Baling the Hunt Place

Cut, raked, and baled a field we call the Hunt Place this weekend.

An old homestead from the late 1890's owned by Mr. Anglo Saxon Hunt.

Saturday morning fired up "Vernon" our 56 70 gas tractor with the JD 350 mower; seems to be a good combination.

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Sunday morning raked with "Uncle Earl" our 39B for a while, then switched over to "Sam" our 51MT.

Managed to get the rope wrapped around the tire and changed the angle on the rope lever.

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Did some routine maintenance on the KRONE 125 4x4 baler until about 7pm.

Decided to make a few bales to check it out and didn't quit until after 9pm.

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Monday morning fired up "No. 15" our 53 70 gas tractor and finished baling over at the old barn.

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Hooked up "Sam" to the JD No. 16 Delivery Trailer and advertised/displayed a couple of bales up near the road.

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It pays to advertise; first customer was there before the second bale was on the trailer.

Thanks Jim....always enjoy the pics

As Always nice pics there James,

Nice bales too , not even a limb in em either.

Just pickin,!!LOL

Don't get me started on pine trees.

Thought I learned my lesson last week about filming near pine trees.

Yeah, you guessed it; hit another pine tree and ended up with an R rated (language) video.

It got deleted on purpose, but accidentally deleted a few others by mistake.

Oh well there's always next weekend and countless other pine trees.

Glad you enjoy the photos; we enjoy sharing them.

Glad you enjoyed the photos; we enjoy sharing them with y'all.

Great picture James. There is sure a difference between Alfalfa and grass hay. Son moving all his equipment except swather to prarie hay in the morning including Johnny Pop also, taking up a borrowed V rake.
gitrig

It's nice to see the older equipment doing it's job. Great pictures. It's amazing how parcels of land keeps the owners name. I can stil remember a couple of Dad's plces he farmed. there was the Kex place, Carters, Stan

Jim,

Yer yankin' my heart out.

Spent my youth on a John Deere 50 and a 9' bar. Seem to recall it was 5th gear and that special "spin the wheel/hit the brake" at the corners to keep 'em square.

Allan

Great pictures! It makes me homesick.

Nice bit or work. What's the closest town to you here in Texas? I'm over in Jefferson but we got more pine trees I think than you do.

Farm is between Daingerfield and Mt. Pleasant. And we have areas that have lots of pine trees.

We have a couple that are the largest pines I've ever seen anywhere. Will try to get a pic this w/e and post.

"Vernon" was a lucky find. We were on our way to the farm and I spotted him sitting in a field next the highway service road. Got off at the next exit and turned around. James checked him out and we bought him on the spot. At $2100 he would not have been for sale very long.

Named him "Vernon" because he was close to Mr. Vernon, Tx. when we spotted him. Great tractor, has the second easiest power steering of the JDs.

A lot of good folks in Jefferson, TX.

Worked at both banks in Jefferson from 83-89.

My uncle also lived in Jefferson during the 40's and 50's.

Beautiful and historic old town.

Run "Vernon" in 3rd gear; too many unseen gopher, wild hog, armadillo, and other holes to go much faster.

My neighbor refers to them as "wheeling" brakes.

The power steering on "Vernon" will creep to the right even sitting at idle.

Nancy gets on to me because the <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BYxv_HsWGHg">sharp right turns</a> make small divots in the field.

Sure is fun even for an old man to "turn on a dime and give back 9 cents in change".

Glad you enjoy the photos; we enjoy sharing them with everyone on the forum.

Using the "vintage" equipment on a hobby farm is not too bad; just have to remind myself that it's 50-70 years old.

Growing up in a rural community, folks identified parcels/tracts of land by the owner's name.

Most of the owner's names we refer to have been gone for 80-100 years.

To name just a few "places": Meadows, Hayes Johnson Store, Ma Coffey, Hunt, Ragan, Store, and Home.

At the appraisal district office, the county surveys still have the tracts in some of the "old timers" names.

One day I was mowing on the Hunt place where the old home fireplace hearth is still standing.

An older man drove up and parked his car in the shade of a cedar.

He got out and walked around looking at different spots; the old fireplace hearth, old well, and potato house.

I stopped mowing and went over to visit with him.

Turned out the Hunt's were his grandparents and he just wanted to see their "home place" one more time.

Very interesting stories he told of his grandparents and his memories as a child in their home during the 30's.

It's good that some of us are fortunate enough to be able to "tie" ourselves back to our family "roots" in a community; even if it's only with a piece of land we refer to as the "home" place.

Glad you enjoy the photos.

The Bahia grass is a tough, stemmed grass.

My dad always called it "poor mans" hay.

Doesn't always make the prettiest bale, but cows in NE Texas don't care much.

Been reading all your posts on baling and y'all stay busy.

Y'all be careful out there in the heat.

The home place. Even after we moved a mile down the road the old home was always refered to as the home place. When I'm gone it will just be a parcel of land with no more old buildings, just new houses. Stan

nice looking hay. I always have wanted to use the older tractors to do hay when i get older. Although i love the tractors from the 60's and 70's but im only 16 so by the time im older they will be antiques! but thanks for the pics!

Here's one

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Thanks for the compliment on the hay.

We mow these fields with 6ft Bush Hog finishing mowers every year to remove the dead grass from winter.

Decided last year to bale instead of wasting it by shredding.

A lot of us started at your age or younger.

Continue to read and learn from our experiences; be sure to ask questions for help at any time.

Glad you enjoyed the photos; we like to share them with folks on this forum.

James,
Like always GREAT pictures and THANKS for sharing //
Wondering .. is the trailer home-made or what ? how many bales does it haul ??

THANKS again for sharing ...
Mark

The trailer is a John Deere No. 16 Delivery Trailer.

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The trailer tilts so that the John Deere dealer could back a tractor onto the trailer and deliver the tractor to the proud new owner.

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Decided to use it for advertising hay so put a couple of bales on it and parked it close to the road.

Bought it a couple of years ago because had never seen one before.

Sometimes you just buy equipment for the fun of it not knowing how, when, or where in the world you will ever use it.

Cool Pictures. How do you like your Krone Baler? And what do you use to load your Round Bales onto your Trailer?

Really like the Krone balers because of the fixed chamber.

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If the baler picks up the hay, it wraps it without a lot of waste; especially on our Krone 260.

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No belts to worry with and no hard center cores that have to be thrown away.

We have a Ford 2810 with a front loader; don't know how we made it so long without a front loader.

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Glad you liked the photos.

James Howell [/quote]o belts to worry with and no hard center cores that have to be thrown away.

I let my cows eat the core. I never understood why some bales cattle eat core first then the rest of bale. I've actually seen a few bales one could see completely through the middle.

Have you ever weighted any of your bales?

Nancy and I talked about putting one of the 4x4 bales in the bed of the truck and taking it to town to be weighed.

We were discussing approximately how many square bales a 4x4 bale might make and compare the relative prices.