Jim, I wouldn’t worry about the crooked rows. Any farmer worth his salt will tell you that you plant more corn in a crooked row than you can in a straight one. That’s a fact! Cheers! Whipple

Happy anniversary Jim and Brenda

@dannyboy7086

3 жыл бұрын

Happy anniversary

At least your one if the smart ones kept out of all big payments on farm equipment

My Grandpa would always have a wire and do a check-row type of planting and cultivating. He was completely against a tractor planting his corn crop. My dad was against the horses. And now I lean more towards the horses. Funny how that works!

@willbass2869

3 жыл бұрын

That made for a 'spiffy' field. Made it look sharp

I remember dad when I was real little had a 290 and then we found a 494 row at a sale so we bought it made a lot of difference

@duanebolen8359

3 жыл бұрын

That was 490 4 row

hello jim and brenda video was stellar why ? brenda's athletic ability to keep up with you and your detail of showing the gears moving. don't be embarassed jim. you're good man and whoever eats the corn, will be appreciative.

@WorkingHorsesWithJim

3 жыл бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it

More corn in a crooked row is what they say lol. Happy Anniversary.

@WorkingHorsesWithJim

3 жыл бұрын

True, thanks Scruffy

Happy Anniversary to you and your wife Jim! The Gordon girls did a great job feeding and watering the horses while you were gone. Nice pictures from your wedding day. Boy, oh boy, have things changed since those days. My wife and I celebrate 34 years in October. We laugh all the time at what simple kids we were way back then. LOL Had to edit this. My wife corrected me. It’s 33 years! Hahahahaha Cheers! Whipple

I love the view behind your horses and your beautiful fields! I don't care if it looks nice, it's unique and there's no GPS zone your planter. I hope your planter lasts a bit longer, it's a classic of days gone by. Thank you Jim!

Yes, Happy Anniversary! I'll bet you could find a Amish Neighbor who would be more than happy to help refurb. the ole planter over winter..

Girls did a great job , Happy Anniversary , back to work now , stay safe , enjoy !

@lydiaAnderson-yv3tc

9 ай бұрын

@Hello Robert how are you doing?

Nice day for planting Jim, remember corn doesn't care if the roes are straight lol.

@willbass2869

3 жыл бұрын

Besides crooked rows give the neighbors something to talk about!

My dad always said don't worry about being a straight row gardener just hope they grow. I like you like to see nice rows going down a field. A beautiful sight.

Don't worry about crooked rows, they have more corn in them. Lol! Happy anniversary!

Great weekend. Planting done Anniversary celebrated. Congratulations.

@WorkingHorsesWithJim

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks

My Father in Law would say ' You get more sown in a curved row than a straight one ". lol

Happy anniversary!!! Spring sure is a busy time. I see very busy at your home. Glad you were able to take a break for your anniversary!

@WorkingHorsesWithJim

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks! Yes it is a busy time

@WorkingHorsesWithJim

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks

The important thing is getting the corn in. Ok it is not perfect. You did a good job.

@WorkingHorsesWithJim

3 жыл бұрын

Right, that is the important thing

Some rain & warm weather will help the corn grow.

Corn don't care how crooked the rows are..haha...Always a great video ..

Sure is a super video of the best life on earth , we thank you and wish every kid could've see this and get off the t.v. and such...

Those ole John Deere planters are hard to ware out

@lydiaAnderson-yv3tc

9 ай бұрын

@Hello Thomas how are you doing?

@thomasneill6858

9 ай бұрын

@@lydiaAnderson-yv3tc we are great How bout yall

There is something soothing about the creak of harness. Thank you!

@willbass2869

3 жыл бұрын

Yeah but those nylon and biothane don't sound quite like leather.

So calm and quiet, peaceful

@lydiaAnderson-yv3tc

9 ай бұрын

@Hello Bruce how are you doing?

Doing ok , enjoying life , re - tired , stay safe !

Hi Jim My name is Larry kemp I live in Fort Worth Texas just a little north of Stockyards just want to say thanks for the videos enjoy them very much . Again thanks for the videos enjoy seeing the horses they’re beautiful and thank you again

@WorkingHorsesWithJim

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching Larry

Jim, It's nice to watch you and those nices horses do their thing also to see how the family helps you, and thanks from an 80-year-old male from East Hartford, CT.

My dad planted with a 10ft JD drill years ago with 4 horses. He said that they would walk in the wheel track and never leave it..GPS way back when. 👌👌

@WorkingHorsesWithJim

3 жыл бұрын

Yes!

@lydiaAnderson-yv3tc

9 ай бұрын

@Hello how are you doing?

