[AT] History Exam, now kid memories

[John Hall]

OK, getting an education here. Lucky you for not needing lime--it can use up 
roughly 500lb per acre per wheat crop--lime is normally applied every 2-4 
years--depending on the soil tests and farming practices. We also apply, per 
acre, about 300lbs of 10-20-20 at planting and then topdress with liquid 
nitrogen in the spring--about 25 gal--I think it is 30%. How does our 
fetilizer use compare to yours? Oh by the way, we follow wheat with double 
crop beans and do not use fertilizer.

John

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Ralph Goff" <alfg at sasktel.net>
To: "Antique tractor email discussion group" <at at lists.antique-tractor.com>
Sent: Tuesday, June 19, 2007 11:19 PM
Subject: Re: [AT] History Exam, now kid memories


>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "John Hall" <jthall at worldnet.att.net>
> To: "Antique tractor email discussion group" 
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> Sent: Tuesday, June 19, 2007 7:49 PM
> Subject: Re: [AT] History Exam, now kid memories
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>> Hey Ralph, got a question for you. How do they apply fertilizer in the 
>> big
>> wheat growing regions. We quit doing it with the drill over 20 years
>> ago--seems to me the it was to slow however a lot more accurate than a
>> apreader.
>>  Also, how do they apply lime? The trucks we use only hold 8 tons--thats
>> about enough to go over 8-12 acres on average. Can't quite figure out how
>> that would work in a several hundred acre field!
>
> John, most fertilizer is applied with the seeding operation here. I'm a
> little behind the times and I put my nitrogen on as anhydrous either in 
> fall
> or spring before seeding. And then some granular is applied with the seed 
> in
> a split tank air seeder.  Many pull the anhydrous tanks right behind the 
> air
> seeder or air drill now so it is a once over operation. Some are opting 
> for
> liquid fertilizer which is safer than anhydrous but more expensive. It 
> makes
> quite a train of equipment with the air seeder, grain/fertilizer tank, and
> then an anhydrous or liquid fert. tank.
> Lime? Far as I know we don't use it here, at least not on my land.
>
> Ralph in Sask.
>
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