[AT] Hurricane Irene

[charlie hill]

Luckily almost everyone down here who had any corn worth picking has already 
picked it.   I hear there was a huge tobacco loss up around Bertie County. 
My friend who is married to a big time cotton farmer in eastern Beaufort Co 
says they came through the storm ok if the fields will drain out before it 
ruins the cotton.   I know a guy that had close to 1000 acres of flat 
planted corn blown down just before harvest time a few years back.  I mean 
it was as flat on the ground as if you had cut the stalks off just above the 
root.  He didn't think he could save it but apparently JD makes some sort of 
corn header that is designed to get right down on the ground.  He got nearly 
every bit of it up.

-----Original Message----- 
From: john hall
Sent: Monday, August 29, 2011 10:09 PM
To: Antique tractor email discussion group
Subject: Re: [AT] Hurricane Irene

I remember picking corn after Fran came thorough. I had to go all one
direction and would sometimes get lost when I crossed a small terrace that
split the field. Not fun at all.

John Hall

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Al Jones" <farmallsupera at earthlink.net>
To: "Antique tractor email discussion group" <at at lists.antique-tractor.com>
Sent: Monday, August 29, 2011 8:42 PM
Subject: Re: [AT] Hurricane Irene


> We did ok too, lost power from about 12:30 PM Saturday through 6AM Sunday
> morning.  No damage to our home, some trees down here and there.  Some
> people fared much worse than we did, VERY thankful.
>
> Corn is not blown down much because there's not much ear on the stalk.
>
> Al
>
>

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