Thanks Jim for sharing. I think we have swapped weather with y’all, it was 49 degrees this morning here in NW Georgia. May the good Lord Bess you with a bountiful 🌽🌽🌽🌽🌽 harvest in a few months. 👍👍👍👍👍 God Bless

@WorkingHorsesWithJim

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks, God bless you as well. Hope it warms up a bit for you

I really enjoy watching you plant corn.

Happy Anniversary!! Your Daughters did a fine job of feeding the horses AND giving us a peek into your families beginnings! I didn't see any crocked rows! But I did notice just a bit of tectonic plate shifting... 🤪 You probably didn't notice the earthquakes while riding that springless 'buggy'!

@WorkingHorsesWithJim

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks

@johnking8679

3 жыл бұрын

I was impressed with how your girls took care of stuff while you were away with your bride !! Good job girls !!

Thank's for sharing and happy anniversary stay safe and God bless

@WorkingHorsesWithJim

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks

Hi Jim & Brenda, Happy Anniversary to you both, thank you for sharing your video's with us, hugs from the UK, Buck and Ken you're both good boys xx

@WorkingHorsesWithJim

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks Shelley

I just love the Percherons

Here's hoping you had a good anniversary!!🥰🤠

We had both a 290 and 490 Deere planters when I was a kid. They were the best available back then and still can do good work. Simple and easy to set and work on, parts are still available < I'd just re work it and keep using it. Many are in use on Amish farms.

Nothing more satisfying than planting and watching it grow. I’m zone 9b so I’m snacking on cherry tomatoes and other fun stuff, peppers out of my ears! But soon it will be too hot here when your veg patch will be giving you goodies. It is so exciting watching you plant and I know you will have a fantastic harvest! Well done!

@WorkingHorsesWithJim

3 жыл бұрын

True, it is great to watch things grow. You sure are way ahead of us! Enjoy!

Hope you two lovebirds had a wonderful time away. 💕. Your daughters were amazing hostesses and took good care of us. 😃. I enjoy your channel so much! The way you two approach life helps to remind me to show myself a little grace. Thank you and God bless you both!

@WorkingHorsesWithJim

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching, we had a great time. Glad the girls were good hostesses and thanks for watching. Blessings to you!

There’s a first for me. Never watched anyone plant around the field. I am very sure the corn 🌽 doesn’t care how you plant.It just needs to be deep enough and the right population. I have planted lots of days with a 290 planter as a young farmer. It does get the job done. Hope you get a very good yield so you can upgrade the planter. All you need is the right amount of rain ☔️ and heat. A little prayer don’t hurt either. Thanks.

@justinallmond3855

3 жыл бұрын

He planted that way bc he’s using a few different varieties this year from leftover bags. He will harvest it with a new idea picker one row at a time. Planting this way will ensure that he is harvesting the same variety on each side of the field.

As Jim plops down the planter marker, he says,....."I don't need no stinking Autosteer"!!!

@willbass2869

3 жыл бұрын

Lol! 👍

Jim don't worry about crooked rows you more corn plants in a crooked row. Dave sukup

@WorkingHorsesWithJim

3 жыл бұрын

Right!

Hope and pray for a good growing season. Take care, Al

@WorkingHorsesWithJim

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks Al! Take care!

Fascinating. Love the working with horses.

You can plant as much corn in crooked row as you can a straight on. Lol.

@lydiaAnderson-yv3tc

9 ай бұрын

@Hello Gary how are you doing?

Like the way you showed close ups of the planter. I planted with a one row cole planter in a furrow took a while to plant 10 to15 acres but l made it imagine that with horses.loved the video god bless both of yall oh by the way some good looking horses. Sure god will do his part now

@lydiaAnderson-yv3tc

9 ай бұрын

@Hello Johnny how are you doing?

Great video, very peaceful and the views are so pretty. Horses look content plowing the field.

"Ya" you got a uniform stand plus rabbit runs for the rabbits to use.

Wow! I enjoyed all the different views from the camera, on the planter. I know that takes a lot of time and effort. Fun to see!! I hope you have "heap big" returns!!

Love your videos

Love your videos! Very calming

Thanks for all you do Jim and family. I always enjoy your videos.

@WorkingHorsesWithJim

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks 👍

Thanks for sharing love watching your videos with your horses! My grandpa had work horses also he made his living with them mostly logging! 🐴🐴🐎🐎

The sounds are lovely! You could make a soundtrack of the sounds of your life and sell it as a relaxation aid 😆 I'm talking about the long interlude without voice - just the humming insects, ringing metal, and that peculiar sound of leather harness (even if it's not real leather), and of course the horses' soft footsteps in the field. So relaxing after a day with energetic Kindergartners, First and Second Graders 💖 I love the kids, but at the end of the day the quiet is precious.

