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Plowing a couple acres

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We are in the process of plowing and replanting a couple acres of pasture. Its been 60-70 years since it was last done. Its clay soil and thick heavy sod. We used our Farmall M pulling a john deere 44 plow for the bulk of it. The ends of the field were cleaned up with our Farmall SC with a 2-point single bottom plow. Once the plowing was finished we ran a disc over it and then tilled. The next step was to level by pulling a pair of H-beams over the tilled ground.
 

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ya could of had a good 'plow-day' out there.. let others help ya.. I would have taken a single plow around the area & told the guys any area inside it needs plowed.. let them do it to it
 
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A plow day would be fun, but we weren't sure what we would find when plowing. I wouldn't want someone to damage a plow. We have some bigger rocks and there used to be some old buildings/chicken barns in this field. We did find several rocks and chunks of metal, but managed to avoid any damage.
 
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Here are a couple more pics of the equipment that we are using on this project. The Farmall H and spreader were used to spread last years composted cow manure on the field.
 

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DJ, I took the camera up and snapped a couple more pics of the plow. It looks like I can make out model "C-10 plow" on the beam and the mold board has an SC before the part #. Hope this helps.
 

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#12 ·
That would be a Plow Chief bottom with the separate plow point like that. The Plow Chief, has the point & share made all in one.

I have a C-11 Two way plow for mine, and also has the plow Chief bottoms. They do a great job, but, the points for the LH side are like hens teeth.

Pretty darn handy for plowing the garden, and plowing it all one way. No dead furrows, or unturned strips.
 

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Looks like fun!
 
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Last year we plowed and planted another field. The cows broke through the fence to get at the freshly spouted grass and left deep hoof prints all over the field. We harvested hay off it this year and then pastured it, but it was a little rough. We decided to run the disc over it and then overseed. We followed that with the chain harrow and the roller. It smoothed things out quite a bit.
 

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#23 ·
WOW... now ur gonna have some fat cows.. do u have a cow/calf operation where ya feed out & fatten the calves..
 
#28 ·
Looks like fun
 
#30 ·
How long did it take to plow the field?
 
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Is that mostly all you do to re seed? Run a disk over it and plant? I've got my back field I need to o this year(well last year but yeah well we will just move on) and that is what my plan was but I don't know much.
 
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Hey QA, haven't seen you on here in a while.

It depends on soil type how much you will need to work it. I would think you have really nice soil down there, not the heavy clay that we have, so I would expect it to work up good. The method I prefer to use when I can is the Till-Plow-Till. This breaks up any sod and makes the plowing easy. If you don't have a tiller a disc will work. The object is to get the soil broken up fine enough for a good seed bed. When the soil loosened up its a good time to do some leveling if needed, we use a couple 15' H-beams pulled behind a tractor, then disc/Till again. Next would be if you want to fertilize or lime the soil(maybe get a soil test) and work that in with a disc/tiller/harrow. Then plant and roll the seed bed.

The seed outfits/conservation districts can also give you a lot of good info on the best ways to proceed with your planting. This pasture management class might be of interest to you. Its a bit of a drive, but you might be able to get some good pointers from the experts.
 

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Thanks for the info CJ. Yes there's about a foot of nice soil. Then grey clay. Stay above it and your ok. I've been so busy that I just haven't had time to Cruze MTF. Lurking every now and then but that's about it.
 
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Mowed the hay on the new field today. We will see if the cows approve of the new grass. We planted Tall Fescue, but got a lot of volunteer clover that came in also.
 

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