Probably , but single furrow horse plough in those days, and some land in summer fallow.
Drought
- Thread starter shakerator
- Start date
4course
Member
- Location
- north yorks
it seems bossfarmer lives in world of his own, the rain last week saved the day but more needed now its hellish hot and dry here and anywhere else ive been, not given up hope yet as our wheats are well rooted hardly in boot with only the odd plant showing any poking out though cant see us breaking any records even though the ears are long, we cut and ensiled the first cut grass and on a dry matter basis corrected to compare with previous years reckon we are at least 25% down from last year if not more ,there again last year was a tremendous grass year here but we will need a third cut to ensure enough supplies
- Location
- West Suffolk
Looks like most places will get torrential rain,hail and flooding this wkend.
- Location
- West Suffolk
- Location
- Breckland
I'll believe the rain is coming 10 minutes after its finished.
Until then irrigating flat out.
Until then irrigating flat out.
- Location
- Spilsby Lincolnshire
I do not like the look of the S Barley, that cannot perform, hope I am wrong as always!!
Think your right, unfortunately. Ploughed up Hls grass, so last thing it needed was a drought.
Yes, making good progress on that front where the weeds aren't completely choking them. Sprayed and walked some spring barley last few days, I will be most surprised if I average 5t/ha. My best bits look like @silverfox 's worst bits, except they have awns out....
- Location
- the brecks norfolk
I think I've been very lucky up to now and have some good looking crops but we now need some more rain.
A lot of people seem to think that because we've had some rain everything's going to be fine but we're at a crucial time and rain in the next week or two is going to make make or break things for us.
A lot of people seem to think that because we've had some rain everything's going to be fine but we're at a crucial time and rain in the next week or two is going to make make or break things for us.
In those days, Cowmangav, most ploughs everywhere were only single furrow.
Difficulty of one's land was rated according as to how many horses were needed to pull just the one furrow.
5 Horse land - very very heavy
4 Horse land - slightly less heavy.
3 Horse land - average
2 Horse land - easier than average
1 Horse land - boys' land
Of course, on the tops in Hampshire, Wiltshire and Berkshire, a 3 Horse team could usually manage two furrows and, in Dorset, three.
Did they really ever plough 5 horse land?! I always thought that a lot of real heavy land in the shires was never ploughed until the advent of crawler tractors in ww2? Probably wrong though.
Muddyboots
Member
- Location
- Suffolk
Things were getting very dry again here after last weeks rain with this heat.
Luckily and totally out of the blue this morning we had 8mm with some hefty hail stones in a storm although not enough to do any damage that i can see.
Luckily and totally out of the blue this morning we had 8mm with some hefty hail stones in a storm although not enough to do any damage that i can see.
Tractor Boy
Member
- Location
- Suffolk
6mm mid Suffolk in a 20 min storm
Most gave up in despair about 1875 due to weak wheat prices, Flat 10.
Funnily enough 5HP per furrow was the standard adopted at Oxford University's 1930 Wantage Tractor Trials, where Ransomes, popularly appointed (who else?) to provide all the ploughs for the event, sent along a 10f hexatrack/multitrack combo for the Caterpillar 60.
- Location
- Breckland
Just 1mm here. Enough to stop me putting chemical in the sprayer. Windy now.
- Location
- the brecks norfolk
Had 5mm here this morning which is very welcome.
@Breckland Boy I'm surprised you only got 1mm we watched the storm blow up from your way.
@Breckland Boy I'm surprised you only got 1mm we watched the storm blow up from your way.