1 1/4 mile south of Tedbear | <p>In 1997, the Mores learned that they were short approximately 12,000 bushels of grain from the 1996 crop. Based on information from David Pirsig, they initially believed the shortage was caused by grain damage and was within an acceptable 10% margin of error based on a large grain yield. But the Mores also noticed lower-than-expected yields from their crops in 1997 and 1998, and they eventually began to suspect that the Pirsigs were stealing their grain. The Mores collected the data from the combine's grain monitor and had it analyzed. The analysis showed that the monitor had been shut off at various times during combine use across various fields. The analysis also revealed that the swath-width setting on the monitor, registering the width of the stroke of the combine's cutting blade, had been changed at various times without a corresponding change to the actual width of the combine blade. The changed settings resulted in an alteration of the crop-yield data.</p> |
Can you fool a yield monitor?
