[AT] Farm show observations

[yestergears at intrstar.net]

Charlie:
   You still have a soft spot for those orange tractors?  Did you make the sale in trenton this year? I don't get to keep up here as 
much as I used to.  Teenager running me ragged along with a mom with alzheimers and working for a living just isn't enough hours in a 
day.
I've seen ponds frozen over  here that I haven't seen since I graduated Tech school.  At least 20 years. It is a thin layer but they 
were frozen before the 70 degree days. I remember an ice storm here in 1968 I believe it was.  We were without power for a week. CP&L 
couldn't get out to work because of the ice on the roads.  Then in 1973, we had two snows one in Jan and one in Feb that were over 12 
inches.  It sleeted then snowed then sleeted over that.  Dad had the farmall out with the servis blade cleaning driveways for him and 
the neighbors.  We had to walk to the farm to get the tractor ( about a mile) drifts were so bad you couldn't see the road etc.  He 
drove home really slowly actually dragging the road part way lol.  Beat the state by about 4 days. He was afraid the pepper beds froze, 
but they came through it great under that blanket of snow. He didn't lose a plant as we could tell.
Travis




>------- Original Message -------
>From    : charliehill[mailto:charliehill at embarqmail.com]
>Sent    : 2/9/2009 8:59:15 PM
>To      : at at lists.antique-tractor.com
>Cc      : 
>Subject : RE: Re: [AT] Farm show observations
>
 >Hi Travis,  yeah we had about 1" on the 20th over at the farm my mom said 
they had about 3".  Last week we just got the ground covered good and that 
was it.  It's been about as cold a winter as we've had in 20 years I guess.

Charlie
----- Original Message ----- 



> Hey Charlie!!
>  It snowed like mad here last week for about an hour.  Dusted the ground 
> and cars up good but that was it.  We had about 5 inches on
> Jan 20.
>  It has been cold though.
>
>
>
>>------- Original Message -------
>>From    : charliehill[ mailto:charliehill at embarqmail.com] 
>>Sent    : 2/8/2009 6:09:28 PM
>>To      : at at lists.antique-tractor.com
>>Cc      :
>>Subject : RE: Re: [AT] Farm show observations
>>
> >John I think Travis had some snow in Turkey also.  I know we had some.
>
> charlie
> ----- Original Message ----- 
>
>
>
>> Great to see you posting Travis! We had snow 2 days last week, and today 
>> I
>> have been outdoors with no coat or hat--its over 70 deg.
>>
>> John
>> ----- Original Message ----- 
>> From: <yestergears at intrstar.net>
>> To: <at at lists.antique-tractor.com>
>> Sent: Sunday, February 08, 2009 8:55 AM
>> Subject: Re: [AT] Farm show observations
>>
>>
>>> John:
>>>  Joe Ertl is making those pedal combines.  They are Scale Models Brand.
>>> Same company making the older farmall pedal tractor models.
>>> 806, H, M etc.
>>> How are things in Bahama?  I'm glad to see it warm up in Turkey!!
>>> Travis
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>>------- Original Message -------
>>>>From    : John Hall[  mailto:jthall at worldnet.att.net] 
>>>>Sent    : 2/8/2009 7:55:17 AM
>>>>To      : at at lists.antique-tractor.com
>>>>Cc      :
>>>>Subject : RE: [AT] Farm show observations
>>>>
>>> >Went to the N.C. Farm Show last weekend and noticed a few things of
>>> interest.
>>>
>>> 1) John Blue sprayers are not much different than they were 60 years 
>>> ago.
>>>
>>> 2) Bobcat is building small tractors.
>>>
>>> 3) Montana is building 2 lines of tractors. One is green and looks
>>> modern,
>>> the other is blue and looks like Ford's from the 70's or '80's.
>>>
>>> 4) Somebody finally decided to build a pedal combine. I can just see the
>>> average 4 year old driving it--considering the rear wheel steering.
>>>
>>> 5) Monsanto keeps an actual cotton plant in their mobile display unit
>>> since
>>> so many folks around the country have never seen one. They actually take
>>> it
>>> into the motel  at night!
>>>
>>> 6) I lost count of the number of outdoor furnace makers. Maybe had
>>> something
>>> to do with the economy.
>>>
>>> 7) The second biggest piece of equipment on the farm (besides a combine)
>>> is
>>> a self propelled sprayer. There was only one combine at the show but at
>>> least 4 of these contraptions. I know one of them had 5 foot of ground
>>> clearance. These things have come a long way since JD and Spra-Coupe 
>>> were
>>> making 3 wheeled models.
>>>
>>> John Hall
>>>
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