[AT] Interesting farm sale

[Gene Dotson]

    Ralph;

    Must be no bottom to the ground there. Our heavy subsoils would not let 
the machines sink that deep. Guess there is some redeeming value to the 
hardpan yellow clay layer.

                    Gene



----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Ralph Goff" <alfg at sasktel.net>
To: "Antique tractor email discussion group" <at at lists.antique-tractor.com>
Sent: Tuesday, September 07, 2010 11:20 AM
Subject: Re: [AT] Interesting farm sale


> Gene, just to give you a hint of how wet it is here, check out these photo
> links. They were taken a while back before it got really bad.  Although 
> when
> you see trackhoes stuck in a field you have to know its already pretty 
> bad.
>
> http://i603.photobucket.com/albums/tt111/fjlip2/Wet/1.jpg
> http://i603.photobucket.com/albums/tt111/fjlip2/Wet/2.jpg
> http://i603.photobucket.com/albums/tt111/fjlip2/Wet/3.jpg
> http://i603.photobucket.com/albums/tt111/fjlip2/Wet/4.jpg
> http://i603.photobucket.com/albums/tt111/fjlip2/Wet/5.jpg
> http://i603.photobucket.com/albums/tt111/fjlip2/Wet/6.jpg
> http://i603.photobucket.com/albums/tt111/fjlip2/Wet/7.jpg
> http://i603.photobucket.com/albums/tt111/fjlip2/Wet/8.jpg
> http://i603.photobucket.com/albums/tt111/fjlip2/Wet/9.jpg
>
>
> Ralph in Sask.
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Gene Dotson" <gdotsly at watchtv.net>
> To: "Antique tractor email discussion group" 
> <at at lists.antique-tractor.com>
> Sent: Tuesday, September 07, 2010 4:32 AM
> Subject: Re: [AT] Interesting farm sale
>
>
>>    Ralph
>>
>>    We could use the rain here in western, Ohio. Been very dry and grass 
>> is
>> turning brown. Gives the lawn mowers a rest. I mowed 6 acres of hay 
>> Monday
>> that I do on a custom job. Maybe that will work to bring some rain here,
>> worked on first cutting with 5 inches of rain after cutting.
>>     Corn and soybean harvest is about 10 days away with a very few early
>> fields of corn harvested. Silage corn is all done at least 2 weeks 
>> earlier
>> than normal. Soybeans starting to drop leaves. Temperatures have
>> moderated,
>> had pleasant labor day weekend for the tractor shows.
>>
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