I haven't been out and about much since spring vacation ended. As you know, I live with a forest on one side of me and a residential area on the other side... And behind all that are fields and fields and fields. My very own walking park! 
The farmers mainly grow rice and the rice fields are being flooded this week. Later soy bean fields will be planted. Mostly soy beans for feed. Lotus root is another crop we see often and also leeks and green onions. In the hot houses are various leafy greens and bell-flowers.
Just walking one morning I realized how many tractors the farmers have to keep and how many different kinds there are. Some farmers have their own farm equipment some stored in sheds or under protective roofing, but I think the rice tractors are owned by cooperatives and the farmers take turns using the machinery. There is equipment for packing down the field edges, for turning the soil, for delicately planting rice sprouts and later for threshing and hulling the rice.
Today's pictures are some of the tractors along our morning walking route. I have absolutely no idea what they are used for. Any ideas? Sort of colorful and all the tractors look like they are looking forward to getting back to work.
One last picture that I took along a highway of a tractor rental place. I wonder how they got all their tractors up on the wall! Sort of an eye-catcher!
5 comments:
When I was a kid, many first driving experiences were on tractors. My, how fancy those have become!
I love tractors, but they also terrify me! Lost more than one cousin to farm equipment. I love that last picture, all those tractors look like toys!
my husband has a small BobCat Tractor for use in his business. He loves to play with it too just doing yardwork that doesn't really require heavy equipment.
My guess on how they got the tractors on the wall is that they used a heavy duty fork lift.
If my husband were home, I would have him look at them. He knows way more than I do about tractors. I like the colors too!
Julie in Iowa
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