[AT] Johnson County Indiana tractor show/Denton SEOld Threseher's Reunion

Mike M meulenms at gmail.com
Thu Jun 30 07:38:09 PDT 2011 

Careful what you wish for Al, I'm in Michigan, and our Spring was so wet and 
cool, that I see very little corn growing at all. Making the drive from 
Alger to Detroit the other day, I passed field after field of nothing, or 
just sprouts in a few. Our corn should be 12-15" high by now.

Mike M

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Al Jones" <farmallsupera at earthlink.net>
To: "Antique tractor email discussion group" <at at lists.antique-tractor.com>
Sent: Wednesday, June 29, 2011 11:14 PM
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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