Re: Time to Stir The Pot

Posted by RayP(MI) on January 13, 2005 at 16:37:00 from (216.46.210.47):

In Reply to: Time to Stir The Pot posted by Allan in NE on January 13, 2005 at 11:49:26:

Suprised no one mentioned carrying irrigation pipes. We had the ones that laid on the ground, and after every set, had to go out in the muddy field and carry each 30' pipe over 90' and relay them. In potatoes, you had to step up over each hilled row. Then there were the mosquitos, every time you bent over to pick up a pipe, they'd hit you like someone threw a handful of gravel in your face. Had to wear denim jackets, long pants, boots, hats with ear flaps, and lots of greasy old 6-12 insect repellant. Gads that was miserable. Corn was as bad, as you had to hold the pipes overhead as you carried them. Then the sprinklers were on risers, and that meant an extra trip to carry the sprinkler. they would tip over from time to time, so we had to drive a steak in the ground with each sprinkler and tie the sprinkler head to that - required you to carry a hatchet to pound the steak in too. Plus getting the corn leaves in the eyes. Then you weren't done - once you restarted the pump, had to walk the line and see that you didn't get sand into the sprinklers and that they were properly rotating. Also had to check that nothing got into the lines during changeover. Often picked up a pebble, frog or mouse that plugged one of the sprinklers. That meant a walk back to the back of the farm to shut down the pump, then go back and remove the blockage, then back to the pump again. Removing a frog thru a 1/4" hole wasn't pretty - I used to carry a piece of fencing wire and tried to remove it in operation at 70# pressure. Some times I was successful, sometimes not. Guaranteed a faceful of ugly swamp water every time! Not much fun, but I knew it had to be done.

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