Re: Wanda, regarding combining the beans

[Guest guest]

Wow Virginia ,

I am so impressed with what you did as a kid you rock girl.

Molly : O )

>

> Hey...want to hear a funny? I had already forgot that

> I put that in my post about the combining the beans

> and when I read your post I thought maybe someone else

> was talking about mixing beans when they cook them,

> but I had never heard it called combing

> beans...rotflol!!!

>

> And yes, it means the farmers are using a machine

> called a combine to harvest the beans and it

> definitely stirs up a cloud of dust! It is as bad as

> when they are working the fields in the spring

> planting and then when they spray the fields with

> chemicals to try and keep the weeds out. If the crop

> has too many weeds in it the pay that the farmers get

> for the crop drops. It is sold in measure called

> bushels and they have something that tells them the

> percentage of weeds in the crop and buy accordingly.

> That's probably about the extend of my knowledge on

> the subject. I was raised on a farm but being a girl

> in my family meant that I was not included in a lot of

> the tasks that are typically performed by the men.

>

> Dad used to let me drive the pick-up when we were

> harvesting bales of hay. I put the gear in " granny "

> which was also called duel low. I had to use the

> clutch because it was a " standard " stick shift, not

> automatic like most vehicles are now. Anyway it was

> my introduction to driving. The truck went so slow

> that men on both sides of the pick-up would toss the

> bales of hay on to the truck and then one would be in

> the truck stacking it as we moseyed down the field.

> For some silly reason they didn't like it if the stop

> and start were a little jerky. lol When we went to

> the barn to off-load the hay I went into the loft of

> the barn and helped drag the hay back with a hay hook

> (think about Captain Hook on Pan,the hay hook is

> similar, to be stacked in storage. The guys would

> buck a bale of hay from the bed of the pick-up to a

> platform and then from the platform to the loft (the

> upstairs) of the barn. Then the bales were stacked

> again for use when the winter comes so you have

> something to feed the stock with. Stock in this case

> was cattle. Tootles.

>

> ;-) Virginia

>

> Finally, brethren, whatsoever things are true, whatsover things

are honest, whatsoever things are pure, whatsoever things are of

good report; if there be any virtue, and if there be any praise,

think on these things. Philippians 4:8

>

>

>

>

_____________________________________________________________________

_______________

> oneSearch: Finally, mobile search

> that gives answers, not web links.

> http://mobile./mobileweb/onesearch?refer=1ONXIC

>

[Guest guest]

Actually, I didn't do near what a lot of other kids

that were raised on the farm. My mom and dad exempted

me from a lot of the work. Probably because I threw a

hissy fit or they got tired of telling me to do it.

lol

My main job was in taking care of the chickens,

gathering eggs and when we got baby chicks doing their

food and water. I could write a book on some of that.

One of my favorite things to do was to fight with the

rooster. We had one in particular who loved to try

and spur me when he thought I wasn't aware. I kicked

that silly rooster so much if he had a brain it had to

be mush. One time when my dad was in the hospital I

was talking to him about some of those times and asked

him what ever happened to the rooster. He grinned and

said we ate him!

My folks used to get at least a hundred baby chicks to

raise for frying. I loved the soft yellow cheeping

things. They got ugly when their soft yellow feathers

went into those white ones (called moulting) that the

grown chickens have. I used to have to change the

water in the watering cans and refurbish the food in

the trays and make sure the light was on to keep them

warm. The water feeders are shaped kind of like some

of the old water towers. There is a handle on the top

that you use to pull up on to expose the inside where

the water is. The water feeder base is the trough for

holding the water that seeps out through small holes

as they drink the water. The lift off top helps to

keep the water clean too. The feeding trays always

fascinated me. They are similar to the shape of a

bread loaf pan but only about 2 inches high and they

have a guard that slips over that pan with about ten

holes in them. The chickens will get in their food

and scatter it or soil it if the guards aren't put on.

It's kind of like a watering hole for ten to twelve.

;-)Virginia

--- mollynevarez <mollynevarez@...> wrote:

> Wow Virginia ,

> I am so impressed with what you did as a kid you

> rock girl.

> Molly : O

> )

>

>

>

> >

> > Hey...want to hear a funny? I had already forgot

> that

> > I put that in my post about the combining the

> beans

> > and when I read your post I thought maybe someone

> else

> > was talking about mixing beans when they cook

> them,

> > but I had never heard it called combing

> > beans...rotflol!!!

> >

> > And yes, it means the farmers are using a machine

> > called a combine to harvest the beans and it

> > definitely stirs up a cloud of dust! It is as bad

> as

> > when they are working the fields in the spring

> > planting and then when they spray the fields with

> > chemicals to try and keep the weeds out. If the

> crop

> > has too many weeds in it the pay that the farmers

> get

> > for the crop drops. It is sold in measure called

> > bushels and they have something that tells them

> the

> > percentage of weeds in the crop and buy

> accordingly.

> > That's probably about the extend of my knowledge

> on

> > the subject. I was raised on a farm but being a

> girl

> > in my family meant that I was not included in a

> lot of

> > the tasks that are typically performed by the men.

> >

> > Dad used to let me drive the pick-up when we were

> > harvesting bales of hay. I put the gear in

> " granny "

> > which was also called duel low. I had to use the

> > clutch because it was a " standard " stick shift,

> not

> > automatic like most vehicles are now. Anyway it

> was

> > my introduction to driving. The truck went so

> slow

> > that men on both sides of the pick-up would toss

> the

> > bales of hay on to the truck and then one would be

> in

> > the truck stacking it as we moseyed down the

> field.

> > For some silly reason they didn't like it if the

> stop

> > and start were a little jerky. lol When we went

> to

> > the barn to off-load the hay I went into the loft

> of

> > the barn and helped drag the hay back with a hay

> hook

> > (think about Captain Hook on Pan,the hay

> hook is

> > similar, to be stacked in storage. The guys would

> > buck a bale of hay from the bed of the pick-up to

> a

> > platform and then from the platform to the loft

> (the

> > upstairs) of the barn. Then the bales were

> stacked

> > again for use when the winter comes so you have

> > something to feed the stock with. Stock in this

> case

> > was cattle. Tootles.

> >

> > ;-) Virginia

> >

> > Finally, brethren, whatsoever things are true,

> whatsover things

> are honest, whatsoever things are pure, whatsoever

> things are of

> good report; if there be any virtue, and if there be

> any praise,

> think on these things. Philippians 4:8

> >

> >

> >

> >

>

_____________________________________________________________________

> _______________

> > oneSearch: Finally, mobile search

> > that gives answers, not web links.

> >

>

http://mobile./mobileweb/onesearch?refer=1ONXIC

> >

>

>

>

________________________________________________________________________________\

____

Building a website is a piece of cake. Small Business gives you all the

tools to get online.

http://smallbusiness./webhosting