When my farmer decided to chop alfalfa after supper, I decided to go ride in the tractor with him. I hopped on my trusty four-wheeler and met him in the field. It's fun to watch the harvester pick up the alfalfa rows and blow it into the wagon behind us. Nathan was bringing out the empty wagons and taking the full ones to the silo to unload.
My farmer told me that the harvester auger picks up the alfalfa where it then gets chopped into 1 1/2 inch pieces by the knives that are rotating at 1000 revolutions per minute. It's then blown into the wagon through the spout. That's the kind of stuff that you talk about while riding along in the tractor. :0) I also got the history of the different kinds of harvesters that the farm has used during my farmer's lifetime. (yawn)
There was a tiny bit of excitement when a wagon started rolling away by itself.
To unhitch the wagon from the harvester my farmer pulls on this string that pulls out the hitch pin. Well, we must have been on a slope because when the wagon became unhitched it started rolling backwards toward the driveway. Nathan stopped it by pulling his tractor close for it to bump against. So much for some excitement!
Well, the sunset was pretty and I seen lots of deer coming out and having a feast on OUR crops. They really give my farmers hunting fever, let me tell ya.
Hope you enjoyed riding along in the tractor with us here "on the farm."
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