Posted by Don-Wi on September 08, 2007 at 19:56:54 from (69.217.51.44):
We chopped off 8 loads of corn today, all off a 5-6 acre field that gave us a total of 10 loads so far, with only 6 rows left. Looks to be like it'll be a pretty good season.
At the rate we're going, we'll have the other silo almost full with the corn we have left here, plus the 10 or 15 acres up the road. PLus we have 4th crop, which we're thinking about chopping just to get it off. It's looking really nice, espescially after the thin and short 3rd crop that I cut but we never bothered going after it after it got rained on. It was a good long rain though, and we needed it so no complaints otherwise. The alfalfa came right through the cut stuff like it was on steroids. (ok, so we fertilized after 2nd crop, but there never was any rain to wash it in till after cutting 3rd)
I also have to say that the poly lining I put in the spout is a great thing. I did have to take the spout off though and cut some out, then put some of the steel lining back in at the base and overlapping the poly. I was kinda worried about it and shoulda done it in the 1st place, but I didn't think of it at the time. What happened was trhe feed got jammed under the poly in the spout. I took it back off tonight (that's one heavy & akward SOB) and fixed it good this time. I cut off the bottom part of the original metal lining that was in there after the second pair of holes, cut off the poly after the 1st set but before the second set,(about 6" overlap now) and put it under the steel and bolted it tight so it can't come out unless it's unbolted.
Shouldn't have any more problems with that now, and it looks really nice. Dad's gonna try to finish fixing the fence tomorrow so the girls can go out to pasture, then we can clean out the cow yard and set up on the second silo. Try to get that filled in the next week or so, and then popssibly rent the bagger in about 1 1/2 weeks.
I've got a couple days vacation I can burn, so I'll probably take wed-thurs off, don't work fridays, so we'll have 5 days to cut the 4th crop, chop the rest of the corn, switch heads, and chop the 4th crop as well, provied nothing goes wrong. (always does, doesn't it?)
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