Jason finished up disc harrowing the corn field. Looks about ready. We may PTO roto-till it before planting corn.
Corn Field Ready to Plant
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Tilling the corn field
I dropped the disc harrows off yesterday at the corn patch, and today Jason is tilling up the corn field. Lots of soil preparation left to do before planting. Gotta get those clods broken down.
Getting Ready to Disc up the Corn field
At Jason Shepherd’s farm we are getting ready to disc up the corn field. We have to grow some more corn for our cattle, chickens, and pigs. There are about 1.25 acres to disc up, till, and plant.
Plowing under winter cover for corn
This morning I plowed under the 1 acre corn patch at Jason’s farm. Got out Old Blue, the 1962 Ford 4000 to pull the double plow. Just in time to receive some rain in the opened up soil and break the clods down. I a week or two, I will harrow and till to get ready for corn planting.
Shelling Corn for the Critters
The chickens and pigs need some corn! We rigged up a motor to an old corn sheller. Made it so the RPMs were just right by 2 sets of pulleys with the correct ratios. No more hand cranking here! (Note chickens cleaning up the scraps). Later we run the corn through an old industrial coffee grinder to get cracked corn.
