Fall work pics.

Fall work with the D4D and D6C, hope nobody minds the links. It is easier to post this way as I would have to resize them again if I attached them.

Any questions about the equipment, farming, etc, I would be happy to answer.

first the old method of plowing winter wheat stubble. Fall 2007 8 bottom melroe plow behind the D6C, can't even feel that plow behind it, that cat could pull 12 bottoms

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plowing dry for quack grass control, on the hill in the previous pic you can the see the difference between plowing dry and with moisture.

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this year we did all chisel plowing but our wheat yields were bad and we had less residue, with good 90 bushel residue the chisel leaves too much to get a cultivator through it.
21ft JD mulchtiller

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Now for some wheat seeding. D6 is the background in a few shots here. D4D with 24ft great plains drill seeding winter wheat this September and early October.

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and finally some shots of the D4D and 50ft harrow. smoothing down the chisel plowed ground so that the first pass next spring can be with roundup before cultivation.

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disking a fire break during harvest with a JD disk

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thats it for now, it may seem that I spend too much time taking pics and not enough driving but thats not the case

Also I would like to know which pictures are peoples favorites of these.

My vote, I must say there are four or five at a close
second.

http://www.farmphoto.com/fpv2/image.aspx?n=798a69ae-8333-4534-a003-f1323d392aef.jpg&s=originald. Hard to choose

I love the pictures. The dry farmers left in my area would think they had died and gone to heaven at 90 Bu. A good year has been around 30 with some going as low as 15 Bu. Disk plows only for heavy plowing, to many rock. I was taking to a friend last Sat. about Nobel blades and he said that one year they would start with a new cutting edge in the morning, flip them at noon, and the put a new one on about 4 hours later. Have a great year.
Thanks
Ken

Hello

Man those tractors get some work - just look at those bright grousers . . . . great stories those pics are telling.

What does the "guage wheel ??" of the side of the drill do ?? (sorry if its a dumb question, I've never done any field work).

My favourite pic http://www.farmphoto.com/fpv2/image.aspx?n=c7531a3a-dc11-47a6-8d38-da7f75bf869e.jpg&s=original - nice country and those steeper gullies beyond clearly show why you're got proper machines instead of wheel tractors.

Cheers - Foster

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This is the one I liked. Would like to know more about your part of wheat country, such as any notill, seeding rates, row spacing, fertilization program?

Thanks, Jim

I liked all of pictures. You have a facinating country to take great picticurs. I liked the one where tractor is facing on a steep hill.

Darrol D8H

North Idaho Farmer: This is stepest hill I could find. Darrol D8H

Nice looking pictures. Liked the side shot of the D6C with the hills in the background, but they all were enjoyable. Looks like the country around Moscow or maybe Viola.

Looks like Hennely Cabs on the tractors? Also looks like you have extended the fuel tank on the D6C?

Thanks for sharing.
Woody😊

Thanks for the comments guys, interesting that your favorites weren't really my favorites, but thats why I wanted to know.

naylorbros, 80 bushel is our average but 90-100 is common for here. Over in the palouse 40 miles northwest of here 100 is pretty average, not sure but I have heard of 130-140 there. This year our wheat yields were around 55-60 bushels because of a hard winter and cold spring, some fields were as low as 25-30.

nzcat, the wheels drive a chain which runs the seed and fertilizer out based on how fast the wheel is turning.

Jim, we seed winter wheat in Late Sept to early Oct on recrop ground. Usually 85-90lb/acre, most drills here have 7" or so row spacing, one neighbor does paired 10" rows. Wheat is often no-tilled into the previous crop ground but nothing is no-tilled into wheat, disease issues, and cold wet soil prevents spring no-till. We apply 11-52-0-0 (phospate) in the fall 60-100lb/acre. Then 39-0-7 (urea with sulfur) in the spring, aim for 100lbs N usually. Want to know more let me know.

Woody, I am 40 miles southeast of Moscow, I am higher elevation, with thinner, rockier soil. You are right on the cabs, not sure about the fuel tank, it is 120gal, and was on it when we bought it well used.

A few more pics of fall work I forget to post. Spring work pics I will post in a few days.

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I like the tenth photo-we broadcast rye or winter wheat on our corn ground for winter cover and green manure crop.didn't do it this year because we couldn't get seed.what we did find was worth gold.25$ for a 50lb bag.
Also looks like great buckskin country.The Farmer
thanks for the pictures







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I liked the one shot with the Clear Water river canyon in the background. You must be East of Craigmont or Nezperce. My Wife and I visited John Hahn in Craigmont
and a collector in Grangeville. We parked our 5th wheel in Kamih. Also spent a couple of days in Clarkston amd toured the area north and watched the JD hillside combines climb around those Palouse hills. I was impressed!!! Thanks so much for all the pictures.
Bill Walter