Silo Repair

Anybody ready to climb straight up for 100 feet?  That's what the silo crew had to do this week.  The silo roof had gotten smashed in by the force of the tornado back in June.  We were waiting for the silo to get filled with silage before having the silo company come and fix it.  They hooked all their supplies on long ropes and pulled up everything. When they took the dented  roof sections off they let it down with the long rope.  It was interesting to watch.  Here are some pictures and a short video of them working. 

Everybody ready for the answer to "how many truckloads of silage it took to fill the silo?"  Well, they didn't get it quite full,(about 10 feet from the top) and it took approximately 100 truckloads to fill it.  That was about 15 hours with 3 trucks going one after the other! 

 Congratulations to my mom for being the nearest answer with 80!

Isn't the sky beautiful?  Blue is my favorite color!

Harvest Time

"Now we're just looking for what day we're living in, the harvest time."Bro. Branham 64-1212

It's harvest time here at the farm and the farmers are working hard to get the corn in before it gets too dry.

Because of the dry weather, the corn was really losing it's moisture fast.  You can see the dust billowing out from behind this truck that was bringing in the silage.

How many truckloads do you think it takes to fill the 100ft. silo?  You can leave your answer in the comments.  I will let you know the answer in a few days.

Of course, no day is complete without something extra happening.  My farmer had to climb the 100 ft. silo because the pipe got jammed .  He was banging the pipe to loosen up the jam.  I might add a note here:  He does not like heights!  So this was not the "high"-light of his day!

We thank the Lord for a bountiful harvest.  Despite the tornado and hail storm, we had a really good crop of corn.  Uncle Eddie measured some of the ears of corn and they were between 9 1/2 to 10 inches long!

Here is a really good Bro. Branham message to listen to about harvest time.  It's actually titled "Harvest Time."  Click on the word here to listen. This will take you to The Voice of God website.

This is a picture that Uncle Eddie took of the girls showing the ears of corn.

The picture below is the same field after the hailstorm.

Thanks Uncle Eddie for sharing your pictures.

It's time to chop more corn

Our farmers have chopped the early corn and now it's time to get started on the later corn.  My farmer went out today with the corn knife to chop some by hand to check its moisture content.  He takes an armful of corn and runs it through the harvester to chop it.  He then takes a plateful and cooks it in the barn microwave to dry it out.  He weighs it and that shows the moisture content. If you chop it when it is too green, it will juice out the silo which is not a good thing.  It was at the right level for chopping so they are getting ready for the big day again. Here are some pictures of him checking the corn.

Helping with the horse chores

Now that we are back home from vacation, we had some chores to catch up with on the farm.  The horse pasture and stalls needed cleaning up, so I decided to take the old tractor out and help Hannah. She usually uses a wheelbarrow to haul away the horse manure. The job got finished a lot quicker with the tractor and both of us working together.  Hannah helps me quite a bit in the farmhouse, so I try to help her out when I can. 

"Trying to make life better for somebody. That's what we all should be doing, trying to help each other as neighbors along life's journey."56-0420 Bro. Branham

Takin' a break from farmin'

  Our farm family has decided to take a few days off to relax.  After working and sweating many long hours, we are taking our farmer away from the farm for a mini vacation. (Of course that doesn't take the farm away from the farmer)  Hopefully we don't miss anything exciting that might happen while we're gone!  As you have seen, there is always something happening here
"on the farm!"

God bless you and please keep us in your prayers!

Helping the Heifers

Here on our farm, we try to keep the cattle safe and comfortable.  They have been having trouble in the heifer barn with the heifers slipping and falling on the slick, concrete flooring.  So after many injuries, they have hired Agri-Trac to come in and groove the concrete.  This should help the heifers to get a better grip on the concrete.

This young heifer slipped and fell the other day.  She can't get back up after injuring her leg.  Unless God heals her soon, she will have to be butchered. 

My prayer for our farm family is that if we ever slip and fall, we will get right up on our feet again and look towards that "North Star."

"But a man that's ever borned of the Spirit of God, his--his course is set towards the North Star. Hallelujah. And all hell will never shake him. That's right. I don't say he won't make mistakes; I won't say he won't slip and fall. That's right. But as soon as he can get his feet again, his eyes is set on the Star yonder, and he moves on. Sure."

 56-0603 Bro. Branham

Harvest Season

Harvest season is upon us once again.  The harvester is in the fields chopping the corn and our farmers are bringing in the loads to fill the silo.  Despite the tornado, hail, dry season, and extra hot weather, the Lord has blessed us with a bountiful harvest here "on the farm"!

 "God's got a time for all things. He's got a time that He has... We plant corn. We got a time that we plow corn. Then at the time, we harvest corn. The spring rains come, the drought through the summer, the fall rains, the snows. You just can't say I plant my wheat today and tomorrow and go out and harvest it.
God has times for season. He has seasons for His Word."55-0116A Bro. Branham