{"id":823,"date":"2014-05-24T15:39:08","date_gmt":"2014-05-24T15:39:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/tule-lake.com\/?p=823"},"modified":"2014-09-09T21:32:28","modified_gmt":"2014-09-09T21:32:28","slug":"growing-grain","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/anderstomlinson.com\/tule-lake\/growing-grain\/","title":{"rendered":"Tulelake Grain"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"No_drill<\/a>
\nNo-Drill Planting and Monitoring of Grain Seed Depth<\/strong> – This no-till drill, on loan from the Klamath Soil and Water Conservation District is planting seeds without distributing the soil surface. This keeps moisture in the ground and prevents erosion from early spring wind. Another upside is that there are far fewer passes of equipment in these fields, saving labor and fuel costs. Farming has a history of adapting.
\nIt Is all in the seed<\/strong> – This is white wheat Alpowa seed. Each seed, depending on a variety of conditions, can produce 5 to 9 stalks, also called tillers. Tillers only have one head, which contain 5 to 15 kernels. Uses for white wheat include oriental noodles and cookie dough. A seed is now in the ground. Profitable agriculture is based on extremely close tolerances. There is little margin for error. The planting date was April 15, 2005. Timing is everything. <\/p>\n

\"Grain<\/a>
\nGrain Sprouts Break Through the Ground – Miracles Have Begun<\/strong>Farming is all about management. Watering, fertilizing and weeding are considerations that are influenced by weather conditions and available irrigation water. Nitrogen is a key fertilizing agent.<\/p>\n

\"Tule<\/a>
\nGreen Grain Fields Grow Tall and Then Turn Gold<\/strong><\/p>\n

\"Combines<\/a>
\nHeavy Heads of Grain Await The Moment That Harvest Machines Arrive<\/strong> – Grain is cut by the header and kernels are separated and up to 5 tons stored in the combine. Chaff is sent flying out the back. These harvest photos are from August 10, 2005. On average a grain crop may take four months from planting to harvest. Tulelake wheat and barley have the best yield per acre in the western United States. <\/p>\n

\"Grain<\/a>
\nGrain Will Be Off-loaded From The Combines to Waiting Trucks<\/strong><\/p>\n

\"Grain<\/a>
\nA Waterfall of Grain Fills Trucks: A Scene Repeated Across the Basin<\/strong> -The kernels are off-loaded into
\na truck and will be driven to a scale.<\/p>\n

\"Grain<\/a>
\nNext Stop for the Grain is The Office to Be Analyzed and Valued.<\/strong> – The truck is weighed fully loaded. <\/p>\n

\"a<\/a>
\nA Small Sample of The Grain From the Truck Will Be Used for Analysis<\/strong> – Farmers bring their grain to an elevator. Here its weighed, analyzed, off-loaded and stored in large bins until sold. A sample of the load is taken in to be checked for bushel weight and moisture content.<\/p>\n

\"The<\/a>
\nThe Grain is Analyzed and a Value Is Determined – A Moment of Economic Truth<\/strong> – 100 grams is weighed out from the sample and put into a double pan. Small grain and chaff falls through a screen into the bottom pan, \u201cthe dock. This is weighed and used to estimate the load\u2019s condition. The grower is then credited for the good grain and docked for the substandard. The samples are kept for future reference. Yes Virginia, there is a need for math<\/p>\n

\"Grain<\/a>
\nTrucks Are Raised and The Grain Dropped into a Bin and Then Raised Up Into the Elevators.<\/strong> – The truck drives to the elevator. The load drops into a bin. The grain goes by auger to a belt with buckets that takes the grain to the top of the distributor. From here the grain is sent to the proper bin for storage. The truck returns to the scales. This gives the grain\u2019s total weight.<\/p>\n

\"Grain<\/a>
\nGrain Cathedrals Rise Up Across The Tule Lake Basin<\/strong><\/p>\n

\"Grain<\/a>
\nTulelake Grain Will Travel to Its Destinations by Train and Truck<\/strong><\/p>\n

Lewie Baker remembers grain harvests<\/strong><\/a> on a WWII homestead in the 1940’s.<\/p>\n

\u00a92014 Anders Tomlinson, all rights reserved.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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