Combines Interesting reading

[PETE]

That quacks me up, I guess that report proves that Deeres are really fowl machines.

 

[Tom_Russell]

Some years back the diesel pump died on my l2 and the neighbor came over with his 9600 and finished the last few acres of corn. We were very impressed with the clean sample he was getting. But it quickly turned to disappointment the following year when the area he had picked was full of volunteer corn. Tom in MN

 

[Silver_Bullet]

I see that ever year after wheat harvest. Trails of green volunteer wheat from the green machines. I have a friend of mine who owns a small plane and he said he can pick out the fields that a Gleaner harvests just by obseving the amount of volunteer wheat in the fields.

 

[tbran]

did some one "" goose "" you to provoke that punny remarkIJ You guys shouldn't ""down"" deers like that.

 

[95man]

Sounds to me like the University study found the farmers that don't care about profit and don't know how to set their machines up right. let's be honest here, I have never seen a combine that is setup and run correctly lose no grain at all, but what is lost is minute. All combines have their own characterestics, but 90% of losses and improper combine function "hatch" from an udeducated operator. 95

 

[95man]

Sounds to me like the University study found the farmers that don't care about profit and don't know how to set their machines up right. let's be honest here, I have never seen a combine that is setup and run correctly lose no grain at all, but what is lost is minute. All combines have their own characterestics, but 90% of losses and improper combine function "hatch" from an uneducated operator. 95

 

[SilverTurnedGreen]

Since Deere (purportedly) has half the combine market, it doesn't surprise me! In other words, if 57% of the total American acreage is combined with a Deere combine, then there's a 57% chance that geese are going to land in a field combined by a Deere machine! Makes perfect sense to me! ;-)

 

[T__langan]

Well, me thinks we have to go back and re-read Allis Man's post. I understand it to mean this: let's say you had a square 40 acre parcel of land - all into corn. If you harvested 20 acres of it with a Deere and the other 20 with a Gleaner or Axial, there would be 57% more geese land to eat in the portion cut by the Deere. This would lead one to believe that there is more left in the field cut by the Deere for the geese to eat - thus the Deere does a poorer job. Having said that, I will also add that this tale has made it's rounds around the land O' Cow Sh_t and Beer Farts (Wisconsin) for many years now. It may have also even crossed over the big stream into Minnesooooooda too, hey! Although I personally don't doubt the end results are true, I don't think the U of WI has performed such a study. On a somewhat related note - My dear Grandfather once told me of a quick way to catch geese, if the occasion ever arose that I might take a hankerin' to catch geese, which I haven't yet. He said that greasy foods like bacon will "run" right through a goose, if you know what I mean. He said to tie a long string to a chunk of bacon and throw it out amongst the geese you want to catch. When the first goose eats it, he soon craps it out with the string going right through him. Soon, another picks it up and eats it and the same thing happens. This is allowed to continue until you have enough gooses caught for whatever purpose you are catching geese for. As I said earlier, I have never had the hankerin' to catch geese so I don't know if this would work or not. Since there are a good number of worldly scholars that frequent this site, maybe some of them can enlighten me on this......IJ

 

[Curt]

Where do you come up with this stuffIJ lOl Maybe you should try this some time to prove your Grandfathers theory. If I ever need a good laugh I just read your posts T. langan keep it up and take care. Curt

 

[SilverTurnedGreen]

Me thinks, Tom, that one could interpret AllisMan's post either way, although your rendition is probably what he meant to say! At least Deere succumbs to the needs of our wildlife, making the world a better place to live (oh, please)! In reply to your method of acquring geese, I can't say I've ever tried it, although I will say that the worst "fight" I ever had while fishing was when I cast my line, only to have the worm on the hook picked up by a seagull. These are a protected species in Canada (who would want to hunt them anyway) and they know it. You would not believe the strength and determination these birds have (almost had to cut the line, but I won the battle)!