[AT] JohnsonCountyIndiana tractorshow/Denton SEOld Threseher'sReunion

charlie hill charliehill at embarqmail.com
Sun Jul 3 04:46:34 PDT 2011 

That is more rain than we got in April, May and the first half of June.

Charlie

-----Original Message----- 
From: Richard Fink Sr
Sent: Sunday, July 03, 2011 6:49 AM
To: Antique tractor email discussion group
Subject: Re: [AT] JohnsonCountyIndiana tractorshow/Denton SEOld 
Threseher'sReunion

Charlie a bit back you and others were talking about how dry it is. Here in
our area of PA we got 3/4 in rain for June. So we haft to water the
dandelions to keep them growing.
R Fink



----- Original Message ----- 
From: "charlie hill" <charliehill at embarqmail.com>
To: "Antique tractor email discussion group" <at at lists.antique-tractor.com>
Sent: Friday, July 01, 2011 7:25 AM
Subject: Re: [AT] Johnson CountyIndiana tractorshow/Denton SEOld
Threseher'sReunion


> 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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