@WorkingHorsesWithJim

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the idea

Enjoy

Congrats

I always get a bit of a chuckle watching your videos. For me it is my raised rows that are never straight, so embarrassing to see them look curved or occasionally snake like. The cultivator still works ok though but I do have to really use the peddles to stay on track. I imagine that you are way better steering your cultivator so all will be fine. Looks like you are using a bus seat on your forecart without the back. Mine still have the back on it. I run my cord from my disk and hook it onto my front safety rail similar to what you did attaching yours to the seat. Hope you get some rain before the next batch of heat sets in. Thanks for making the videos it helps me think I am not the only crazy one doing this.

Happy Anniversary hope you an Brenda had a nice time away from the farm!

Thingamabob I love it I knew exactly what she was talking about

Lovely video watching. Horses well done Jim keep up the good work

@WorkingHorsesWithJim

2 жыл бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it

I think you did a great job

I'm sure your corn will turn out just fine. The rows will be a lot straight than if I'd have done it! Nice video.Thank you.

I had an old corn planter where someone had replaced the hoppers with joint compound buckets. It was actually a pretty clever repair, and probably better than the original.

Great video Jim. I especially liked the detail shots of the chains and gearing. I have been in the Amish area of Lancaster, PA the last few days and have greatly enjoyed seeing their beautiful farms and gardens. I have been able to see them working their fields with their horses and mules. I thought of you and your family living a similar lifestyle. Thank you for sharing with those of us that don't see it in our neck of the woods. Oh and happy anniversary to you and Miss Brenda.

@WorkingHorsesWithJim

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching!

I miss the farm. The heavy horse.. Xxoo.

You do wonderful work with the Horses. You soil there in the St. Lawrence Valley looks a lot like ours in the Ohio Valley: Yellowish brown Clay. My neighbor had a beautiful Belgian that was 17hands high and once we loaded 8 kids on his back and went for a ride.

Job well done.On to something else.Crooked rows or not the corn will still grow.

Jim lovely vlog really interesting.....though I always suprised at the lack of bird life following you when working on the fields...here in the UK if a tractors working in a field its always followed by many gulls. Best wishes Sue & Carol North Norfolk coast UK...keep safe and well

@WorkingHorsesWithJim

3 жыл бұрын

We used to have a lot of gulls around here too but haven't had any recently. Not sure why. Thanks, you all keep safe as well

@mervjb809

3 жыл бұрын

The scavengers are all in Washington DC. 😇

@johnking8679

3 жыл бұрын

Happy Anniversary, lots more !!

I have seen pictures of my grandfather using horses on his farm. That old planter is pretty tough.

Looks like field worked up nice. I was worried spring tooth might not work up big spreader tracks.

@lydiaAnderson-yv3tc

9 ай бұрын

Hello Mark how are you doing?

With a bit of luck and God's good graces it looks like you will have a bumper crop this year Jim!

Happy anniversary The planter you are using is perfect I don't see a computer anywhere 🤭😊😄 so you keep up the good work brother I love the fact that you are using horses Never stop being you Thank you for the fantastic videos God bless you and your's Just saying

@WorkingHorsesWithJim

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you! 😊

It may be good to have straight rows, but in my limited experience I found the results of good crops and a good harvest count more than neat rows !

Helow fly. The works in farm!🏚👪🖒.

The straighter the rows the better I feel

wonder how many acres are planted from one hopper of seed. I am really glad I stumbled on this site.

@WorkingHorsesWithJim

3 жыл бұрын

Generally a bag plants 3-4 acres, but there are a lot of variables. I don't know about 1 hopper of seed

Great job loved it!! I had an old corn planter, I had to make a new hopper for it. I never used it,don't now what ever happen to it.I wish I new I would give it to you. Is that sweet corn or field corn for the cows.Thanks for the video can"t wait for the next one.

My Dad would say you can plant more in crooked rows. That was his excuse.

I think the hard thing is most everything you do is with horses and some of the equipment might need to be repaired or just junked

gotta look at it this way Jim you get more corn in a crooked row than you do a strait row! 😆 looks like you guys are a little on the dry side! hopefully you get a shower on it soon.

Great time of day to plant. Bet the horses enjoyed your vacation. Thank you for sharing. Jim provide more light when recording inside barn near scale. What were test results on tissue removed? 🐴🐴

@WorkingHorsesWithJim

3 жыл бұрын

coming soon!

