Happy Fourth

Happy Fourth!


Slats and I ran late yesterday in order to take today off.


We got the spray coupe out and sprayed the home place, then about four we moved to Wastella.  I had waited on spraying Wednesday, thinking it might shower, but yesterday I just dared it to rain.


The replanted cotton could sure use a little pick me up rain blessing!  Two to four tenths would be great!


If the botanist ever figure out how to make the cotton grow like weeds, we will be in the driver's seat!  Good golly, you can't believe how quickly the weeds have come up and out grown the cotton.  We put a yellow out, but that doesn't control devil's claw, cockleburr, or white weeds.  So we hit it with a power max roundup with traverse mix.


I honestly believe the best investment we have made was the sprayer.  Is it the Cadillac of sprayers?  No.  But simple economics will not justify a bigger sprayer (or a different color one).  As long as we can spray a hundred acres an hour I am quite satisfied.


We picked up the 8310 from the guidance shop.  We had dropped it off for the upgrade to the GeoSteer to be installed.  I may wish I had traded the outback guidance system out of the sprayer.  It would sure be nice if it was RTK.


Slats and I sat in the 8310 for about 20 minutes, looking through the manual.  Finally I reached around behind the screen and clicked on the power.  We got a lot to learn!


Worst part is that none of the history (meaning rows from the other unit) downloaded.  So we are going to have to either wing it the rest of the year or go back and build our data base, one farm, one operation at a time.


I am very pleased with the installation..  Jody did a good job.  This new system will do so much more than the old one.  Plus we will have access to the Russian glasnost  satellites in addition to the American we are already using.  This should stop the problems we have had with sun spots and such.


We have had a very laid back day so far.  I am fixing to run to the pharmacy.  (I was surprised they are open today, but I got a text saying my Rx's were ready.).


Be safe and be smart!


FATHER, thank YOU for this great country.  Be with our leaders and the leaders the world over.  FATHER, I realized yesterday, I am just as good a farmer as you allow me to be.  YOU are good.