I ask this because I have some memories of my Grandfather choosing the 7pm-10pm time period during the summer to get most of his discing or furrowing taken care of on his old Massey.
Welleverybody knows Infernal Combustion engines run better in the evening. ;-) (Gloaming, as we call it) &, of course, with the smaller tractors in the good old days, it took longer 2 get everything done, hence the longer hours. I have fond memories of plowing far into the night with the 8N trying 2 get the fields ready 4 planting. Took many hours 2 do wh@ a giant multi-bottom rig does in a few minits! & 2 this very day, I bush-hog @ night, 2 escape the HEAT & Sun of midsummer!! But it all eventully got done. & The heat, bugs, etcetc are another factor, as well. Not 2 mention off-farm work, because small farmers can't make a legal living without another source of income. Yep old-school farming ain't a 9-5 job!! CC
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