[AT] OT: Was Trombones - now, back to old tractors.

[Francis Robinson]

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>Thanks again for your help, now back to tractors....
>
> Enjoy, Joe

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    A few of my old tractors are getting wet... After the year we have had 
that is kind of exciting.   :-)
    We had an inch of rain overnight and more predicted. The leaves are 
changing colors here now, all 23 of them... I don't recall them ever getting 
so skimpy before changing color but some plants are putting out new leaves 
yet since recent rains. One of the amazing things going on here is the 
sprouting of corn and soybeans due to high temperatures. Every tiny little 
kernel that came off of the little end of a cob has sprouted in the fields. 
It would make you think that a hundred bushels an acre was left in the 
fields but it is just those itty-bitty kernels that always blow or screen 
out with the weed seeds. A few miles south of here field after field is 
standing 2 feet tall in super dense bright green corn. It should be good for 
the soil as that stuff will pull available nutrients out and bind them in 
the foliage and roots then release it later. The common old term was "green 
manure". We may see general frost next week and all of those corn and 
soybean plants will become mulch.
    There was an article in the local paper recently about a local farmer I 
used to be acquainted with (used to work with him in another life, haven't 
seen him in 30 years) who lost a combine to a fire this fall. I don't know 
the model but it was a very large New Holland and when it caught fire in the 
field it only had 4 hours on it... According to the item they are still 
investigating the exact cause. I pass it about once a week where it is still 
sitting in the field. The paper indicated that New Holland replaced the 
combine and they are the ones investigating the cause in case it is a 
problem that could repeat. It sure could ruin your day.


--
"farmer"

When you reach the end of your rope
 tie a knot and hang on...

Francis Robinson
Central Indiana, USA
robinson at svs.net