Life Observed

We often use the term Agricultural as a pejorative term to describe something lacking in finesse or style. Well, there's certainly nothing delicate about this Category One top link pictured below.  We do, however, see a determined ruggedness evident in the design. The guiding principles of Agricultural design are these: If it's less than an inch thick, it will bend eventually. If it's less then half an inch thick it will break off and get lost.  Agricultural design is not always bad though, well designed farm implements will go on working for fifty years or more, so who's laughing now.

The old seed drill mentioned elswhere has suddenly moved itself to the barn. When I examined it up close I found it has this excellent dial: How often do you see a dial calibrated in Acres... Now I am confused as to it's purpose. You fill up the drill with seed, and work on the field, pausing every now and then to see how many acres your 8 bushels of seed covered? Is that it.? Rather trial and error, but better than no information I guess.

This old seed drill has been sidelined on the farm, backed up to a hedge and left there. Nothing ever gets thrown away on a farm, you never know when it might come in handy. This week they wisely mowed around it, and the result is it is taking on the shape and form of an unexpected flower bed...