Re: Opinion Poll: Methods of Farming w Farmall off

Posted by El Toro on December 29, 2004 at 10:08:26 from (170.224.224.90):

In Reply to: Opinion Poll: Methods of Farming w Farmall offsets posted by Ramon from NC on December 29, 2004 at 08:25:29:

Hi Ramon, We never plow in the Fall here in MD
because we had dairy cows and young stock. These
animals were kept indoors during the winter and that created a lot of manure and we stored that in a huge concrete pit. We usually spread that manure prior to plowing in March, sometimes in Feb. When the soy beans came off we usually just disc the ground and planted wheat in the fall.

We never had an offset because we we used mules and horses up until we got a Farmall C and an H in 1950. We used the C for cultivating from then on, also for drilling wheat and corn planting.

The Amish do a lot of fall plowing and I've heard that for every pound that's reaped from their farm they put back that much manure.

After plowing in the spring we always used a disc harrow. When we ready to plant corn we usually used a spring tooth harrow with a drag or a roller behind the harrow.

Today most farmers use no-till and some are using chisel plows. I always plow my garden in the fall to cover up the residue and then plant a cover crop of barley or buckwheat if I can find it. I may replow in the spring if the barley is very tall and somtimes I just till it with one of those red machines known as a Troy-Bilt tiller. I've had about 30 of them.
Have Happy New Year, Hal

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