[AT] test (apropos the Saskatechewan weather comment)

[charlie hill]

Farmer,  a year like that ended my farming career in 1967.   My father died 
the year before and the next year, my senior year in high school, we leased 
out the tobacco allotment and I decided to tend soybeans.  I had about 20 
acres planted in beans.  I plowed them, sprayed them and walked every row by 
myself pulling the mid to late season weeds.  I had a beautiful crop, about 
waste high and completely filling the middles.  They plants were full of 
pods.  Life was good.  Then August came and it didn't rain and it didn't 
rain.   When I had the beans picked the individual beans were about the size 
of BB shot.  The pods were filled out and the beans were perfectly formed 
but they were just very small.   I made enough off of the 20 acres to pay 
the fertilizer bill and the farm taxes.  I got nothing for my labor, tractor 
expenses or anything else.   The next year I went off to college and that 
was that.   I should have stayed closer to home for college and kept trying. 
I've regretted it ever since.

Charlie

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From: "Indiana Robinson" <robinson46176 at gmail.com>
Sent: Wednesday, September 15, 2010 9:50 AM
To: "Antique tractor email discussion group" <at at lists.antique-tractor.com>
Subject: Re: [AT] test (apropos the Saskatechewan weather comment)

> On Wed, Sep 15, 2010 at 7:43 AM, charlie hill
> <charliehill at embarqmail.com> wrote:
>> Ralph my dad always said "dry weather will scare you near to death but 
>> wet
>> weather will kill you".
>>
>> Charlie
>>
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>
> It is still hanging on the edge of dust bowl conditions here on my
> part of the edge of the prairie in Central Indiana. After 16" of rain
> in July we only had .37" in all of August and .10" so far in
> September. I'm already feeding hay and pastures are almost decimated.
> Some fescue is growing OK but the orchard grass is gone. The ragweed
> is doing nicely though. :-)
> We may get some decent rain this week. Much of the northern part of
> the state has been getting rain along and I was about 40 miles east of
> here and noticed that they don't have our brown crunchy lawns.
> Corn and soybeans are maybe approaching 40% harvested. Baling hay here
> is just about out of the question unless you like baled ragweed. One
> good thing is that it is still early enough that with a few decent
> rains the pastures will have plenty of time to recharge before winter.
> Pasture growth can be fairly quick up into November. They don't plant
> much winter wheat here until after October 2nd (our Hessian fly free
> date). I have had good germination as late as November 1st.
> I need to be over-seeding pastures about now so the bare spots will
> sprout this fall yet.
>
>
> -- 
>
>
> Be tolerant of almost everything but intolerance...
>
> Francis Robinson
> aka "farmer"
> Central Indiana USA
> robinson46176 at gmail.com
> https://sites.google.com/site/robinsonsprucecreekfarms/
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