Cultivatin' Corn: John Deere 50

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so. md. Dirt Farmer

Жыл бұрын

The Dirt Farmer needs to save his corn crop from the grass and weeds.

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@turnbooutdoors3008 19 күн бұрын

Corn crop looking good have a bless day 👍👍

@miraclefarm1927 Жыл бұрын

High tech field cultivation unit... I'm dying😂 Love it!

@susanmetzger1983 Жыл бұрын

Cultivating corn is a great way to relax and think and be close to the crops .

@ronzezulka6646 Жыл бұрын

Done lots of acres the very same way. Loved every second. It's life therapy.

@billmartinn9851 Жыл бұрын

Grew up on a farm, cultivating with an A John Deere , and a 2 row cultivating. Had to drive straight!😃

@joeldavis8851 Жыл бұрын

My Dad had a set of corn plows just like that for the old John Deere B. It's nice to see the old equipment still in use. Brings back some good memories. 🙂

@so.md.dirtfarmer2226 Жыл бұрын

Glad you enjoyed watching.

@mikekuhn6216 Жыл бұрын

I enjoyed your video about cultivatin' corn. I grew up on a dairy farm jus t west of Chicago in the '50s and '60s and dad farmed with Farmall and a WD Allis. On the other hand, our neighbor to the west had a nice J D A and mounted a 2 -row on it to cultivate. He never over-worked it: 2-16s plow, 8' tandem disc and so on. Maybe he thought it was a B. Another fellow to the west farmed with two J D "Gs" and you could here them all over the place. Anyway, all the farms around there are gone and that wonderful black dirt now grows houses. Thanks for the show; love to see your vintage equipment in working order.

@so.md.dirtfarmer2226 Жыл бұрын

Hey Mike! lt's sad to see good soil paved over and built up. But thanks for your remembrance's and kind words.

@hobert497 Жыл бұрын

Another one of your tractors that reminds me of what a tractor is supposed to sound like...

@orsonwells7997 Жыл бұрын

Spent many days on the 720 with the front mount cultivator. I always thought they did a better job than the rear mounts. No crick in the neck after a full day was a bonus. Loved every minute of it.

@greggergen9104 2 ай бұрын

Did 290 acres a year , twice, on a JD 520... Hated every minute of it. My only reprieve is when I got to bale hay instead. But good for you if you loved it. We would cultivate so close to the plants that you had to totally concentrate every second. Baling hay was relaxing...

@brettmclauglin8574 Жыл бұрын

I live in New Zealand and my Father had one of those popping Johnny’s for weeding the rows of sweet corn. I hv clear memories of him swing the fly wheel over and the hissing sound when the brass compression cocks were open. He also used it to drive an irrigation pump to water the corn and potatoes day and night….never broke down.👍

@so.md.dirtfarmer2226 Жыл бұрын

Hey Brett! Great to hear from you in New Zealand! Those Johnny Poppers can really get the job done.

@georgedeppner418 Жыл бұрын

Nice pickin in the background

@8ema533 Жыл бұрын

Hey Bill, it's a 100 here in DC (Dorchester County) lol. If the sun comes out you're gonna need an umbrella on that 2 lunger. Happy 4th man! Love your videos

@kennycriswell141 7 ай бұрын

Love the 50

@tractortalkwithgary1271 Жыл бұрын

Your high tech, sophisticated cultivation equipment looks very much like what we always farmed with. We had a 2 row cultivator on one of the 520’s with shovels and a 4 row with sweeps on a 630. I usually ran the 520 and did all the point rows. Enjoyed the full watch 👍🏻

@so.md.dirtfarmer2226 Жыл бұрын

Thank you Gary.

@darrylgreenwood8679 Жыл бұрын

I grow open pollinated corn and you can spray it with impact herbicide. It'll get in your pocket but it's good stuff

@stephenrice4554 11 ай бұрын

That corn looks good , nice and plump . You be careful what you say of the missus , you could be on short rations 👍🇬🇧

@williammatzek4660 11 ай бұрын

I was 12 or 13 the first time I cultivated. A 4 row rear mounted cultivator. On a John Deere 70. In about 71 dad went to a 6 row planter. The 70 would not pick up a 6 row liliston rolling cultivator, dad traded it off!

@so.md.dirtfarmer2226 11 ай бұрын

That's a shame.

@williammatzek4660 11 ай бұрын

The 4 row planter was 14 yrs old. We were farming more land. We set the 70 up to pull the new 6 row planter. It done a good job. We hooked up to the rolling cultivator , the 3 point would not pick it up. Dad put the cultivator on the 4020 diesel row crop standard. He done all cultivating that year. The 70 was traded for a 1530 John Deere , it was the row crop tractor until dad sold out at 84. In the early 90's I bought a 1954 70 on gas. Swartz wide front. I have kept it in a shed. Calcium has destroyed one of the valve stem holes on the rear rim. Radiator needs cleaned and repaired. I put a little oil in both spark plug holes. Turned the engine over by hand. It's not stuck. That 70 and I were made the same year. I now have the time, guess I should get it going again. Dad kept the 1530. We still have it. I have a 4010 and 4020 and a couple old round baler.

