Someone here was talking about a beaver dam, seem they blow a big hole in it with dynamite, the beavers had it build back in a day or two. I think maybe they should have taken their squirrel guns and killed the beavers, too. Deer is my problem here, I guess that is a problem for most folk. I think everybody had the same idea I had, good weather, can get in the field, might not get another chance, go harvest! I called ADM to ship my beans, they are full, waiting for a bean train, I hope the railroad is not as slow as normal, if so, I may never get my beans shipped. I'll call again today. Ron's beans were funny, some of them were green, he didn't want to mix them with mine because he thought they might reject the whole mess. So, he wants to make cattle feed out of his, it might cut back the amount of hay he will need. After all that haylage we rolled this summer, he thought he had too much, and bought more cows, the cows had calfs, now he is short on hay, with calfs appearing about every day. That is OK by me! One of my favorite things in farming is to watch little calfs nursing and wagging their tails. Of course, I'll go next door and hand feed the calfs when ever I have time. I don't have time to own cattle, but I like to work with them, to handle and tame them. It is fun to have cattle follow me around like they are puppy dawgs. I know all they want out of it is to get something sweet to eat and to get scratched.
 I noticed on my trip this week almost every field has been harvested, big difference from last week. I also noticed there isn't many combines or wagons on the used equipment lots. I'm guessing lots of that stuff was either bought or rented out, I think the farmers were using every warm body they could find, this has been the fastest harvest I can remember. It sure has been a wet fall, and with winter fixing to set in I can see why.
Have a great day!!!
Andy