will be even colder and the days getting shorter. Geez,sounds like I've been farming WAY too long don't it?
 
One of my favorite memories is picking corn on a crisp October afternoon with a Super M farmall and 2ME picker with everything working smoothly in good corn. Prior to this we had a worthless one row picker and this REAL picker was just magical. Another is plowing corn stalks in the Fall with a brand new JD 4020.
 
i recall the smell of the crisp cold air maybe a morning light fog. along with the smell of hoppes #9 on the old wingmaster as i head out to get a few squirrels. then in the warm afternoon cutting firewood till dark watching deer in the field watching me. i love fall my favorite time of year. thanks for the thoughts.
 
Listening to high school football on the radio in a tractor or combine on friday nights. Stepping out of the cab into the sweet smelling air seasoned with cornstalks, soil, diesel exhaust, and hot hydraulic fluid. Just the right amount of chill in the air. Tromp through the corn stubble to my truck at the edge of the field and go meet some friends at the high school ball game. Get a seat in the back of somebody's pickup parked at the sidelines with all the other pickups lined up the same way.

Yup, fall's my favorite time of the year. I think I'm gonna miss doing that stuff this fall.
 
(quoted from post at 13:53:47 08/31/08) Listening to high school football on the radio in a tractor or combine on friday nights. Stepping out of the cab into the sweet smelling air seasoned with cornstalks, soil, diesel exhaust, and hot hydraulic fluid. Just the right amount of chill in the air. Tromp through the corn stubble to my truck at the edge of the field and go meet some friends at the high school ball game. Get a seat in the back of somebody's pickup parked at the sidelines with all the other pickups lined up the same way.

Yup, fall's my favorite time of the year. I think I'm gonna miss doing that stuff this fall.
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Oh booo hooo in-too-deep, LOL I can think of alot of fun things to do with a new chicka-dee in my life. I believe this will be your first Minnessooooooota winter ehhh? Hey has anybody told yas any norvegian jokes yet.!!!! LOL I believe that Minnesota girl will show you how to stay nice and toasty this winter, if she is anything like mine.

Take Care

Farmer
 
(quoted from post at 13:36:43 08/31/08) Usually mud. Manure from penned up cattle. Getting every part of my anatomy kicked over and over working weaned calves. Putting on too many clothes in the morning cold and working up a heck of a sweat before I have the good sense to take some of them off. The absolute dread,every morning that the next one will be even colder and the days getting shorter. Geez,sounds like I've been farming WAY too long don't it?
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And your loving every single minute of it !!! LOL

Farmer
 
Being able to turn off the air conditioner and feel the cool air move through the house when the windows are opened. The smell of the dry corn stalks, resting in the fence row, out of the wind feeling the warm sun. Jim
 
Nothing like a clean slate and a new name for your thread.I always take a couple of weeks off and go Deer hunting and other things I want to do in Nov. I will also visit the VA cemetery this year and visit dad who passed last Nov. The fall is good but then again so is spring.
 
Hey now, this is a family show!

Heck I wasn't whining at all. I can't wait for fall up here. Gonna hunt my first Minnesota whitetail (deer) with the new rifle I bought a couple months ago. Miss MN wants me to buy a double-seater deer stand and frankly, I kinda want to get it. ; )

Yeah, this'll be my first full-time winter, I got a glimpse of it last winter when I was up visiting, and that 10" snowstorm in April got me broke in I think.
 
in too deep

I could make a similiar comment to farmer101IL but I won't. You have been to kind to me the last couple of months.

No reason to think that there isn't football up where you are at. You and Ms Mn can go to a game can't you or are you to busy working?

Life is good and you will still enjoy fall just a new set of memories for the future.

Keep your chin up, I know I am.

jt
 
Love the sound of beans hitting the cylinder on my old Allis combine, and all the other stuff that goes with the season. After a summer of long days I look forward to slowing down a little after harvest and just working on machinery and cutting wood for the rest of the winter.
Paul
 
Oh yeah, I'm not sad about it or anything. I'm happy as a clam to be up here and experiencing new things with a person I can't stand being away from. Can't fault a guy for liking the good ole days though...I'm even happier about the good new days.
 
