No more rain during the night, which was a good thing for us. While we were killing time in the camper, Al got a call from the Ag announcer at CJGX radio back home in Yorkton. He has started doing harvest reports and interviewed Al on the phone for the noon ag report. We knew we wouldn't have to get out to the field too early, so we waited to listen to it on the internet before heading out.
We went out to the field to check the rain gauge and the trap line...the gauge had even less than yesterday thanks to the wind that evaporated 1/10" from it. The trap lines were empty. Al figures it/they might have taken off when he started the truck up yesterday.
We took a trip into Java to get fuel for the combine and toured around a bit. There were a few harvester campers parked around...our neighbours from Gettysburg were there...and they were sitting around waiting. They had brought in a test that was 16% moisture, so they were in the same boat as us.
We went back out to the combine, fueled, greased and did the windows, then took a test. Because this is the first spring wheat we have cut, the monitor has not been calibrated, so we weren't sure if the moisture was right. Al and Dennis took the sample into the elevator, in his work truck...another one of those classic Chevy's(Terrier orange, Curtis)...and it was 13.1%...Marilyn was given the word to crank up and start cutting.
Al got made four trips into the elevator before quitting for the day. Even though we are only four miles from Java as the crow flies, Al doubles that by having to take "drive-able" roads. Marilyn insisted on combining to get at least half the field done before quitting and that worked out perfectly so that the truck and grain cart were full to end the day.
Back at the camper, we had our supper, watched a little TV and kept checking the radar to see if the rain was coming our way. It fizzled out, but there is more coming behind it.
Let's hope it swings to the north...
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