[AT] Johnson CountyIndiana tractorshow/Denton SEOld Threseher's Reunion

charlie hill charliehill at embarqmail.com
Fri Jul 1 04:25:04 PDT 2011 

Al,  almost all of the farmers around here call grain sorghum "milo"  I 
don't know where that name comes from.
Some of the corn I've seen around here this season will never make a profit. 
A lot of it won't pay the cost to run a combine over the field.
I suspect if this was an area with lots of beef cattle it would be cut for 
silage but if you don't have the cows to run it through there is no need to 
do that.

Charlie

-----Original Message----- 
From: Al Jones
Sent: Thursday, June 30, 2011 8:39 PM
To: Antique tractor email discussion group
Subject: Re: [AT] Johnson CountyIndiana tractorshow/Denton SEOld Threseher's 
Reunion

Not sure on the bean insurance....but the sorghum grain is good animal feed, 
we mixed it with corn to "stretch" it.  Got about 5500 bu. of wheat in the 
bin that daddy'll use for hog feed eventually.  Hopefully if the corn crop 
is crap he will have enough to run 'till 2012 crop is in--and hopefully it 
won't be as bad as the last 4....

I think they routinely cut and chop sorghum (milo?) for silage in the 
midwest.

Al


-----Original Message-----
>From: charlie hill <charliehill at embarqmail.com>
>Sent: Jun 30, 2011 6:08 PM
>To: Antique tractor email discussion group <at at lists.antique-tractor.com>
>Subject: Re: [AT] Johnson County Indiana tractorshow/Denton SEOld 
>Threseher's Reunion
>
>For some reason I was thinking the deadline to insure beans was June 20th
>but it's been many years since I fooled with federal crop.
>I've never grown Milo but I've been around a good bit of it and adjusted
>losses on a couple of crops of it.  I like the stuff.   I've always
>wondered if you could effectively run the crop residue through livestock
>because there sure is a lot of it.  Looks like it could be ground up
>into silage if the animals would eat it.
>
>Ch
>
>
>-----Original Message----- 
>From: Al Jones
>Sent: Thursday, June 30, 2011 5:10 PM
>To: Antique tractor email discussion group
>Subject: Re: [AT] Johnson County Indiana tractorshow/Denton SEOld
>Threseher's Reunion
>
>The ideal date is May 15 for full season beans.  We consistently plant ours
>mid-June, I am not sure what the ideal "window" is for beans behind wheat.
>We have planted them right on into July and made a crop.
>
>You can plant grain sorghum really late.  A friend planted some the other
>year and I "want" to say, I may be wrong but I think he planted it in late
>July-August.
>
>Al
>
>
>-----Original Message-----
>>From: charlie hill <charliehill at embarqmail.com>
>>Sent: Jun 30, 2011 7:38 AM
>>To: Antique tractor email discussion group <at at lists.antique-tractor.com>
>>Subject: Re: [AT] Johnson County Indiana tractor show/Denton SEOld
>>Threseher's Reunion
>>
>>Same here Al.   I have some physical work I need to get done outside and
>>I'm
>>actually afraid to try to do it.  I can barely breath in the house and I
>>believe I could hang some hams and sausages in the trees and smoke them as
>>well as we used to do in the smoke house.
>>
>>I'm testing my memory here but isn't the planting date for Soybeans 
>>already
>>past?   You can still plant them but unless they extend the deadline can
>>you
>>insure the crop?    I hear some guys are thinking about planting Milo
>>(grain
>>sorghum) instead.   I don't know if that would work or not.
>>
>>Charlie
>>
>>-----Original Message----- 
>>From: Al Jones
>>Sent: Wednesday, June 29, 2011 11:14 PM
>>To: Antique tractor email discussion group
>>Subject: Re: [AT] Johnson County Indiana tractor show/Denton SEOld
>>Threseher's Reunion
>>
>>Charlie,
>>
>>If we could get some rain in the next couple days corn would not be a 
>>total
>>loss.  The big issue right now for us is trying to get soybeans planted
>>behind wheat.  The shower we got Monday put a little moisture in the
>>ground,
>>especially since there is nothing growing there, but I honestly don't know
>>if there's enough to germinate a soybean or not.  I am afraid they would
>>just cook in the ground right now.
>>
>>I know it's not right to complain but there's no other way to say it:  I 
>>am
>>tired of the heat, humidity, no rain, and to top it off, this damned 
>>smoke!
>>I will be glad to see the first frost whether it rains or not!  This
>>miserable smoke has blown in and out a time or two over the last week, but
>>we've been socked in here at home since about 6:00 this evening. 
>>Everytime
>>I see a forest ranger on the news talking about the fire is 30% contained 
>>I
>>want to grab him by his collar and tell him to get off the camera, get his
>>shovel and "fire flapper" and get back in the @##$ woods!!
>>
>>Al
>>
>>
>>-----Original Message-----
>>>From: charlie hill <charliehill at embarqmail.com>
>>>Sent: Jun 29, 2011 4:40 PM
>>>To: Antique tractor email discussion group <at at lists.antique-tractor.com>
>>>Subject: Re: [AT] Johnson County Indiana tractor show/Denton SE Old
>>>Threseher's Reunion
>>>
>>>Al we went from early March until about a week ago with no appreciable
>>>rain
>>>at all.  Like you said, you could connect the dots on the drops.
>>>In the last week or so we've had a couple of nice rains but it's been
>>>spotty.  We got rain but folks right down the road a piece didn't.  It
