Posted by old fashioned farmer on December 07, 2009 at 09:44:21 from (99.148.207.115):
Howdy folks,
Well, it has been a year to remember for me and my wife. We bought our farm in February, put out all the crops (with more than our fair share of help from her dad), got married in July and moved into the old farmhouse, I started back to school in August, and we finished up harvest about 3-4 weeks ago. I'm all caught up in Christmas preparations now so my memory isn't so great. Anyway, it's been a busy but wonderful year. The crops turned out really good. With all the preparations for the wedding, reworking the house and all I didn't get to take a soil sample prior to planting so we went according to my father-in-law's suggestions (he's lived in the area all his life where I came from a different soil type and such). It all worked out great.
The cornfield stands ready for harvest. We got the beans done about 2 weeks before the corn.
Like a lot of folks this year we had some wet spots to contend with. A lot of it wouldn't have been a problem but a lot of years of neglect on this farm have left bad ditches and swampy spots that didn't have to be there. Got lots of drainage work to do in the future.
The 720 sits ready to start hauling corn. I used it the first day we did corn and then switched over to the R the next day. I had plans to use both but the pony motor on the R was having fuel issues that I fixed the next morning before we started.
Instead of the R we used my father-in-law's tractor. Dad even helped with hauling corn the first day.
Corn ran about 18% moisture in this field but got progressively higher as we moved to different fields. It was surprising because this was the wettest field.
View from the driver's seat of the 720. Definitely thankful for the warm weather that day.
We were very fortunate to have the help of my father-in-law. It wouldn't have been possible without him. We planted with his equipment and harvested with his combine (he's driving). If a deal I'm workin on right now goes through I should have my own combine to use next fall. Keepin my fingers crossed.
Day two of the corn harvest we didn't have dad's help to run wagons to the elevator so we enlisted my brother-in-law. The last picture is him and his dad doing some unloading on the go. I tried that for the first time the day before. I must say, it is not easy and it is especially hard with an old two cylinder with a hand clutch. Still fun though.
Shot of the farm after harvest. Looks good.
Dad snapped a picture of me while we were waiting for the combine to make another round. Definitely a happy camper. Harvest is done and now it's time to start doing winter maintenance and start a new restoration project. Got a rice model John Deere R that I've been wanting to get done for a while. Hope everyone has a very merry christmas. God bless.
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