(quoted from post at 15:41:45 08/31/08) Oh yeah, I'm not sad about it or anything. I'm happy as a clam to be up here and experiencing new things with a person I can't stand being away from. Can't fault a guy for liking the good ole days though...I'm even happier about the good new days.
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Hey In-to-deep ,
You done any fishing up there yet? What town are you in up there i can't remember.

Farmer
 
Smell of peanuts being dug in fall, dust in the air picking them, and then the sweet smell of them drying. Listening to the whine of a cotton picker in the evening, the rush of air hitting you from standing on the module builder as a load is dumped, rymthic sound of cotton being packed, watching the hydraulic pressures on the gauge as you rock the builder off the ground. The Sunbelt Expo in the fall where I can see all the machinery I want of not need. Meet the people, see the exhibits. Spreading chicken litter, seeding fields in fall on open tractors, listening to the Georgia Bulldogs on the radio, wearing my jean jacket on cool clear days near the end of November, MAN I LOVE IT ALL :>).

JoshuaGA
 
I don't like the fall, everything starts dying and then gets barried by snow and COLD. I like the spring time, everything fresh and new and has warm weather behind it.
 
Carrying water out to worthless animals, things getting stuck in mud, working on things through insulated gloves although theres no way in hell i'll ever fix them, water coming through crappy roof in shutty garage, school continueing, corn once again diddnt grow worth a damn, taking care of non-laying chickens (tried raising them twice, never again). Yep, life is good.
 
Well Lanse, I guess you will have to do what the old Indian in the movie "Josie Wales" was quoting: "Vow to endeavor to persevere". Besides, tough and challenging times are what help you to grow up with the necessary toughness to survive or your own.

I am always amazed at the difference between farm-raised turkeys and wild turkeys - same genetics, but no comparison in survival skills. The woodlands surrounding my house is full of skunks, raccoons, foxes, coyotes, hawks, feral cats, and yet a flock of wild turkeys manages to survive and raise a few young ones every year. The tame turkey would not survive more than a day or two in the same scenario.

Need an example - Paris Hilton qualifies as a tame turkey. She couldn"t survive on her own without her daddy"s money. In the real world, she would be pathetic. (Of course, I may be too hard on her - she does kinda have the natural instincts to become a street-walker!).
 
Window open,top half of the body outside, arms spread, you saying "Lo the morn"

Wife in the kitchen yelling, "mow the lawn,"
 
Glad to hear that. I am looking forward to that myself. (lets see if that has the rest of these guys guessing).

I don't hunt but I could see where that two person deer stand could be fun. Just sitting there quietly with MsMn waiting for a whitetail to come by. Good memories for the future. At least she shares that interest along with many others I am sure.

I don't remember if you guys have any row crops up there or is it all hay and pasture?

jt
 
I get a fair amount of time on the water, but not nearly enough if ya ask me! Got skunked on my first walleye trip last week though. Mostly it's just been panfish, but I have snagged a handful of real nice largemouth...one of 'em nearly 3 lbs.

I live in the thriving metropolis of Shevlin, MN, population 143. That's about 20 miles west of Bemidji, population 11,000.
 
(quoted from post at 10:37:42 09/01/08) I get a fair amount of time on the water, but not nearly enough if ya ask me! Got skunked on my first walleye trip last week though. Mostly it's just been panfish, but I have snagged a handful of real nice largemouth...one of 'em nearly 3 lbs.

I live in the thriving metropolis of Shevlin, MN, population 143. That's about 20 miles west of Bemidji, population 11,000.
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Glad to hear your getting in a little fishing time. I've been to Bemidji many a times. For some reason i thought you were farther north. Never fished up there . I've fished over by Brainerd alot. Detroit Lakes area. And of course where i grew up the Alexandria chain of lakes. Hey a 3 lb bass is nice up in that neck of the woods. Only ever saw a hand full of 5lb plus bass all the years up there. Panfish are my favorite to fish for, hard to get skunked by them. I've got a few honey holes up in the Alexandria area. LOL

Take Care

Farmer
 
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