Big White Combine circles, but has so far landed elsewhere - The Battlefords News-Optimist
The crops have responded in leaps and bounds. We are so fortunate in this area as we had just enough moisture for the crops to hang on until these rains came. Other areas were not so lucky and have no crop. They may have done everything right but they have no crop through no fault of their own. The only problem with these benevolent rains is some are not benevolent and are storms sent by Da Devil and they are called the Big White Combine. There is nothing more heart wrenching than to have a good crop and get hailed out. Hail has fallen all around us, but mercifully no serious hail has landed on our area. Hail has hit Lashburn and north of Maidstone and I am sure other areas. Farmers need to check their crops if you have insurance. The year I was hailed out, beside my house was fine but a quarter mile away it took out my whole crop. The crop came back, froze and I harvested tough and damp. The tough, damp frozen grain was unmarketable so I bought steers and they ate the grain. I was trying to teach Ty how to do a Tarzan yell, which he should do after a troublesome project. After struggling with a project and finally getting it done, it is very important for one to beat ones chest and let out a roof raising Tarzan yell, as it releases built up tension in the body. Source: www.newsoptimist.ca
