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Nebraska Cowman

04-27-2005 17:38:02




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Just as soon as I get the sprockets figured out to plant the right rate. the ones that are on it now look like the seed spacing is about 3 feet. Maybe I could get it in "time" and plant check-row corn! LOL
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Hayshaker

04-28-2005 06:52:22




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 Re: ready to plant corn in reply to Nebraska Cowman, 04-27-2005 17:38:02  
Couldn't help noticing the Year Around Canopy you have on the tractor. Is the canopy factory made or did you redesign a cab?



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Nebraska Cowman

04-28-2005 10:48:36




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 Re: ready to plant corn in reply to Hayshaker, 04-28-2005 06:52:22  
it is a cut up cab. the local salvage wanted $250 to trade for a 2 post ROPS. Sorry



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KenSWLA

04-27-2005 20:16:59




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 Check-Row Corn??? in reply to Nebraska Cowman, 04-27-2005 17:38:02  
What is check-row corn?



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BIG JOHN

04-28-2005 19:53:48




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 Re: Check-Row Corn??? in reply to KenSWLA, 04-27-2005 20:16:59  
A check row corn field the the very greatest place to hunt pheasants. You can walk thru the field in any direction you want to.



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r4etired

04-28-2005 19:39:26




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 Re: Check-Row Corn??? in reply to KenSWLA, 04-27-2005 20:16:59  
The secret to a good check was tightening the wire the same every time. Farmall marketed a steering cultivator to help crossing corn.We demonstrate this at our Waukee summer show. we leave the planter high so the kernels drop on top of the ground. Farmers that planted with two cylinders had to wire a gallon can to the hub to prevent catching the check wire



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Wayne Swenson

04-27-2005 21:21:41




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 Re: Check-Row Corn??? in reply to KenSWLA, 04-27-2005 20:16:59  
The planter was controlled by a check wire that had knots tied every so many inches. 28", 30", 32" etc. the wire came in large rolls that would stretch cross the field from side to side.
The farmer would roll the wire out on 1 side of the field and stretch it somewhat to take the kinks out tying it to a special stake on both sides of the field. The tractor or horse & planter were pointed in the proper direction and the wire was attached to the trip mechanism of the planter. As the planter was pulled it dropped several kernels of corn in the planter shoe and all of them were dropped in one spot when the trip wire knot struck the mechanism. ....X....X....X....X
At the end of the field, the wire was disconnected and the planter was turned around; the wire was re-connected and away the planter went. With a horse pulling the planter, it was a very rhythmic clicking sound; harder to hear with a tractor.
Farmers were very careful to get the hills of corn in alignment so they could cross-cultivate (this was before chemicals).
Your farming ability was judged by the neighbors looking for a nice cross-checked field. It was also very pretty to look at.
I tried check planting 10 years ago and learned that I had a lot MORE to learn. Longer rows & more practice would have helped, I guess.

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Ed Topel

04-27-2005 21:00:29




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 Re: Check-Row Corn??? in reply to KenSWLA, 04-27-2005 20:16:59  
They used to stretch a check-wire across the field that ran through a trip device on the planter. The wire looked kinda like barb wire but no barbs, just knots spaced for seed spacing.By using the check-wire you can get the seeds to drop in the same place in each row so that the plants will be in line across the rows as well as in the rows. This allows you to cross cultivate to get in between the plants. Back then they would drop 3 seeds to a hill with probably the same spacing as the row width so you would have room between plants for cultivating.

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Jim Becker

04-28-2005 06:34:42




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 Re: Check-Row Corn??? in reply to Ed Topel, 04-27-2005 21:00:29  
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Every so often you find a small hunk of check wire included in somebody's barb wire collection. I always find it amusing.

I should have scanned this at a little higher resolution, but it is better than nothing.



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caseyc

04-27-2005 20:11:11




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 Re: ready to plant corn in reply to Nebraska Cowman, 04-27-2005 17:38:02  
well since your all ready to roll you wanna come up and put my cyclo 400 together??? i bought one earlier this spring from an older gentleman. he took it apart for storage so it would fit better in the corner of the shed. it's in awesome shape and i can't wait to use it. i'll just have to wait for next year cause my neighbor already planted for me.

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MagMan

04-28-2005 03:33:44




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 Re: ready to plant corn in reply to caseyc, 04-27-2005 20:11:11  
Heck Casey corn planting is still a month and a half away here.lol And NC that looks like beautiful country what is your place sitting at the base of a bunch of hills or something? The pic looks like hills all around. JON



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Nebraska Cowman

04-28-2005 05:41:55




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 Re: ready to plant corn in reply to MagMan, 04-28-2005 03:33:44  
yup, jon, I'm kinda settin in a hole. I don't see the sunrise til nearly noon. But then I don't hear the wind blow neither.



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