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SW Saskatchewan | Tried cutting corn with a Massey head on a 510(think it was a 20' 1859 but it was back in '76 so I'm not up on all the details.
Had trouble raising the reel high enough to clear the stalks(don't know what a topper is) and yet feed the low cobs. Also those tables were so short from knife to auger corn didn't make a good fit. Newer tables, especially flex have a longer space in front of auger, Draper might make everything sing.
We grew a short season variety but we still had trouble getting maturity, at our altitude only get heat units in July and August when it is too dry to grow corn.
Is the grass seed market depressed? Because of slump in housing starts or have the cattle guys just run out of money?
The cotton picker thread reminds me how close we can come to being shunted to the trash heap-cotton, hogs, beef cattle and now grass-seed- makes me depressed!
Have a good one.
Edited by Redman 10/25/2009 23:54
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My corn harvest. With some pictures.
