[AT] History Exam, now kid memories

[Herbert Metz]

Ralph
The 84 foot air drill calculates to be:
4.91 miles/hour
A 640 acre section in 12.8 hours.
The 9000 acres in 7.5 days.
These numbers are assuming no stops.
Herb

> Same situation here in wheatland Charlie. I hate to admit it but small
farms
> are finished as far as making a living now. The only way is if the farmer
> has an off farm job to supplement (subsidize?) the farming side of his
> operation.
> The acres I am farming now would have been considered a huge farm when I
was
> a kid. My Dad farmed 2 and a half quarter sections and milked cows for
years
> and it was enough to raise a family .
> I'm farming 10 quarters plus custom working another 3 myself and most
years
> its close to a break even situation, if I'm careful. Economically I guess
> I'd be further ahead to rent it all out to a big farmer and just collect
> rent without all the expense it takes to raise a crop today. For me it
will
> always be a way of life, not a business.
>
> It was interesting reading an article on the latest seeding technology.
Seed
> Hawk has come up with an 84 foot air drill that seeds 50 acres an hour.
With
> GPS and a couple of guys working shifts they seed 24 hours a day to put in
> 9000 acres of crop. I'm starting to feel like I have been in this
business a
> long, long time.
> Some contrast to when I started farming with a Cockshutt 50 and a Case 12
> foot disker that would seed 40 acres in a day if everything worked in your
> favour.
>
> Ralph in Sask.
>
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