We need rain and heat here in my part of NWIA south of Spencer about 30 miles. We've had some rain now but more is welcome. The corn and beans are in good shape where they weren't drowned out back in June but both crops are very late. The other day I was squirted in the face breaking open an ear of 105 day corn that was planted May 12th. It should be way into the dough stage or black layered by now. The beans on my farm that were planted May 17th are just beginning to get fairly full pods. They might be frost safe by Oct 1. Probably half or more of the beans in my county were planted in June. They won't be frost safe till mid-October or later. My corn looked very uneven up until a few days ago. The slower, shorter corn has caught up with the taller corn, but the corn that was taller is farther ahead and has more mature ears. One row might have 20 feet of row with ears filled out to the end with plump kernals and the next few plants will have ears with little white immature nubbins of kernals. There is practically no denting in the western half of Iowa and we're pushing Sept 1. Jim
September and October will be the big months for us this year. If we have a hard frost in mid-September we will be in a disaster area. Average first killing frost date for these parts is the end of the first week in October. If frost holds off till mid-October my crops will do pretty well. Corn planted in June that needed the heat degree days didn't get enough heat. It will be light weight and poor quality. June planted corn in this area is a full month behind the normal planting date. Jim
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Today's Featured Article - Grain Threshing in the Early 40's - by Jerry D. Coleman. How many of you can sit there and say that you have plowed with a mule? Well I would say not many, but maybe a few. This story is about the day my Grandfather Brown (true name) decided along with my parents to purchase a new Ford tractor. It wasn't really new except to us. The year was about 1967 and my father found a good used Ford 601 tractor to use on the farm instead of "Bob", our old mule. Now my grandfather had had this mule since the mid 40's and he was getting some age on him. S
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