[AT] Too Dry to Plow

[Paul Waugh]

It is dry here also in N.C.Indiana. I drilled a 24 in deep post hole. All I 
got out of it was dust, a fine powder. I set my post. Kind of hard to pack 
dust.  I just pulled all dust into the hole, and was 3 inches short of 
having enough to fill the hole. I watered with 5 gallon of water, and put 2 
gallon bucket of rock in it. It set up over night, enough to do the job.
I saw corn being harvested on my birthday (9/11). I don't think this 
happened before.
Paul-46555
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Gene Dotson" <gdotsly at watchtv.net>
To: "Antique tractor email discussion group" <at at lists.antique-tractor.com>
Sent: Thursday, September 16, 2010 3:44 AM
Subject: [AT] Too Dry to Plow


>    Following Ralph's posts on his wet conditions while here in Western,
> Ohio we are getting very dry. I have 20 acres of wheat stubble to plow.
> Yesterday I got the Case 700 tractor and Case 2 bottom plow hooked up to 
> lay
> off a couple of lands on one 10 acre field. The ground is so dry I was
> barely able to scratch out 2 lands. The plow I used is the one I use for
> very tough plowing and was not able to keep it plowing deep enough to make 
> a
> good land. Where it did maintain depth, it turned up football size clods.
> Will have to wait for  decent soaking rain to get it turned.
>
>    Got the Case 900 out of the barn for the first time in about 5 years.
> Getting it ready to do some work. First stage fuel filter housing had rust
> holes in the bottom, so had to take it off and braze it up and install new
> fuel filters. Cleaned it up with the pressure washer and adjusted the
> valves.Still has a little miss on #1 cylinder but will see if it gets 
> better
> with a little use. Will be using it to pull my Case 4X16 plow
>
>    Harvest has started here this week. Early corn is coming off and
> soybeans in a few early fields. Harvest is very early and drying 
> conditions
> are very good. Ohio State Farm Science show is next week at London, Ohio 
> and
> harvest demonstrations should have ideal crop conditions. Tillage
> demonstrations may be challenging for some if it stays so dry.
>
>                        Gene
>
>
>
>
>    Guess our only hope is for "Indian Summer" as it looks like fall is not
>> going to give us a break. Saw the first frost on the grass yesterday
>> morning
>> and forecasts are for colder the next few days. No big rain this week but
>> just cloudy and damp enough that the crops will not dry out from the last
>> big rains.
>> People are buying big grain carts as its not safe to put a loaded truck 
>> in
>> the fields. Duals on combines are another option. I've seen some terrible
>> ruts in the few fields that have been harvested. It could be a long
>> difficult harvest season if it ever really starts.
>>
>> Ralph in Sask.
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