[AT] Mud or dust?

[charlie hill]

It's been dry here in coastal NC all summer until this past week.  I think 
most everyone here has had some rain now.  Unfortunately it's too late for 
the corn crop in many areas.  Our rain has been spotty from thunder storms 
with no wide spread rain events.  Some folks are ok, others are in drought 
conditions.

Charlie


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Gene Dotson" <gdotsly at watchtv.net>
To: "Antique tractor email discussion group" <at at lists.antique-tractor.com>
Sent: Tuesday, August 28, 2007 6:15 AM
Subject: Re: [AT] Mud or dust?


>    Farmer;
>
>    I came home to a rain gauge reading more than 4 inches while I was gone
> for the week. The grass was growing wild. Spent about 6 hours mowing on
> Sunday and Monday. Actually had some runoff. Crops are looking fine and 
> may
> even have a late 3rd cutting of hay.
>
>    Ironic how the rains have fallen this year. Northwest Ohio has burned 
> up
> this summer with corn shorter than the fence posts. Now the heavy rains 
> come
> and flood the fields.
>
>                Gene
>
>
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Francis Robinson" <robinson at svs.net>
> To: "Antique tractor email discussion group" 
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> Sent: Monday, August 27, 2007 10:51 PM
> Subject: [AT] Mud or dust?
>
>
>>    As I drove home from Portland Sunday I watched the grass and crops.
>> They
>> were lush and green at Portland which received more rain just before I 
>> got
>> there than we have had most of the spring and all summer then it rained 
>> on
>> us while we were there. As we got about to the I-70 / US-40 area things
>> started looking more dry. About the time we turned west on IN-44 at
>> Rushville (about 20 miles farther south) the grass was getting more and
>> more
>> brown. By the time we got home all yards were just brown and dry all 
>> over.
>> Soybeans, corn and hay/pastures are really suffering badly. Son Scott has
>> been doing some underground installation work down in Columbus IN (about
>> 30
>> miles south of us) and he tells me that their sandy soils are far worse
>> than
>> here. When we got home the grass crunched and broke under foot as we
>> walked
>> to the house only to see reports on TV about all of the mid-west
>> flooding...
>> :-)   I guess everything is normal...   :-)
>>    So, what is your old tractor driving through? Mud or dust?
>>
>>
>>
>> --
>> "farmer"
>>
>> Francis Robinson
>> Central Indiana, USA
>> robinson at svs.net
>>
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