We began planting cotton Monday evening about 7. I am hopeful that by midnight or shortly thereafter tonight, we will be at 783 acres in the ground. Three farms to go. If good fortune smiles on us, we would be on our last farm by this time tomorrow night.

It is so depressing. Dry. Hot. Windy.

I am not a max emerge planter man. They came along after my foray into farming. Vertical plates, vacuum. each planter unit has two gauge wheels and two openers followed by two covering or press wheels. Way too many moving parts compared to the shoe openers, spoon covering plows and air planters.

You can't know how many bearings we have lost. I will walk across and count wheels and disks and turn them by hand. Granted, some are rougher than others. Try as I might I cannot see the disks rotating from the tractor seat. If I am driving when a bearing goes out, it has left the implement.

Jason probably gets frustrated.

We are running the tractor and planter around the clock (last night being the exception). We had a little freak thunderstorm come through, but it didn't do anything but hurt our feelings.

Pray for good results from our planting efforts, that we will cover many acres trouble free.

I have quit asking for GOD's rain blessing. It is all in his hands now.

I have stayed with Memama this week, trying to maximuze my time on the farm. I think my longest day has been 15 hours so far.

Hey, but I'm a city slicker!

More when I can!

Have a day!

FATHER, bless our efforts!