[AJD] TEST only -- Now planting

[Bill Salisbury]

Yeah, Paul, I thought about that.  And bark it would!  Too many toys now. 
Not enough time to play with them all.

Bill
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Paul Waugh" <pwaugh at embarqmail.com>
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Sent: Thursday, June 03, 2010 4:24 PM
Subject: Re: [AJD] TEST only -- Now planting


> 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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> (PleaseDELETE)
>
>
>> 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
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>>> Subject: Re: [AJD] TEST only -- Not receiving messages for some reason
>>> (PleaseDELETE)
>>>
>>> Yes, quiet.
>>> Brad
>>>
>>> Bill Salisbury wrote:
>>>> HI Garrell,
>>>>
>>>> Received your message OK.
>>>>
>>>> Bill
>>>> ----- Original Message ----- 
>>>> From: <gdombaugh at 1kms.com>
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>>>> <antique-johndeere at lists.antique-tractor.com>
>>>> Sent: Tuesday, June 01, 2010 10:16 AM
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>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>> TEST...
>>>>> Garrell Dombaugh
>>>>>
>>>>>
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