around the farm pics.

Not much harvest progress. There were a few guys going today but it was very muddy. We have had over 3 inches of rain in the past week. Talked to the elevator yesterday and they have recieved less than 10% of the corn they are expecting and what they are getting is still very wet. Bean harvest came to a complete stop a week ago today with no sight of returning to those fields. Markets have taken a nose dive based at least partially on the predictions of better weather. I hope they are right for once. Many area farmers have yet to start harvest and the forecast really doesnt look to promising no matter what the people in Chicago think.
Anyway


The combine sits and waits for better days.


The wagons sit among puddles of water.


Bought a new grain cart. It looks like we are going to have to carry every bushell out of the fields onto the roads and load the trucks and wagons sitting in the road.



Just to prove there is never a dull moment on the farm. Started to clean out this bin of dry corn this morning and I should have noticed the center sliding door opened to easily. Seems something is wrong and the door didnt open at all. Got enough out of the outer door to get the walk in door open and I will vac out till I can get to the center door in the morning and see what the heck is going on. At another farm the fan quit running a drying bin so that will also have to be dealt with tomorow. We will probably not pick any tomorow and rain is forcast for tomorrow night, again.



If this is any indication of how muddy it is going to be in the cattle lots, well its going to be a long winter.


Nick, with help from wrigley, putting out hay for the calves tonight. If we keep him in the cab he doesnt get covered from head to tail in mud!


A dozen calves standing waiting for me to open the gate so they can inspect the new bales.


I call this steer T-bone. He kicked me last winter one day when I was doing chores so I call him T-bone to constantly remind him of his place in the food chain.


Wrigley says hey! I think he is fed up with this weather too. Sitting here watching the world series, something I rarely get to do because we are usually busy finihsing up harvest and field work. We have harvested about 160 acres so far so like everyone else we have a very long way to go still. This will be the latest harvest in my memory and perhaps the most trying year any of us will ever face. Just keeping my fingers crossed for a little nice weather. Hope some of you are getting more done than we are!
bill

nice auger wagon! i should leave more often. when does the semi come? class is more boring than you could imagine. glad its over friday. cant wait to be away from the noise and traffic and stoplights.

Things here around Clinton are a bit farther along than back home. I would say we are maybe 40 percent done. 3 nice weeks and we would be real close. I was hoping to get back and help dad out some, but who knows what will happen

I kinda think it would look nice on the 4630 dont you? Still no chance I will be getting a semi. The new auger wagon should help out alot, big improvment over the parker, of course we kept it too. You missed a good time today trying to figure out what was up with that bin. Still I would rather scoop corn than sit in your class so we will see you when you get back.
bill

someday i bet there's a semi. i can wish cant i? by the way, i got carl's H and M running the other day before i left for class and the F-20 i got from curly.

I'm sure you have talked to your dad but there is so little corn picked here it is unbelievable. Never seen it like this. Even if it dries up and we can run without alot of problems we will be so screwed up dealing with this wet corn it will still take forever. Allready figured out this is going to screw up coon hunting bad. There will be alot of corn still in the fields for deer season too. Darn weather is messing everything up.
bill

Nice pics.
Always like to see what Wrigley is up to.
Case dealer sold me a different rubber flap for the back of my combine. Its a one piece skirt that goes from the left to right and also covers the center over the axle. My back axle used to build up with wheat and soybean trash as high as the wheels. Mud too, and the spreaders would throw corn cobs forward on the machine and hang up in various places. No more since the new chunk of rubber. As a matter of fact we actually had some south wind here the past two days and all the dust going over the machine heading North. At the end of the day there just isn't anything to clean off. Wished I'd done it years ago. Just thought I'd mention it as seeing the trash on your back axle brought back those memories.

good pics nice to see wrigley he looks so excited about the slop weather.

Bad harvest time here un Upper Wis. Got to say you have such wonderfull pictures!!!! Hope the weather gets better for you folks who farm. My son drives tractor for a farmer who has well over 800 acres left in field. To wet to pick. Moisture content is way to high to make drying affordable. Folks don"t realixe how expensive down time is.!!!! Lets hpoe for good weather.
LOU

SOOOOOO much for GOBAL WORMING!!!!!!!!!

Nice pics, Bill. I just wish I could be there to lend a hand instead of sitting here in an office all day. I am sure Sam would like it better too if he was outdoors with me all day.
Keep 'em coming.
Ron & Sam

what kind of dog is wrigley? he seems so mild haha

Back in the mid-60's, Mr. Jerry Pratt was the Assistant Superintendent at my high school.

Mr. Pratt was a calm, mild-mannered man who also raised cattle.

One day he was feeding his cattle and was bragging a bit on his prize bull to one his neighbors.

The prize bull took exception to something and kicked Mr. Pratt very hard.

Story was that Mr. Pratt straightened himself, walked over to his truck, got out his gun, and shot the bull between the eyes.

T-bone should consider himself lucky.

Thanks for sharing your photos with us.

Be sure to pat Wrigley on the head for me and tell him that he's a good dog.

Thanks Bill, as your pics always make it a great website too visit.


T_Bone

Great pics and good to see Wrigley! Give him a good back scratch for me.

Your place looks like ours. Rained again Monday in Dallas. Ground is so saturated, we still had water standing Wed. More rain Wed nite and today.

We had planned on moving my other two horses to the farm this w/e. Wed. evening, told James no way, pasture was still to soft to get the trailer out and with more rain predicted for Wed nite and Thurs, it wasn't going to happen.

This is the wettest fall either of us can remember.