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Across the road from where we were working they were harvesting soybeans today.
The were running 2 combines, a monster wagon pulled by a big 4 wheel tractor, and in the back ground you can see that they were following this up with 3 honey wagons. A honey wagon plows hog manure into the soil. The one in the background was being pulled by a tracked tractor. The other 2 (out of sight) were being pulled by huge 4 wheel tractors.
The wagon in the picture could probably hold as much grain as 10 of my grandfathers wagons.
I thought I might post this for our city brothers.
And I figured Boss Hog would get a kick out of it.
Rich
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Where's the picture? Or are you in the middle of adding it to the post as I type?
Rebeccah
Rebeccah
Sorry. I'm an idiot.
Here it is.
Rich
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Is that Bosshog I hear a'coming? RUN!!!
I'm just sayin'
Edited 10/27/2008 10:41 pm ET by andyfew322
no pics... but funny i was watch'n a guy harvest beans today in the arkansas delta...
as a kid hunting it's all we'd eat all day... beans from the pod...
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ponytl
I messed up. Pics are up now.
Rich
Nice Cat (brand) tractor. And it is a danged big grain cart - Probably over 1,000 bushels.
But I couldn't see any combines...
Boss
It's those Case/IH glasses you are wearing.
If the other 2 honey wagons came into view, they would be self propelled too.
LOL
Have a good Red day.
Rich
Ya know, some people have "selective hearing". I have "selective vision".(-:
As we acquire more knowldege, things do not become more comprehensible, but more mysterious. [Albert Schweitzer]
sniff sniff
hey!
that ain't honey!
shtrum
Columbus OH is your hometown.
Maybe you know what hog manure smells like and maybe you don't.
Cattle manure smells sweet next to hog manure from these confinement units.
It's ok if it is knifed into the ground, but if it is broadcast on to the ground like the old manure speaders, the the neighbor hood smells terrible for weeks.
Rich
Am originally from your part of the world (used to live in Ames, mom's from Waterloo, still have relatives there and Des Moines). I remember the trips out through pork country, the odor was at times . . . well, odoriferous.
Dad used to live in southern Indiana, and his dad was a gentleman farmer. When he got older he rented out his pasture for cattle, so we spent a lot of time around cowpiles. Don't seem to remember the smell as being particularly offensive.
Yeah, cow manure's not bad until you get to mammoth central California feedlot factory-sized quantities. Doesn't even begin to compare to the stench of swine.Rebeccah
The town I live in has about 4K people. The county is large (close to 3,300 sq mi), and has about 12K people. There is a livestock sale barn smack in the middle of town that we don't even notice most of the time, because 3 miles south of town is a feedlot with about 100K head of cattle, with a smaller lot (a few thousand head) less than a mile east of town. Over the big hill to the East less than 4 miles is a huge hog confinement that is as large as any I've seen, but we have no idea how many pigs in it because they don't talk about it. You are right, a few of either is not particularly offensive, but get them together and WOW!
You've been on I-5 near Coalinga during the summer, haven't you? - lolIf you think it's bad driving past there, you should spend a few hours in the feedlot. Makes you wish for a sinus blockage. - lol
:) Sure have. Many a time. I feel sorry for all those cattle every time I go by, forced to stand around in their own poop all day long. And they keep on expanding their operations farther and farther north.Rebeccah
Just FYI - You're welcome to post any farming stuff you might have in the farming picture thread.
Rainy days and automatic weapons always get me down.
Boss
Sorry it took me while to get back to you.
Gee I would be honored to post farming pics on your thread.
I have poked around in there a few times.
I am 2nd geration away from the farm on my mom and dad's sides.
Mom still owns land, but doesn't live there. I am a farmer wannabe. It looks fun.
Swinging a hammer brings home money and dreaming about farming doesn't.
Many guys around here who grew up on the farm and have the connections just farm part time and work in town. Too tough to make it.
Still others just buy toy tractors and dream about living on the farm.
Rich