After getting soil tests done on the Newman Rd field in July it became clear that the nutrients were deficient. Both potassium and phosphorous were seriously deficient, so I looked around for some manure.
Starting in August I went looking for a supply, and ended up getting some pretty nice composted manure. The first three loads were from a cow farmer and fairly fresh. Most of the loads came from a friend's horse farm and had been turned.
Working with a couple different spreaders until I purchased an IH 550 spreader (about 185 bushels I think), I managed to spread a couple hundred tons onto the field. I have high hopes this will help the yield in 2020.
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| The IH 550 spreader. |
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| The IH 550 spreader in action. |
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| This John Deere spreader was borrowed for a portion of the spreading. It could not hold very much and I returned it without doing too much work with it. |
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| My neighbor Jim loaned me his dump trailer to move some of the compost. What a great rig! |
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| This is an old International spreader that I rented from the cow farmer. |
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