WRITE FIELD RAINBOW FARMING

The first tractor that I drove Was grey with axels red, Purchased new in ‘50 Or so my father said.

I wouldn’t know, I wasn’t there Till nineteen fifty two, Then a few years had to pass, With not much I could do.

The next tractor in our yard, A yellow Moline Z, With a Rumley in the trees, How colorful were we?

We added next a Cat on tracks, Not quite a color new, Close to Moline yellow, But a slightly different hue.

Our combine at the time was orange, Before Case went to red. Redlin wouldn’t paint our yard, Picasso might instead.

One day when an H showed up, In shiny IH red, I thought the time had come when Towards one color we would head.

A couple drills, a Vibrashank, It seems we had a trend. With a Massey combine We’re red from end to end.

But somehow that green tractor, There popping in our yard,

Began to win us over, Though color change is hard. Like the grass along the ditch, Or an algae bloom, The green spread out across the yard, And did the red consume.

Red never gave up easy, The lifter stayed to fight. And I’ve always tried to keep A red pickup in sight.

But green had taken over, There seemed no turning back. Everywhere you looked were Wheels of yellow, tires of black.

I felt I was a traitor, My father took it hard, The day that big red combine First showed up in my yard.

One day to scratch a burning itch I bought myself a Quad. I like it though sometimes it seems, A parts man’s gift from God.

They all break and they wear out, Though red or green or blue. Change the oil, grease the zerks, It’s all that you can do.

Over years I think I’ve learned, From parts men you can’t hide. Machinery, just like grass, Is greener on the other side.

DURA-PUMP EASY CADDY

• Can be mounted in 6 different configurations on a variety of tank/tote & drum types

• Use it mounted on top of tank or top of 55 gallon drum, on side of tank, or off the ground

• Conversion Kits are available to mount system on Monsanto & Snyder type tank

• Tank/tote not included

DURA-PUMP EASY CADDY WITH AUTO-BATCH SYSTEM

• Intuitive interface allows for the selection of manual or automatic operation with the flip of a switch

• Optimized for repeatable batching; returns to the last volume amount dispensed

• 100% moisture sealed circuitry

• Includes Dura-Meter and Dura-Pump

• Suction port has 2” Male NPT and 1” Female NPT

DURA-METER

• Made of impact resistant Lexan faceplate

• 100% moisture sealed circuitry

• Menu driven backlit display

• Plumbed both for in-line and 90 degree applications

DURA-PUMP

• High-Flow with up to 15GPM

• Self-priming diaphragm pump w/ internal by-pass

• Motor thermally protected from overheating

• 30 minute duty cycle

• Suction port has 2” Male NPT and 1” Female NPT

Every week, members of the Forx Roller Derby League team, the “Sugar Beaters,” meet up to practice. Recent temperatures in the 90s did not deter them from skating in the parking lot of the old medical school in Grand Forks.

The casual observer might think they were a group of women out roller-skating. However, a closer look at the extensive amount of padding they wear, including helmets, mouth and wrist guards, and knee and elbow pads, indicates something much more serious is about to go down.