I thought it was soybeans, but didn't want to sound stupid if it wasn't :rolleyes: I grew up on the farm, but we didn't have soybeans, just wheat, corn, cotton, and feed that we called maize.

Maize is also called milo or grain sorghum. My husband grows this stuff. It's used for feed for pigs and chickens. Is this it?

Yep, that's it - what my granddad called maize. I'm sure milo is the new and improved plant - this was back in the 50's (wow, I'm old!).

Back then we didn't have a combine and couldn't afford to hire the feed cut by a combine. I remember the men in the field with sickles, cutting down the stalks at the ground and then they placed them with the heads up in a shock form, bottoms of the stalks out and heads together propping it up - here's a link to a picture of a corn shock http://family.webshots.com/photo/102...1040KnxlTRAoZW I couldn't post the picture.

Then they would come back and cut the heads off - and I don't remember what they did with them then - took them off to market I guess because they disappeared!

Goodness, that was a long time ago.

Janet, i loved seeing all the pictures! It's so different to what we are use to here, the buildings are gorgeous, i love the park, and adore your mom's home, it looks like a cosy cottage type of home, it really is lovely!

Yes, Mandy, it's a very small 2 bedroom and she and my father raised us four kids in it. Very crowded..indeed. I would love to see pictures of your town Mandy and the rest of you all too.

Janet,

It looks like some where I've been before. LOL.
You forgot pics of some to the people. LOL
You know the ones that have takenover. Sorry
I just had to type that.
ANd to think I worked in that Courthouse for 19 years................
Great Pics. Thanks so Much.........
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Janet,

I love your idea of pictures of our towns.

My camera finally quit right after I posted Annie's pix. Canon sent me a refurbished camera for $100 because I wasn't under the warranty anymore.
I have it in my bag and want to take pictures of my new area. It's just beautiful.

Well you get out there then and take some pictures for us girl!!! I would love to see more of your beautiful area, plus what you've done with the house. MOST important are pictures of Max and Annie.....you knew that right??? LOL

Janet thanks for sharing, what a beautiful town. I love the courthouse , the park , the murals, love it all. Seems so quaint..

It can be Gina. It really used to be so nice, but has changed so much and really not for the better in a lot of ways.

Diana, What else to you raise on your farm. I'm just a farm girl from indiana and
am only use to corn beans and wheat........

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We raise corn, soybeans, wheat, and milo (like what's pictured). We don't have any cattle because we don't hardly have any pasture and we enjoy having the winter off. Cattle are a lot of work and you have to feed them every day so we're strictly grain farmers. In our area we also have some sunflowers grown and they are SO pretty when they're blooming. If you go south a little ways you'll find a little bit of cotton but not much. Farmers also put up hay around here and we have a little bit from a meadow near the house.

Right now we're waiting to dry up from all of the rain then Glen will be busy, busy with harvest. We have corn that's more than ready to pick and a little while before the other crops are ready. Wheat is cut in the spring so that's already taken care of. It's a very different life than having an 8-5 job.

Will take pics for sure!

I have quite a few pix already, but I'm not finished. It's fall foliage season up here and it is just breathtaking!

I have pulled onto the shoulder of the road quite a few times and just clicked away.

Judy I bet it's just beautiful. I've never seen the different season except right here in Indiana. I hope you'll post lots and lots of pictures.