Rural/Farm Life

Ptah

(33,530 posts) Tue Dec 13, 2011, 02:09 AM Dec 2011

This ten minute wheat harvest video amazes me.

I grew up on the prairie of central Montana and we were fortunate
to do one tenth of what these people do.

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This ten minute wheat harvest video amazes me. (Original Post) Ptah Dec 2011 OP

That field is HUGH XemaSab Dec 2011 #1

Here's a picture from when I was about five Ptah Dec 2011 #2

it's certainly an illustration of why when the oil goes Warpy Dec 2011 #3

Pure technological marvels, run with great skill. gtar100 Dec 2011 #4

XemaSab

(60,212 posts)

1. That field is HUGH

Reply to Ptah (Original post)

Tue Dec 13, 2011, 02:20 AM

Dec 2011

Series!

Ptah

(33,530 posts)

2. Here's a picture from when I was about five

Reply to XemaSab (Reply #1)

Tue Dec 13, 2011, 02:27 AM

Dec 2011

Warpy

(113,131 posts)

3. it's certainly an illustration of why when the oil goes

Reply to Ptah (Original post)

Tue Dec 13, 2011, 02:46 AM

Dec 2011

so will the cheap and very available food supply. While all this was once accomplished with animal power and can probably be done by solar power, the process will be a lot slower and more labor intensive.

The best favor we can do ourselves is try to encourage the craven fools in Congress to start cutting the Pentagon. The Pentagon is the largest consumer of petroleum products in the country, more even than personal autos.

gtar100

(4,192 posts)

4. Pure technological marvels, run with great skill.

Reply to Ptah (Original post)

Tue Dec 13, 2011, 02:53 AM

Dec 2011

Looks like some seriously hard work that requires a great deal of experience to master. And then there's the wizardry required to keep those machines running well. Another great feat of engineering.

Thanks for sharing this video. Really enjoyed watching that.

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