[AT] Re Plowing in Ohio/Long

[Edchainsaw at aol.com]

In a message dated 9/15/2007 12:06:54 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,  
at-request at lists.antique-tractor.com writes:

[AT]  Plowing in Ohio/Long


As a  kid  we plowed every inch of  ground we   planted -- so I was put on a  
plow as soon as I could be trusted-- 3  plows  were always  faster than 2.    
 We farm  near a  small river and  our sand was the easiest to plow-- I loved 
 it  exept when you let  one wheel spin more than 1 round  without  moving... 
 I almost rolled a 4630 JD  over  into the old river  bed  that day...    
most of the ground is  Zip-muck and  sandy loam   mix   you would go from   
5mph to 7 mph to 4  all in  one  pass. 
 
The one field is 3/4 mile long --- grampa  told  us when  he  plowed with 
horses  he could  plow all day and still   jump over  the land  when  he quit for 
the night.  He saw it  all in his time --  when he started working on the 
farm  they did  have a     tractor ---  a    LITTLE  BULL  tractor.   They went 
back to horses  during the  20's  and  when he last plowed in 1980  we were 
using a 4430  and 5bottom plow   and  then before he died in 1999 he  saw  us go 
to  no-tilling.    
 
My Dad could set up a plow well and from using  the   ac-CA,  and  a  MF135   
  they are a lot alike hitch wise  but I was a lot safer on the 135.  
 
 



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