Attach a burlap sack with flour or gypsum in it for a row marker in dry conditions. Easier to see

Just goes to prove the quality of workmanship that went into the making of these old machines to be still workable...your marker disc? could it be made telescopic so as to be adjustable for different rows widths?.. farmers world over are the same..lol..here in Oz farms are held together with number 8 wire n bale twine...same with you I see...lol..as always great video

You just eye it i seen some big production farms where the mesure 17 feet and count how menny in 17'1/2 2 or 7'1/2 and they know how much pre acre and then they do same when it comes up how meny plants per acre. We just go with what feals good a

whipple 1 said it right on crooked rows. you plant more lol. hey I've worked on potato farms and was told by the boss whom run the planter mind you...... crooked rows are up to the cultivators job to straighten without killing the plant.... and with a slap on my shoulder then knew that was my job cultivating. i hated it cause i might straighten the rows a bit but the potatoes still grew were they were. now as i know you like older equipment yet stay with horses and said you might upgrade.... I'm not sure how much weight difference it might be to set up for horses but I've seen taking a row setup off and more modern corn planter that's like 20 rows and taking just one row section or two and mounting to a toolbar on a compact tractor. were you already use a fore cart I'm not sure if that might be of any use for you. they are still ground driven. im thinking if a 1025 john deere 25hp tractor can pull a one row no problem...... depending how you set up to hook to your fore cart you should be able to pull 2 rows fairly decently....... or.... one row faster at worst case. I just dont know what the drag would be. also youd have to set up a toolbar type hitch to pull them but im thinking it should work ok set up. and easyier to find parts ext as bigger farmers still use the same planters. i seen that setup on tractor time with time channel. if you want youtube search tractor time with tim corn planter or let me know and ill find the video if you like. the outfit tim bought his reconfigured planter for his compact tractor takes the better parts off large wore out tobig farmer planters and reconditions for small home owners ext.

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My guess is your rows are going to be straighter than you think. If not, no worries.

Hi Jim and Brenda another great video great to watch the horses and the old style implements. Do you use the oats and grass for hay or strip graze it? I f you really want some rain I can send you some we have flooding in the south island farmers have had to move stock to higher ground and winter feed has been washed away as well as fences so just stay safe. p.s.its taken me 3 attempts to right this I am house sitting for some friends and their kitten decided he can type better and keeps walking over the key board

@WorkingHorsesWithJim

3 жыл бұрын

haha

If you want your horse to walk down the tire track, can’t you offset you’re seed drill to the right of your cart would that work?

Did you notice any of that alfalfa coming up with this years oats and hay under seeding? Maybe a little crop field walk video opportunity

@WorkingHorsesWithJim

3 жыл бұрын

Haven't noticed any yet, thanks for the idea

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@lydiaAnderson-yv3tc

9 ай бұрын

@Hello Roger how are you doing?

Happy anniversary! Just curious have you ever planted with the wire hill drop

@WorkingHorsesWithJim

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks, no I haven't

If you’re rows are crooked the crows will have a harder time to find the seed.

How many acres did you plant? The clover looks excellent! Buck and Ken (hey I'm partial) did a great job.

@WorkingHorsesWithJim

3 жыл бұрын

About 4 acres of corn and 4 acres seeded down to oats and clover

Neat and inexpensive. Of course, if you planted with a 30 row planter as they are customary in our region, you could do 'precision planting', but most of the money you make with this crop would go into paying for your equipment. What kind of seeds do you use, open pollinated , I suppose? The weather in your area obviously is not as wet as it has been here over the last two weeks. I have not been able to get into the field in all that rime, it just is too wet, and we have rain every few days. My horses are waiting , too.

@WorkingHorsesWithJim

3 жыл бұрын

No, I don't use open pollinated corn, I used a couple different varieties. We could use some rain right now. Hope all is well in your area

@klauskarbaumer6302

3 жыл бұрын

@@WorkingHorsesWithJim I could use a series of dry days.

I have a question when you go organic can’t you still fertilize with manure? I would think that would be very organic. But I know absolutely nothing just thinking of Squanto and the fish lol ans if you could put in your own organic fertilizer.

@WorkingHorsesWithJim

3 жыл бұрын

yes you can

Where are you from. We live in north central, where lots of Amish live. Pretty cool to see their ways of farming

@WorkingHorsesWithJim

3 жыл бұрын

Northern New York

was wondering what your thoughts are on not having your horses shod.

@WorkingHorsesWithJim

3 жыл бұрын

it's fine for most farm work, but I do a lot of logging and shoes are needed in the woods

Jim, do your horses pick up speed when they're headed to the barn?

@WorkingHorsesWithJim

3 жыл бұрын

Yes they usually do!

Happy anniversary! Wanted ask why you don’t use mules?

@WorkingHorsesWithJim

3 жыл бұрын

I just like horses

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