Posted by Mike (WA) on July 25, 2009 at 16:38:15 from (69.10.197.145):
In Reply to: Wheat Harvest posted by Allan In NE on July 24, 2009 at 17:30:45:
Great looking crop, and clean grain in the bin.
Back when there was some actual farming around here (about '76 or so, I think), an old gent who grew wheat as a rotation crop for the more high value canning peas and sweet corn had a field where the standard procedure was to start on one side of the field, with truck on the other end- the trip across the field was about a bin-full, so empty the bin, truck goes to town (about 2 miles), comes back to the other side of the field, empty combine again, "rinse and repeat".
100 bushels is about average here, because of good rain and good riverbottom soil. One year the crop looked especially good, and I happened by as Nelly was chugging across the field, truck waiting, along with several onlookers, kibitzers and hangers-on. Nelly was not noted for his pleasant temprament (especially testy about breakdowns), and when the combine stopped about 3/4 of the way across the field and he got out and started walking toward us, we spectators were about evenly divided as to whether we wanted to be there when he finished his journey. Truck driver had to stay, of course, and he convinced us that it would be inhumane for us to abandon him at this critical juncture in his life.
When he arrived, we were amazed to see a big smile on his face! We were also relieved to find that his good fortune had not put a crimp in his colorful language: "#%$* bin is full! I'm finally going to make a %$&^ dime in this %^@* business! Somebody go out to the house and get another *&%$ truck!"
Nelly is long gone, but he left 3 fairly pleasant daughters (they favored their mother)- one is married to a lawyer and former county prosecuting attorney, another to a building contractor who also owns dozens of rental houses, and the third to a guy who is now operating the farm- and his attitude and language carry on those of the patriarch. Nelly is probably looking up from his present domicile with pride.
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