There was 40 acres of oats in the crop rotation on the 160 acres I grew up on. We used the straw, the actual oats we added to hog feed to reduce the amount of shell corn we had to buy. We needed 20 acres of hay for baled hay for the cattle, and 20 acres of hog pasture. Combined originally with two #62 IH pull type combines, both with the Continental 69 cid engine. One to run, one for parts. A Deere #25 replaced the IH's, but still had canvases. Took a while but about 1968 Dad managed to talk the neighbor, a salesman at the local Deere dealer out of his #30 Deere. Every year, about a week before oats were ready to combine a big thunderstorm would blow thru. And good oats would be flat on the ground, 1st gear with TA back on SM-TA or 450 was too fast. Where oats were light and where standing you could run in 3rd gear! One neighbor always made a BIG deal about baling his oat straw quickly because it made better bedding for his hogs. So one year we had 20 acres right next to the buildings, I had enough time to hook up the hay rakes and after unloading a load of oats in the crib I would rake a couple rounds around the oat field, two 7 ft rakes hooked together, raked first pass "IN", second pass "Out" to complete window, 28 ft in a windrow, only about 12 rounds around the field. Dad only cut the oats right under the heads of the oats, barely enough straw to see with just a single 7 ft pass with the rake. I was done raking about a half hour after Dad was done combining.
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