[AT] stuck machinery

[Larry Goss]

I'm on the other side of that scorched earth area, Gene.  Between you in western Ohio, and us in the Evansville area, it has been one of the driest summers on record.  We're currently more than 15 inches below normal rainfall for the year.  From the air, the land from Detroit to Evansville looks like a desert.  The drought extends south on I-75 to about halfway from Lexington to the Tennessee border.

Larry


----- Original Message -----
From: Gene Dotson <gdotsly at watchtv.net>
Date: Friday, November 19, 2010 12:05
Subject: Re: [AT] stuck machinery
To: Antique tractor email discussion group <at at lists.antique-tractor.com>

>     Ralph;
> 
>     Can only feel compassion for the hopelessness 
> of some of these 
> situations.
> 
>     We are still very dry here in Western, Ohio. 
> Fall tillage is going very 
> slow. Local IH dealer has a hard time keeping chisel plow shanks 
> in stock.
> 
>     I finished my plowing 2 weeks ago. Used my 65 
> horsepower Case 700 with a 
> 2 bottom 16 inch plow. Had to add 200 pounds of tractor weights 
> to the rear 
> of the plow to keep it in the ground. Pulled up clods bigger 
> than 
> basketballs with the plow. We did get 1 inch of rain on Tuesday 
> and more 
> forecast for middle of next week.
> 
>     The dry ground made for an easy harvest. 
> Trucks and grain carts anywhere 
> in the fields. Even saw one guy unloading on the go into a semi 
> truck. Never 
> seen that before. Guess the grain cart couldn't keep up. Crop 
> yields here 
> were good and low moisture. Further west of us the crops were 
> late getting 
> planted and yields were low due to excessive rain in early 
> spring, then a 
> dry late summer. Lots of wheat planted just waiting for rain to 
> get started.
> 
>                         Gene
> 
> 
> 
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Ralph Goff" <alfg at sasktel.net>
> To: "Antique tractor email discussion group" 
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> Sent: Friday, November 19, 2010 12:15 PM
> Subject: [AT] stuck machinery
> 
> 
> >I may have mentioned the fact that we have been dealing with 
> the wettest 
> >growing season in recorded history. This website has a few 
> pictures of 
> >local farmers who had the misfortune to get stuck in the mud 
> and have 
> >pictures taken of it.
> > http://www.stuckinthemuck.com/allphotos.php
> > New photos are coming in every day lately and I'm wondering 
> who of my 
> > neighbours will be next to show up there.
> >
> > Ralph in Sask.
> >
> > Ralph in Sask.
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