View of the day-Big smoke west of Cherokee made worse by the strong south wind that blew hard all day.
We had another day of getting the to-do list whittled down, this time in the blast furnace heat and wind. It sure must not have been any fun for anyone moving their rigs south today.
While we were working on the combine we heard the sirens going off and then saw the huge clouds of smoke filling the sky. From where we were, we thought there was a possibility that it could get over to the farm yard where the tractor, cart and header were parked, so we made a dash out there to bring them into town where we could work on them.
Marilyn got the cameras mounted on the tractor, cart and combine while Al got the oil changed on the combine and greased everything. We got the header on and ran everything to make sure it was working as it should…no sense in waiting until we are in the field.
The fire had been put out…no word on what it was, have to wait for the Monday gossip to get the rest of the story…so Al took the header trailer back out to the farm. Once we had exhausted ourselves and the water jug in the heat, we called it a day…gotta save something for tomorrow.
We took a drive past the canola field to see how the swaths were holding up…not bad considering the wind gusts hitting 50mph. The wind and the 95ยบ F heat will be bringing the wheat around in a hurry and with the crews starting to roll into town we should be cranking up before very long.
We’re ready…
1 comment:
I'm waiting to hear a report on the wheat! How does it look where you are? It's blowing like crazy here in NW Iowa, but we've had plenty of rain. The corn is up a few inches and the soybeans are just peeking out of the ground.
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