<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class="">Here’s a photo album of my neighbour’s place in Caledonia, just south of Grand Rapids, Michigan - shot these in 2009…<div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Note the field conditions, and the huge bin on rubber tracks being pulled by an articulated IH with 2 large drive wheels on each corner.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><a href="http://lisaandroger.com/2009/11/corn-harvest/" class="">http://lisaandroger.com/2009/11/corn-harvest/</a></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Roger</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><div><br class=""><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div class="">On Oct 11, 2021, at 12:20 PM, Bill Brueck <<a href="mailto:bill@apluscomputer.com" class="">bill@apluscomputer.com</a>> wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><div class=""><div class="WordSection1" style="page: WordSection1; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: LucidaGrande; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none;"><div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class="">I still have trouble comprehending the magnitude of farming and the rate of harvest. I left the farm for college in 1967 and was gone for about 45 years when I started helping Linda’s brothers with the harvest. My job was to run the grain cart. Wasn’t sure how I would handle the big equipment but instincts were still intact and I knew where the load was behind me, knew how far to swing out to pull up to the semi or to catch the combine. <o:p class=""></o:p></div><div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></div><div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class="">One thing I never got used to was estimating how much of a field was left. I would look over at the remaining rows of corn and think about doing them with a mounted 2 row picker. A couple passes with the 8 row head travelling at 5 mph and it was gone. And 8 rows is modest equipment these days.<o:p class=""></o:p></div><div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></div><div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class="">I miss the harvest this year but one thing I don’t miss is moving between the 2 farm sites, about 13 miles apart and some of that on heavily traveled paving as we had a river to cross. Folks would pass when they shouldn’t, and making a left hand turn was especially harrowing as once in a while someone would pass just as you were turning…<o:p class=""></o:p></div><div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></div><div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class="">Here’s a video of us in action, compliments of my grandson. I would have chosen different music, LOL.<o:p class=""></o:p></div><div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></div><div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vfx_d8NTd0k" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;" class="">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vfx_d8NTd0k</a><o:p class=""></o:p></div><div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></div><div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></div><div class=""><div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class="">B²<o:p class=""></o:p></div><div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class="">Confusion is a higher state of knowledge than ignorance.<o:p class=""></o:p></div></div><div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></div><div class=""><div style="border-style: solid none none; border-top-width: 1pt; border-top-color: rgb(225, 225, 225); padding: 3pt 0in 0in;" class=""><div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><b class="">From:</b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>AT <<a href="mailto:at-bounces@lists.antique-tractor.com" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;" class="">at-bounces@lists.antique-tractor.com</a>><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><b class="">On Behalf Of<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></b><a href="mailto:kgwaugh0943@gmail.com" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;" class="">kgwaugh0943@gmail.com</a><br class=""><b class="">Sent:</b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Monday, October 11, 2021 10:34 AM<br class=""><b class="">To:</b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Antique Tractor Email Discussion Group <<a href="mailto:at@lists.antique-tractor.com" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;" class="">at@lists.antique-tractor.com</a>><br class=""><b class="">Subject:</b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Re: [AT] Combing soybeans in Iowa<o:p class=""></o:p></div></div></div><div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></div><div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><span class="DefaultFontHxMailStyle" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: windowtext; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal;"><span style="font-size: 14pt;" class="">I simply cannot get my head around the magnitude of farming today. I spent a great deal of time on relatives’ general farms in NE Indiana until I graduated HS in 61, and then I was gone! The only wagons we had for hauling grain when I was still around were the old (still had wood spoke car wheels on them) flat wagons (same ones we used for hay baling, without the sideboards) with about 1 foot sideboards---IIRC, we could haul 100 – 110 bushels of grain. As I and the cousins left, I think my grandfather and uncle (who farmed together) did buy a gravity feed wagon, that was modern back then!