[AT] cutting hay

[Thomas O Mehrkam]

Hold out a piece.  Plow it occasional so the native sun flowers and goat 
weed grows. You will soon have your doves back.

Just keep the coastal out of it.

On 8/30/2016 4:47 PM, Mogrits wrote:
> He felt fortunate to have it, and he was probably proud too. But man oh
> man, some of the things I heard him say to that tractor while he was
> changing implements or setting up a plow!
>
> The field he is in, in the photo was a smallish vegetable garden that he
> had for the household, maybe 1.5 acres. The green strip to the right was a
> drainage swale and the field to the right of that was a much, much larger
> field that he leased in his later years to varying neighboring farmers who
> grew corn or soybeans. Prior to that it had all been in cotton. He got
> tired of the lease holders so he stopped renewing and for the most part
> planted that large field in pines. That was in my memory so it wasn't all
> that long ago. I think he cut the pines and replanted once before he passed
> and I just had the timber harvested again.
>
> I'd love to see that land cleared and under cultivation again but I doubt
> I'll pull that off. The pines don't need feed or fertilizer, diesel or oil,
> nor do they make much noise! Mostly what I'd like is to have, is that dove
> field back from when it was in corn. Maybe when it's next cut?
>
> Warren
>
> PS Good to hear from you Herb I hope you're doing well. Hoping for some
> more work your way this year but can never be sure. If I'm around I'll sure
> come see you. I very much enjoyed my trip to your slice of Heaven.
>
> On Tue, Aug 30, 2016 at 5:21 PM, Paul <paul at plwaugh.com> wrote:
>
>> That was the comment I was to make, he is proud of his tractor as were
>> most of the farmers
>>
>> Paul (IN)
>>
>>
>> On 8/30/2016 3:39 PM, Herb Metz wrote:
>>> Warren,
>>> You are very fortunate, and on the ball, still owning your Grandfathers
>>> tractor; probably his first and only.  A good photo, he is sitting there
>>> very proud and erect.  Herb(GA)
>>>
>>>
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: Mogrits
>>> Sent: Tuesday, August 30, 2016 10:00 AM
>>> To: Antique tractor email discussion group
>>> Subject: Re: [AT] cutting hay
>>> Luckily,
>>> My Dad was an active amateur photographer. He took pictures of
>> everything,
>>> even the mundane. He left stacks of slides and prints in his wake.
>>> Unfortunately his third wife wound up with the bulk of them but I managed
>>> to get a few.
>>> Here's one he took of my Grandfather operating the Allis Chalmers I still
>>> have today.
>>>
>>>
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