billonthefarm
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- Farmington IL
I sure hope it has been as nice a fall for everyone else as it has for us here in central IL. Warm sunny day after warm sunny day. After two very difficult fall harvest seasons we are enjoying every minute of this one.
This was a little project we did on a weekend this fall. W.G. Huey came here to this farm in Trivoli Township in 1882 and began farming. In 1894 he purchased it from the owners. This farm is probably best known for being a dairy farm that had Brown Swiss cows. His son George lived his whole life here and I knew him quite well. He told the stories of farming her during the depression, chinch bugs, droughts and long cold winters. W.G. Huey was my great great grandfather. My family has grown every crop on this land since 1882. This sign is just a reminder of how we got to were we are.
This was our last field of corn. We finished corn harvest two weeks ago this past monday. Yields varied greatly and were less than normal but this seems to be a pretty common theme.
Soybeans harvest went well. Beans yielded better than average. We still have about 40 acres of late planted replant beans that just arent quite ready. We will probably wait till first of the week and go after them.
Right sqare in the middle background of this picture is where I live. From where I took this picture it is 3 miles. Not hard to see what is going on around the neighborhood is it?
After we finished corn but before we started on the beans we spent a couple days baling cornstalks. I forgot my camera when we did the baling but had it along for the always exciting moving of the bales.
Six bales at a time, off they go to be stacked.
I loaded in the field, cliff hauled and nick unloaded in the barn lot, load after load.
This pile grew to about 85 bales before he had to put bales in another place.
We were in a bit of a hurry since dad was in the tractor and chisel plow coming across the field right behind us.
As always, where ever we go and whatever we are doing, wrigley is always with us.
Harvest is quickly coming to its end here for everyone. We are getting ready to move cattle out of pastures, build fence, and wean calves. Still will be doing some field work later this fall, applying NH3. Right now it is very enjoyable, taking advantage of our lighter than normal work load for mid october and just enjoying life a little.
Hope you all are doing the same.
bill
This was a little project we did on a weekend this fall. W.G. Huey came here to this farm in Trivoli Township in 1882 and began farming. In 1894 he purchased it from the owners. This farm is probably best known for being a dairy farm that had Brown Swiss cows. His son George lived his whole life here and I knew him quite well. He told the stories of farming her during the depression, chinch bugs, droughts and long cold winters. W.G. Huey was my great great grandfather. My family has grown every crop on this land since 1882. This sign is just a reminder of how we got to were we are.
This was our last field of corn. We finished corn harvest two weeks ago this past monday. Yields varied greatly and were less than normal but this seems to be a pretty common theme.
Soybeans harvest went well. Beans yielded better than average. We still have about 40 acres of late planted replant beans that just arent quite ready. We will probably wait till first of the week and go after them.
Right sqare in the middle background of this picture is where I live. From where I took this picture it is 3 miles. Not hard to see what is going on around the neighborhood is it?
After we finished corn but before we started on the beans we spent a couple days baling cornstalks. I forgot my camera when we did the baling but had it along for the always exciting moving of the bales.
Six bales at a time, off they go to be stacked.
I loaded in the field, cliff hauled and nick unloaded in the barn lot, load after load.
This pile grew to about 85 bales before he had to put bales in another place.
We were in a bit of a hurry since dad was in the tractor and chisel plow coming across the field right behind us.
As always, where ever we go and whatever we are doing, wrigley is always with us.
Harvest is quickly coming to its end here for everyone. We are getting ready to move cattle out of pastures, build fence, and wean calves. Still will be doing some field work later this fall, applying NH3. Right now it is very enjoyable, taking advantage of our lighter than normal work load for mid october and just enjoying life a little.
Hope you all are doing the same.
bill