<o:p class=""></o:p></span></span></div><div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><span class="DefaultFontHxMailStyle" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: windowtext; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal;"><span style="font-size: 14pt;" class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></span></span></div><div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class="">Gene<o:p class=""></o:p></div><div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class="">Kenneth Gene Waugh<span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;" class=""><o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><span class="DefaultFontHxMailStyle" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: windowtext; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal;"><span style="font-size: 14pt;" class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></span></span></div><div style="border-style: solid none none; border-top-width: 1pt; border-top-color: rgb(225, 225, 225); padding: 3pt 0in 0in;" class=""><div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><b class="">From:<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></b><a href="mailto:bill@apluscomputer.com" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;" class="">Bill Brueck</a><br class=""><b class="">Sent:<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></b>Monday, October 11, 2021 10:24 AM<br class=""><b class="">To:<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></b><a href="mailto:at@lists.antique-tractor.com" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;" class="">Antique Tractor Email Discussion Group</a><br class=""><b class="">Subject:<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></b>Re: [AT] Combing soybeans in Iowa<o:p class=""></o:p></div></div><div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><span class="DefaultFontHxMailStyle" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: windowtext; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal;"><span style="font-size: 14pt;" class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></span></span></div><div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class="">Thanks for sharing, good videos.<o:p class=""></o:p></div><div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""> <o:p class=""></o:p></div><div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class="">The guy knows how to load a grain cart. Made me cringe, we can’t run ‘em that full, too many slopes and rough ground, we’d spill over the edge getting it back to the semi or the grain bin. Or maybe he drives a semi under the cart so never has to move it loaded…<o:p class=""></o:p></div><div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""> <o:p class=""></o:p></div><div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class="">This is my first year for a while not engaged in harvest. Family members have retired, land rented out now. <o:p class=""></o:p></div><div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""> <o:p class=""></o:p></div><div class=""><div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class="">B²<o:p class=""></o:p></div><div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class="">Bill Brueck<o:p class=""></o:p></div><div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""> Pine Island, MN USA<o:p class=""></o:p></div></div><div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""> <o:p class=""></o:p></div><div class=""><div style="border-style: solid none none; border-top-width: 1pt; border-top-color: rgb(225, 225, 225); padding: 3pt 0in 0in;" class=""><div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><b class="">From:</b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>AT <<a href="mailto:at-bounces@lists.antique-tractor.com" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;" class="">at-bounces@lists.antique-tractor.com</a>><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><b class="">On Behalf Of<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></b>Jim Thomson<br class=""><b class="">Sent:</b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Monday, October 11, 2021 8:32 AM<br class=""><b class="">To:</b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Antique <<a href="mailto:at@lists.antique-tractor.com" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;" class="">at@lists.antique-tractor.com</a>><br class=""><b class="">Subject:</b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>[AT] Combing soybeans in Iowa<o:p class=""></o:p></div></div></div><div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""> <o:p class=""></o:p></div><div class=""><div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif; color: rgb(51, 51, 51);" class="">My neighbor called yesterday and asked if I would like to see how soybeans are harvested. It is a lot of work especially when done alone. I took a couple of short videos to share. According to my neighbor, this is a good year for soybeans even with the dry conditions.</span><o:p class=""></o:p></div></div><div class=""><div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif; color: rgb(51, 51, 51);" class=""> </span><o:p class=""></o:p></div></div><div class=""><div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif; color: rgb(51, 51, 51);" class=""><a href="https://youtu.be/hSjSamX-DAo" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;" class="">https://youtu.be/hSjSamX-DAo</a></span><o:p class=""></o:p></div></div><div class=""><div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif; color: rgb(51, 51, 51);" class=""> </span><o:p class=""></o:p></div></div><div class=""><div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif; color: rgb(51, 51, 51);" class=""><a href="https://youtu.be/hSjSamX-DAo" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;" class="">https://youtu.be/hSjSamX-DAo</a></span><o:p class=""></o:p></div></div><div class=""><div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif; color: rgb(51, 51, 51);" class=""> </span><o:p class=""></o:p></div></div><div class=""><div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif; color: rgb(51, 51, 51);" class=""> </span><o:p class=""></o:p></div></div><div class=""><div class=""><div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif; color: rgb(51, 51, 51);" class="">Jim Thomson</span><o:p class=""></o:p></div></div></div><div style="margin: 0in; 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