[AJD] TEST only -- Now planting

[Paul Waugh]

sit and look at it, fire it up and listen to it bark
Paul=46555
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Bill Salisbury" <salisburyw at comcast.net>
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Sent: Thursday, June 03, 2010 3:46 PM
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> Dear David,
>
> My father had a Planet Jr.which he used in his garden.  I remember it from
> the time I was a little kid.  When Dad passed away, that Planet Jr. was
> still in his tool shed and in new condition.  When cleaning out that tool
> shed of 60 plus years of accumulation, I ended up giving it away to a man
> who was collecting artifacts such as this, to decorate a restaurant,
> probably a Cracker Barrel or the like.  This fellow was very excited about
> getting it.
>
> My dad had a Standard Monarch garden tractor which did all the plowing,
> harrowing, cultivating, etc.  As a little boy of 3 years old, I thought 
> that
> that tractor was the living end!  It was the greatest thing since sliced
> bread.  As I grew up, I eventually grew big enough to be able to horse 
> that
> tractor around.  For all of the things that it wasn't, I can tell you that
> it had every bit of the power of 3 1/2 horses.  With the short stack open
> exhaust pipe, it would really bark.  I often wish that the tractor had
> stayed in the family, but it didn't.  Recently, I saw one for sale and it
> was a new old stock one that had never been used for anything.  The 
> original
> paint was on it and in fine shape.  When I saw that advertised, I thought
> that I should go after it.  Then, common sense prevailed.  What would I do
> with it other than take up more space?
>
> Cheers!  Bill
>
>
>
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Rev. Gerber" <drgerber at fuse.net>
> To: "'Antique John Deere mailing list'"
> <antique-johndeere at lists.antique-tractor.com>
> Sent: Thursday, June 03, 2010 1:14 PM
> Subject: Re: [AJD] TEST only -- Not receiving messages forsome reason
> (PleaseDELETE)
>
>
>> Friends.  Slightly off subject, but I finished planting my garden, about
>> an
>> acre, last week.  For many years I planted everything manually; open a
>> shallow furrow with a hoe, bend over, plant the seeds, cover using a
>> garden
>> rake.  A friend bought an Earthway planter, new, made out of plastic and
>> aluminum.  He cussed the planter every time he used it, and remarked that
>> he
>> should have spent a little more and bought a Planet Jr., like they used 
>> 50
>> plus years ago.  I searched on the web, and found planet jr. planters 
>> turn
>> up every so often, carefully shopped, and bought one for a hundred
>> dollars.
>> I learned they originally came with three seed plates, and an auger for
>> larger seeds and a rotating brush for the smaller seeds inside the 
>> planter
>> box.  Auger shaft runs off the large steel front wheel.  I searched for
>> the
>> two seed plates I was missing, and the brush, and can now plant the small
>> stuff like carrots or leaf lettuce with ease.  Technically they are 
>> really
>> a
>> seeder and not a planter.  The spacing is a little too close together for
>> some things, and you must thin the plants once they come up.
>>
>> I am wondering if anyone on the list has experience with the old Planet
>> Jr.
>> planters.
>>
>> Rev. Dr. David R. Gerber
>> Mt. Airy United Methodist Church
>> 2645 North Bend Rd.
>> Cincinnati, OH  45239
>> Phone: 513-541-0307
>> FAX: 513-541-2575
>>
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: antique-johndeere-bounces at lists.antique-tractor.com
>> [mailto:antique-johndeere-bounces at lists.antique-tractor.com] On Behalf Of
>> Wiebelhaus
>> Sent: Thursday, June 03, 2010 10:14 AM
>> To: Antique John Deere mailing list
>> Subject: Re: [AJD] TEST only -- Not receiving messages for some reason
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>>
>> Yes, quiet.
>> Brad
>>
>> Bill Salisbury wrote:
>>> HI Garrell,
>>>
>>> Received your message OK.
>>>
>>> Bill
>>> ----- Original Message ----- 
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>>> Sent: Tuesday, June 01, 2010 10:16 AM
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>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>> TEST...
>>>> Garrell Dombaugh
>>>>
>>>>
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