Name Calling

Here lately all the girls are pointin', gigglin' and callin' me "Sodbuster". I don't know why neither! :>(

Say, if any of you good ol' boys wanna put yer tractor to the test, I know a spot that'll make 'er grunt! :>)

Allan

Little tractor that thinks he can, I think I can , I think I can

Nice job!

Allan

mono

Just how the pictures happened to come out. Actually those furrows are as crooked as a dog's hind leg. I don't even pay any attention to how straight they turn out anyway. :>)

Got 'er wound clear up, down in third gear. Sometimes I gotta pull the torque back when I get into those old buffalo waller low spots.

Feel kinda guilty about working this tractor this hard, but it has just gotta be done.. Darned sod!

Allan

I let my nephew rake hay for the first time last weekend. When it was all said and done, all he had to say was, "It was a lot easier when you were standing on the hitch telling me where to go." Not the straightest windrows by any stretch, but a kid has got to learn sometime. If memory serves, I don't think my first time raking was anything to write home about either.

I think that AM/FM GPS thing referred to below is probably the closest to the truth. Ha ha ha!

Billy

After the war, there was a lot of influx of farmers to this area from over in Wyoming and further down south here in Nebraska.

These were war vets and many of them were of German, Russian and Danish decent. These folks just naturally have a "pride" and "correctness" about their farming. Mention the term "no-till" to one of these guys and you'd probably find yourself dusting the dirt off your pant's backside. :>)

Anyway, their influence kind of set a standard around this neck of the woods and the rest of us just find ourselves just trying to “copy” their results.

I'm 62 years old and to this day I still stand in awe of some of the techniques these guys and their decendents use and their "picture perfect" farming methods.

Allan

Dave

Your grandpa was trying to give you some very sound advice. Believe me, the harder you try to make 'em straight, the more crooked they will turn out.

Yes sir, the ground smells great, but I'm getting more than just a little tired of the sod tho. Glad this is the last 17 acres of the stuff on the place.

Gotta plow 46 acres of alfalfa next spring, but after this tiger shut, that will seem like a cake walk. :>)

Allan