[AT] crops

Ralph Goff alfg at sasktel.net
Sat Nov 6 09:43:53 PST 2004


Hi John
There seems to be a long delay to some of my posts appearing but I will try
and see when this one appears.
Linola is actually a crop unique to the Agricore grain company and can only
be grown under contract to them as far as I know. If you have ever seen flax
then you will know what linola crops look like. The seed of linola is a
different colour, golden, as opposed to the dark brown flax seeds.
Yes, its an edible oil used for certain types of margarine and cooking oil.
I baled about 850 bales off that 20 acre patch that I swathed so it was
heavy.
It gave the old 730 Case a good bit of exercise running the baler for a
couple of afternoons. That manual steering sure gives the arms and shoulders
a workout too.
 Not too much good seed in the heads of this crop due to the frost damage..
Still I might try combining some of it just to see.

Ralph in Sask.
http://lgoff.sasktelwebsite.net/

----- Original Message -----
From: jfgrant <jfgrant at triton.net>
To: Antique tractor email discussion group <at at lists.antique-tractor.com>
Sent: Friday, November 05, 2004 8:47 PM
Subject: [AT] crops


> Hello Ralph. Went to you site and enjoyed looking at the photos. I have to
> ask, What is Lanola? My wife is from Kansas and was raised on a farm and
I'm
> from Michigan and don't know either !!! I suspect that it a crop that the
> seeds are made into a oil of some sort such as lanolin or similar. Funny
how
> different crops are grown just in certain places. We brought some tobacco
> plants up from southern Indiana for yard items but they did not survive
the
> weather up here. Thanks,  John Grant
>
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