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Nebraska Cowman

05-05-2006 17:47:06

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No No not Corn Chex, CHECKED CORN. Next Thursday, May 11, our club is going to plant it's first field of checkrow corn. If done properly we will be able to cultivate 3 ways. Pay no attention to the Red tractor. Charlie is bring down his JD 40 for planting. I'm sure the corn wouldn't germinate with a Deere planter and some off breed tractor LOL, I will be working the ground with Farmalls though so look out guys. And anyway all colors are welcome at our events. Hope you can join us

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RodInNS

05-06-2006 14:40:27

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Re: Corn Chex in reply to Nebraska Cowman, 05-05-2006 17:47:06

Cowman,

I have to ask. What was the reason for planting in this way? I see that you can cultivate more than one direction, but there must be more to it? I'm curious.

Rod

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John in Nebraska

05-07-2006 10:27:56

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Re: Corn Chex in reply to RodInNS, 05-06-2006 14:40:27

We have to think in a pre-1960 context on this type planting. At that time, farmers took great pride in having the straightest plow furrows, the best shaped haystacks, and the straightest corn rows. Plus in those days before good herbicides, it kept the corn field very clean. Important in a time of smaller farms, more farmers and more neighbor interaction. My own father removed the check plant equipment and wire spools from his planter some time in the 50s.

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buzzman72

05-06-2006 07:05:47

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Re: Corn Chex in reply to Nebraska Cowman, 05-05-2006 17:47:06

My dad explained check row planting to me, as I'd never seen it. The idea about having to set up the check wires with the "knots" to trip the planter, and then taking 'em down and storing them until next planting season seems to be fairly labor-intensive...but being able to cultivate 3 ways sounds pretty neat.

Dad told me about going to Iowa in 1946 for the funeral of his uncle, who had been Ringgold County sheriff, and seeing all the checked corn...and about how it rained, and folks went to the funeral on steel-wheeled tractors to be able to drive thru the black "gumbo" mud that occurred. Around here, black soil is something you go to another part of the country to see.

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bernsy MN

05-06-2006 06:58:32

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Re: Corn Chex in reply to Nebraska Cowman, 05-05-2006 17:47:06

Great classic photos, Do you have to use wire when you checkrow? I remember years ago cleaning out a granery, and throwing rolls of "checkwire" into the rock pile.

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Larry NE IL

05-05-2006 22:57:46

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Re: Corn Chex in reply to Nebraska Cowman, 05-05-2006 17:47:06

Great pictures. Brings back memories from the old days. Only difference is the tractors were all Olivers in my neck of the woods. One Farmall guy accross the creek, but he was a crabby SOB and nobody liked him. He went into politics!
Thanks for sharing those great old photos.
Larry NE IL

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John in Nebraska

05-05-2006 20:43:38

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Re: Corn Chex in reply to Nebraska Cowman, 05-05-2006 17:47:06

There is a fella near me that puts in a few acres of check planted corn. 2 years ago I had the opportunity to pick some by hand, walking alongside a high wheeler pulled by a team of blacks. What he picked with his mounted JD picker was producing a bit higher than what got put in in narrow rows. I have to ask, is that dairy barn with twin silos still standing? Been all over the state and never spotted such an impressive dairy. John in Nebraska

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Nebraska Cowman

05-06-2006 03:30:11

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Re: Corn Chex in reply to John in Nebraska, 05-05-2006 20:43:38

John, that picture was taken at the IH test farm at Hillsdale IL I believe. I'll post on the Farmall board and see if anyone knows about it.

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holliday

05-05-2006 20:02:56

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Re: Corn Chex in reply to Nebraska Cowman, 05-05-2006 17:47:06

no doubt corn won't germinate behind a deere planter. the red crap pulling the green planter probably leaks so much oil it kills the embryo of the seed. good luck with your off brand friends.

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Rich Iowa

05-05-2006 18:57:15

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Re: Corn Chex in reply to Nebraska Cowman, 05-05-2006 17:47:06

great pics. especially of the Farmall C cultivating. Still believe I was suppose to have been born in the 30s so i could have been farming in the late 40s and on. Where does your club hold their events Cowman?

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Dachshund

05-05-2006 18:56:08

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Re: Corn Chex in reply to Nebraska Cowman, 05-05-2006 17:47:06

Had a neighbor that did check row corn up into the 70's. Used an old F-20 Farmall.

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Harley

05-05-2006 22:04:15

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Re: Corn Chex in reply to Dachshund, 05-05-2006 18:56:08

Howard ya had me cornfused for a minute there with that Cantalope Special hooked to a corn planter. How do ya get the cantalope seed to go through the seed corn plates? Harley

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