[AT] Spam> Re: OT; News from Oklahoma

[Keith Kinney]

Ralph
If that is a Medium sized farmer what would constitute a large sized  
farmer?  Do they make tractors larger than the one pictured? How many  
acres would they typically farm?
Keith
On May 16, 2009, at 2:12 AM, Ralph Goff wrote:

> Herb, that JD 4wd is actually a fairly typical sized tractor for  
> this area
> and he is certainly not a big farmer by today's standards. Thats  
> about a 35
> foot air seeder behind the tractor and the plastic tank in the  
> foreground is
> liquid fertilizer. What you can't see is the other fertilizer tank  
> hitched
> behind the air seeder. Its makes for quite a train of equipment when  
> you see
> it all stretched out going down the field. What you are seeing on  
> the side
> of the air seeder tank is probably the fill auger. They have their own
> hydraulic drive auger mounted on the side to fill up the tanks with  
> grain
> and fertilizer. We have come a long was from the days of a five  
> gallon pail
> and bathtub (what I started out with nearly 40 years ago).:-)
>
> Ralph in Sask.
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> From: "Herbert Metz" <metz-h.b at mindspring.com>
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>>
>> Ralph
>> Dad occasionally commented that a farmer was the biggest gambler in  
>> the
>> world in that he gambled on the weather.
>> The photo you included was of a sizeable farmer with a large JD FWD
>> pulling
>> a preparer/seeder?
>> Also, the two plastic tanks were probably used for?
>> The larger tank in the background had something from the side and  
>> then
>> over
>> to the center; probably piping or an access ladder?
>> Apologies for all of the questions.
>> Herb
>>
>>> [Original Message]
>>> From: Ralph Goff <alfg at sasktel.net>
>>> To: Antique tractor email discussion group <at at lists.antique-tractor.com 
>>> >
>>> Date: 5/15/2009 1:50:54 PM
>>> Subject: [AT] Spam> Re:  OT; News from Oklahoma
>>>
>>> Kind of a miserable spring day here in SAsk. with snow and cold.  
>>> Its been
>>> below normal most of May with hard frosts some nights. Everything  
>>> is late
>>> (including spring seeding). Took this picture yesterday while on  
>>> the way
>> to
>>> try seeding some flax. I did get 36 acres done before it started up
>> snowing
>>> again. Today I could go snowmobiling instead of seeding.
>>>
>> http://www.redpowermagazine.com/forums/index.php?act=attach&type=post&id=709
>> 06
>>>
>>> Ralph in Sask.
>>> ----- Original Message -----
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>>> Sent: Thursday, May 14, 2009 10:02 PM
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>>>
>>>>   H.L.
>>>>   Glad you got the rain and hope you now get the dry weather to get
>>>> the
>>>> planting done.
>>>>   We had a nice drying weekend here in west central, Ohio. The
>>>> tractors
>>>> and planters were starting to roll on Monday, and in full force on
>> Tuesday
>>>> and Wednesday morning. More rain for Wednesday afternoon and most  
>>>> of
>>>> the
>>>> night. Got up to 3 inches in some places. Not so much here and only
>>>> standing
>>>> puddles in the fields.
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