[AT] Yesterdays Tractoring

[Robinson]

         I planted 8 acres of wheat yesterday afternoon. I want the straw 
to bale almost as much as the wheat. Of course it won't bother me to take 
the money from the wheat either.   :-)
         I drilled it using my Super MTA and my old 10' John Deere drill I 
also pull an old 10'  Dunham cultipacker behind the drill.  I welded a 
hitch on the back of the drill years ago so I could pull the cultipacker. I 
feel that it really helps the seed to soil contact a lot. The cultipacker 
has an extension on the hitch made from an old sickle bar mower bar so that 
I can still turn quite sharply.
         It is a little late for drilling wheat here but I have had good 
luck as late as the day before Thanksgiving.
         I love that old MTA. I would have posted about it yesterday 
morning before I started but didn't want to brag on it for fear of jinxing 
it.   :-)   We had about a 1/2" of rain today which should give the wheat a 
good start. It is supposed to be sunny for the next five days or so which 
should also help give it a good start.



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Francis Robinson
Central Indiana, USA
robinson at svs.net