Pleasant surprise

Farmboy 81 · Jul 10, 2021

With all the rain we have been receiving, it didn't look like we were going to be able to keep up fast enough the way the crop is shaping up about coming off. We haven't used any of the automatic primers in at least 4 years to defoliate any. I had this one under the shelter, but it hadn't been touched in the meantime. I put a good battery in it, checked all the fluids, and be darned if that 219 Deere that's in it didn't fire right up like it had just been switched off. The next suprise was out of all the belts, bearings, and lacings, they were good except 1 bearing being bad. I wish I knew why these engines are such a pain to start when the temps start dipping tho. If you have to wear a coat at all it's best the preacher not be within earshot or he liable to have to start a revival on account of the foul language.

Hobo,NC · Jul 10, 2021

When I was growing up they tried to get all the baccer in by the start of school the first of September. Now they prime up to frost I need to ask why they ae so late now... Lee County... My only guess the only folks that grow baccer are BTO's with 100's of acres to get in...

Farmboy 81 · Jul 10, 2021

The seasons are later and shorter seeming
to me now than what I remember them used
to being. It's gotten to be late here in
Lenoir Co to start getting a beneficial
rain early in the crop season....then it
starts and tries to drown it.

Jim in NC · Jul 11, 2021

Hobo over my lifetime of growing and helping neighbor farmers when growing up I believe the
harvesting seasons have become longer because of newer varieties of tobacco that came along which
produced heavier yields. When I began growing it after buying a family farm in 1978, I struggled to
make 2000 pounds an acre. Based upon historical yields, most allotments here were figured on a
yield of around 1500 pounds per acre. Soil tests, different farming techniques, adjusting for
fertilizer leaching, and trying new varieties that produced more weight got my yield up to 2500 plus
pounds per acre in a good year.

Jim in NC · Jul 11, 2021

I definitely think you are gonna need it. With the rain and your soil type, it won't stand in the field long once it matures. I noticed in your curing barns in the pics a few days ago. I hope you will have the curing capacity to handle a quick harvesting time. Many times here I have seen the large growers lose lots of tobacco in the field because they did have enough barn room. It's terrible to get it made and not be able to cure it.

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