@jimmyjohn837 Жыл бұрын

Thanks for the video. It brings back a lot of memories for me cultivating corn. I just watched your July 4th. 2022 video with the 40 combine. We had a 40 for many years and I really enjoyed that video. Thanks again and wish you and yours a great July 4th 2023!

@so.md.dirtfarmer2226 Жыл бұрын

Thanks! Hope y'all have a great 4th too.

@eddiefralix3502 4 ай бұрын

Enjoyed!

@Ridley369 5 ай бұрын

That 'R' in squarsh comes from the West Country counties of England - Devonshire, Somerset, Cornwall, mainly! Just like our 'R' in warsh, and so many other words.

@jasonbeecher509 11 ай бұрын

Very nice job cultivating corn

@coreytrout3857 Жыл бұрын

Looks like the dirt was just flowing the center of the row. I started out on an A with a 2 row and then a 4 row on a 630

@danielhelpingstine3202 Жыл бұрын

I grew up on a john deere 50 dam good tracktor

@jimmybland6519 Жыл бұрын

We plowed corn with a 530 and two row cultivator

@dankreoger611 Жыл бұрын

There's some old memories stirred up. Started out on a A.

@TimMartin-bh9js Жыл бұрын

Corn looks good love the video just joined your channel

@so.md.dirtfarmer2226 Жыл бұрын

Welcome Tim! Thanks for the kind words.

@Skyrider12 Жыл бұрын

Happy 4th Get er done! 💥✌🇺🇸

@yvonnejohnson1557 Жыл бұрын

Spent many hours on a2020 jd plowing corn. From gary

@nathanalmond8280 Жыл бұрын

It pays to cultivate. Even if you use chemicals. It lets the air in the soil and also it helps to let the rain in after you do it.

@KFitzG35competitor Жыл бұрын

Whats your row width? Love seeing old iron at work.

@so.md.dirtfarmer2226 Жыл бұрын

Believe it or not, l had to run out and measure, 36". Thanks for the comment!

@bobbygaskins7778 11 ай бұрын

If you don’t mind sharing, what the name of the corn you plant? You think that corn would grow ok in hot, humid SC? Love those front mounted cultivators! I have some 4 row front mount still use on 3010. Wish I had 50 or 60 with cultivators. My dream tractor! Folks around here think I’m crazy, I just love farming, it’s not work to me, kinda like play for me. All my neighbors have round balers, I still mow with sickle mower, bale with NH 273. Love it.

@so.md.dirtfarmer2226 11 ай бұрын

Hey Bobby! l plant some corn from Augusta Seed in Va., the other is Wapsi Valley open pollinated. lt should work for you, l can get more specific if you are really wanting to try it.

@bobbygaskins7778 11 ай бұрын

@@so.md.dirtfarmer2226 Hey Bill, Thats enough information I can handle it from there. Just wanting try different varieties of open pollenated here, it gets HOT here 100+ not at all uncommon. Thanks for information.

@willcojak9650 Жыл бұрын

Corn is starting to turn yellow here in S.C. Deer corn.

@so.md.dirtfarmer2226 Жыл бұрын

Roger, Willco.

@glenschumannGlensWorkshop Жыл бұрын

Fell asleep on a JD 50 doing just that quite a bit.

@so.md.dirtfarmer2226 Жыл бұрын

That's understandable.

@floydrhodesiv5733 11 ай бұрын

As anyone whose ever cultivated corn on a warm summer day ,the hardest part of the job is staying awake

@raymondbeck6826 Жыл бұрын

You are a brave man talking about your wife like that....... I'd have to be a running and quick. LOL

@LittleNokesvilleFarm 4 ай бұрын

Do you have any end play in your flywheel and does that worry you with these old 2cyl tractors? My H has about .016 when spec is .005-.010. Can’t seem to improve it and not sure if I should run it. Thanks.

@so.md.dirtfarmer2226 4 ай бұрын

I don't think that little bit extra end play will hurt anything.

@MrTGleaner Жыл бұрын

Next to getting married 🤣😆🤣

@floydrhodesiv5733 11 ай бұрын

Any man that can find a woman to live with him n love him for what he is and believes in is a lucky man n should ,as most most men do love n worship the ground that woman walks on .For behind every successful man is woman tending to him .

@willmcqueen5917 8 ай бұрын

Im looking at a John Deere 50. Really want to get it. Are parts easy to get for this tractor. Your runs really good sounds like.

@so.md.dirtfarmer2226 8 ай бұрын

Hey Will! Yeah, parts are not hard to find, should be a great tractor for you.

@willmcqueen5917 8 ай бұрын

Ok. Thanks. Just retired an I used to work on a dairy when I was 16. The owner had some of these tractors an I always wanted one. Think I may just get it!! Thanks

@so.md.dirtfarmer2226 8 ай бұрын

@@willmcqueen5917 Let me know how it works out.

@danielhelpingstine3202 Жыл бұрын

And an M farmall