[AT] now disc brakes, plowing

[Len Rugen]

So, when were you on my farm?  The odd shaped fields have the mounds at 
the edge, some even have more than one, progressively further into the 
brush at the edge.  These would eventually lead to a "break thru" of the 
berm somewhere and massive erosion at that point.  I've use the plow to 
try to close some of the perpetual dead furrows with mixed results and 
I've switched to a chisel plow or just disking.  I don't break much 
ground compared to the past days of grain farming.

On 12/30/2012 7:43 PM, Herb Metz wrote:
> Charlies description is the way the ground should be plowed (throwing the
> dirt to the inside) every other year. To keep the ground level in the middle
> of the field and around the outside edges, the dirt should be thrown to the
> outside every other year. Starting at the outside, and going around and
> around in a CCW direction until winding up in the center of the field.  This
> alternating provides the ideal in leveling.
> However in most of the midwest that I was familar with the CCW direction
> often dominated because it was considerably faster.  The buildup of soil
> around the edges of some fields became evident.  One can imagine the ravine
> that must have developed in the middle of those fields. Less than 10% of
> plows were rollover where the farmer could start at one side of the field
> and go back and forth until completing at the far side of the field.
> Alternate methods such as multi-shank all purpose plows and no-till have
> certainly had their affects on the above situations.
> Probably should not mention this but under good plowing conditions (and WFE
> tractors), one could sorta doze off and if he did not awaken before the turn
> he would awaken when the tractor front wheels hit the uneven dirt at a
> corner.  Quickly turn,  pull plow out of ground, make complete circle,
> reposition, drop plow back into the ground, and back to plowing.  Don't do
> this close to the road where passersby could see your tracks, and certainly
> don't do this when a passerby occurs.
> Unfortunately the passerby situation has dropped to around 1/6 or 1/8 of
> when I was on the farm (central KS).
> Herb
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