Wow, another Farm Girl Friday Post! This week we see the Farmer doing pre-harvest work. Colin had noticed some weird sounds coming from the combine when it was in reverse. He thinks the problem is in the transmission. So, since he has nothing better to do (ha ha), he and Dad pulled the transmission out of the combine.
Colin forgot to get a picture of the actual transmission. This is a picture of the hole where it was. Let’s just say it’s a good thing I didn’t have video running while the extraction was happening.
Apparently we needed a picture for scale. This is me beside the combine tire.
Had a ‘conversation’ on FB with a woman complaining about being behind farm equipment and how they shouldn’t be on a “major highway” (didn’t know a 2 lane secondary highway was considered ‘major’). I walked away from the conversation (it was a friend of a friend) but I should have asked how we were supposed to magically get our equipment to the field since it’s only accessible from the highway. People, you need to relax. If you are that late you should have left earlier. And to be honest, the equipment is likely only going to the next side road or drive way -it’s not like you are going to follow the combine all the way to Ottawa.
Our local Conservative Mennonite community is growing in leaps and bounds. They have a good-sized school over on the Beachburg side of Muskrat Lake. There are now so many families over here on the Cobden side that they are building a new school.
How much you want to bet it’s built WAY faster than a public school? Even though it’s mostly the father’s building it in between their farm chores.
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I so remember my father when we woud drive through WIsconsin, sayings weet words about farmers who were doing what you said, getting equipment from one side to the other. But he was on his vacation and that was that..wow..I so respect you farmers and love your ways…God bless you all. WOW that tractor tire is about like the ones up in virginia MN where I jsut moved from, the mine tires where my son works. AMAZING…Bless your night with firflies and crickets…Love Merri
Amen Sister to the tractor issue. I have to use a boundary line county road to get to my back fields. It is up hill to get into the opening into the fields, so a slow go up, I get hocked at and passed all the time. I thought people move to the country for the full experience, tractors, honest country air ( manure smell) and all. We have four new Old Order families in the area too.
We have some new Mennonites moving into the Douglas area up here. Our Mennonite friend says they are ‘Orthodox’ Mennonite (meaning more strict than Old Order). It’s cool to see the horse and buggies on the streets up here. I get mistaken for our Conservative Mennonites (though I don’t wear the white prayer cap). They can drive regular vehicles for every day but have to have a black one for Sundays. Colin is friends with a lot of them and they are a large part of his seed cleaning business. It was very touching the number that turned up for his Mom’s viewing/wake.