And what country can preserve its liberties if their rulers are not warned from time to time that their people preserve the spirit of resistance? Let them take arms. The remedy is to set them right as to facts, pardon and pacify them. What signify a few lives lost in a century or two? The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants.
Slopes like that are why terrace-farming was invented. Presumably modern tech makes it economical to use the slopes without terracing them, but I still prefer the terraced look.
Back when we lived in the Palouse, my father-in-law came to visit. He was a grain farmer from MT. When I said that the area was reputed to have the highest yields in the world, his retort was priceless.
"Welp, yeah... but that's easy if you get to farm both sides of an acre."
That was 50 years ago and those machines were common even then.
The company that first made such farming possible called their combine the Gleaner. Also, I knew a man who operating such a combine lost control and rode the doomed machine down slope into the valley below and perished. This was west of Pomeroy, Washington US RT 12. Dan Kurt
Palouse area?
ReplyDeleteYes, that is very typical. The head swivels to keep it parallel to the ground.
DeletePrescott area.
DeleteSlopes like that are why terrace-farming was invented. Presumably modern tech makes it economical to use the slopes without terracing them, but I still prefer the terraced look.
ReplyDeleteIf that's where I think it is, terracing is impossible: there is solid rock less than a foot down.
Delete@Malatrope: that makes sense. Hadn't considered the possibility.
DeleteCool beans. Must be adjustable for the slope.
ReplyDeleteNot without a parachute.
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ReplyDeleteHow much is this an exaggerated optical illusion? Look at the slope in the background, it's half this.
ReplyDeleteNot AI...the header is tilting using a device built by Hillco in Northern Idaho County...
ReplyDeleteWhy isn't the machine at the same angle as the head? I've never seen one with hydro suspension.I too, think it's AI.
ReplyDeleteTo all that think it is AI, it isn't, They have been using those combines with the tilting head for years.
ReplyDeleteBack when we lived in the Palouse, my father-in-law came to visit. He was a grain farmer from MT. When I said that the area was reputed to have the highest yields in the world, his retort was priceless.
ReplyDelete"Welp, yeah... but that's easy if you get to farm both sides of an acre."
That was 50 years ago and those machines were common even then.
Bad enough but the camera angle makes it look worse than it is
ReplyDeleteThe company that first made such farming possible called their combine the Gleaner. Also, I knew a man who operating such a combine lost control and rode the doomed machine down slope into the valley below and perished. This was west of Pomeroy, Washington US RT 12. Dan Kurt
ReplyDeleteThat’s what farming looks like in the Palouse region of Northern Idaho/Eastern Washington.
ReplyDeleteI can confirm this is not AI because my dad is the driver! Skyrocket Hills in Prescott, WA.
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