[AT] Ice storm----milo

[charlie hill]

I don't know John.  There are big fields of this stuff, all the same, and 
then
down the road a ways there is regular milo.  I keep looking for someone
to ask about it but never see anyone out around any of the fields.  I'm 
passing
by it at 60 mph so I can't tell what sort of seed it has but it appears to 
be very small.
I would think it would require a combine that is capable of combining grass 
seeds
to pick it.   Like milo there is a lot of plant compared to the amount of 
seed.

Charlie

-----Original Message----- 
From: jtchall at nc.rr.com
Sent: Saturday, December 07, 2013 7:48 AM
To: Antique tractor email discussion group
Subject: Re: [AT] Ice storm----milo

Don't know what it could be either. Every once in a while I see a massive
stalk that is up around 7-8 foot tall, but healthy. I have seen a few plants
of some sort that look like Johnson Grass (it's not) given the way the head
is shaped. I haven't bothered to see what the seed looks like to know if it
is deformed milo or a weed. Last year I talked with a fellow deep in an area
that has been growing milo for a long time. He mentioned a weed they get
that resembles milo, think it was called shattercane. I wonder if that is
what I am seeing, maybe it got mixed in with the seed, I don't know where
our seed comes from.

John Hall

-----Original Message----- 
From: charlie hill
Sent: Saturday, December 07, 2013 5:08 AM
To: Antique tractor email discussion group
Subject: Re: [AT] Ice storm

John,  I've been passing through the upper corner of Sampson Co and
spending some time in Johnson Co. lately and I keep seeing a crop
that looks like anemic milo.   The plant it's self is very similar but not
as bushy as milo and the top is more like grass.  Similar to the top of
Johnson grass.  Do you know what that is?  The tops of this stuff
fan out like a hand with the fingers spread compared to milo that is more
like a closed fist.  The grain appears to be smaller seed than milo.
Most of it has been combined now but some is still in the fields and it's
already starting to lay down (the stems breaking over and the plant head
laying down across the mass of bushes).

I can't figure out what it is.  It's something new to this area.

Charlie

-----Original Message----- 
From: jtchall at nc.rr.com
Sent: Friday, December 06, 2013 10:25 PM
To: Antique tractor email discussion group
Subject: Re: [AT] Ice storm

At 8:30 tonight I was sitting in my truck with the windows rolled down
waiting to pick up the kid, didn't even need a jacket, much less a coat.
Temps are supposed to nose-dive in the morning to somewhere in the 40's and
then a chance of sleet or freezing rain tomorrow night. I've still got some
of my milo in the field so I don't want to see much ice!

John Hall


-----Original Message----- 
From: charlie hill
Sent: Friday, December 06, 2013 8:25 AM
To: Antique tractor email discussion group
Subject: Re: [AT] Ice storm

I keep hoping that our Canadian friends will SHUT THE FRONT DOOR
and stop the draft but I guess it's too late.  Looks like it might not reach
all the way over here to the east coast of NC but I suspect John Hall
and those to the west of him will get their toes cold.

Charlie


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