>>>rained some last night and this morning that smoke set in enough
>>>that I could see smoke out the living room window, between it and a pear
>>>tree about 20 feet out.  It was in the high 80's with near 100% humidity
>>>and
>>>that smoke early this morning and I could barel
>>>breath.  The sun came out for  a while and the smoke cleared out but then
>>>we
>>>got another small shower and it's over cast and like a steam bath out 
>>>now.
>>>
>>>To tell you the truth, it's so dry that most of the farmers are ruined 
>>>for
>>>the year anyway.  I'm about ready to do a hurricane dance and hope it 
>>>puts
>>>out that damned 30,000 acres of smoldering peat.
>>>
>>>Ch
>>>-----Original Message----- 
>>>From: Al Jones
>>>Sent: Wednesday, June 29, 2011 4:08 PM
>>>To: Antique tractor email discussion group
>>>Subject: Re: [AT] Johnson County Indiana tractor show/Denton SE Old
>>>Threseher's Reunion
>>>
>>>Charlie,
>>>
>>>I'm only 36 but the older I get the worse I hate the heat and humidity.
>>>By
>>>the time I'm 50 I may have to move to the north pole. In fact, between 
>>>the
>>>smoke, heat, humidity, watching crops burn up, etc.  I am just about 
>>>ready
>>>to move now.  This makes 4 years in a row it has flat refused to rain
>>>during
>>>the growing season. If you remember the bad tornadoes that came thru in
>>>April and affected Jacksonville:  It rained so little here then you could
>>>play connect the dots with the drops on the ground. But I bet
>>>statistically
>>>we will not have had a drought by the end of the year because we'll get
>>>15-20 inches of rain in a 7 day period in September or October.  Hope I'm
>>>wrong but that's how it's shaping up.  Double crop beans behind the wheat
>>>are impossible right now. Ground is so dry they will just cook if we 
>>>plant
>>>them.
>>>
>>>Based on the forecast Saturday the only reason I am going is to meet a
>>>friend from TN to swap some parts.  I don't go every year but I have been
>>>one time when it was cloudy and overcast, with temps maybe in the low
>>>80's.
>>>That was NICE.
>>>
>>>We have had smoke intermittently, the worst was last Thursday for a few
>>>hours late in the evening.  It started clouding up like it was going to
>>>rain
>>>(it didn't--storm bypassed us like every other one this spring) and the
>>>smoke drifted in. It hung low to the ground and made you think you were 
>>>in
>>>a
>>>dense fog.
>>>
>>>
>>>Al
>>>
>>>
>>>-----Original Message-----
>>>>From: David Bruce <davidbruce at yadtel.net>
>>>>Sent: Jun 29, 2011 3:39 PM
>>>>To: Antique tractor email discussion group 
>>>><at at lists.antique-tractor.com>
>>>>Subject: Re: [AT] Johnson County Indiana tractor show
>>>>
>>>>And Saturday in this region is forecast to be sunny and in the upper
>>>>90's.  I'm about 45 minutes northwest of Denton.  Awesome show but
>>>>darned hot regardless of the forecast.
>>>>Saturday I have a local parade/celebration to attend.  Good thing my
>>>>church is giving out free bottles of water <g>.
>>>>
>>>>I keep wanting to return to Denton for the show but every summer as the
>>>>date approaches I remember the darn heat.
>>>>
>>>>David
>>>>NW NC
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>On 6/29/2011 8:30 AM, charlie hill wrote:
>>>>> Al you are a brave man.  That's the hottest place in NC for 4th of
>>>>> July.
>>>>> Yeah I know, I'm an old man and you are still young and it doesn't
>>>>> bother
>>>>> you.  LOL.
>>>>> It is one heck of a show!  I wish they had it at Thanksgiving or
>>>>> Halloween
>>>>> and not on the 4th of July.
>>>>>
>>>>> Speaking of things bothering you, are you having much problem with
>>>>> smoke
>>>>> from the forest fire?  It's about to choke me to death this morning.
>>>>>
>>>>> -----Original Message-----
>>>>> From: Al Jones
>>>>> Sent: Wednesday, June 29, 2011 6:41 AM
>>>>> To: Antique tractor email discussion group
>>>>> Subject: Re: [AT] Johnson County Indiana tractor show
>>>>>
>>>>> There will be some field demo's at the SE Old Thresher's Reunion in
>>>>> Denton.IIRC the show starts tomorrow and runs through the 4th.  (I 
>>>>> plan
>>>>> to
>>>>> be there Saturday)
>>>>>
>>>>> Al
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> -----Original Message-----
>>>>>> From: David Trompower<flywelder at live.com>
>>>>>> Sent: Jun 29, 2011 12:45 AM
>>>>>> To: at at lists.antique-tractor.com
>>>>>> Subject: Re: [AT] Johnson County Indiana tractor show
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Yes good to hear from you Farmer!
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Now for a  question to all.
>>>>>> are there any  dates been set  for plow days or disc-ing days for
>>>>>> central
>>>>>> NC....like Iredell , Mecklenburg, Davie counties and surrounding?
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> flywelder at live.com
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> To: at at lists.antique-tractor.com
>>>>>>> Date: Mon, 27 Jun 2011 23:04:58 -0700
>>>>>>> From: rdhaskell at juno.com
>>>>>>> Subject: Re: [AT] Johnson County Indiana tractor show
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Good to hear from you again Farmer, been a while.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Ron Haskell
>>>>>>> rdhaskell at juno.com
>>>>>>> Riverside, California USA
>>>>>>> http://picasaweb.google.com/RonHaskell
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