Change

 A section of land just west of us has been Native Prairie and a wooded area with many Oak trees as long as I can recall ( that would be about 70 years).  

The land is being cleared.  What a change.

From our home we could hear the high pitched whine of the huge saw machine as the old Oaks fell one by one.  The Oaks were thick as hair on a dogs back. 

So it will be a field  and grow something...potatoes, corn or a small grain of some kind.   I suppose some of the deer will return to have a salad...we often saw deer in this field...belly deep in Native Prairie grasses and flowers.  Most likely the pair of Fox we saw one evening have been displaced as have the coyotes. 

Is it progress?  I suppose eventually it will feed a few more people. 

Far Side

Evening Observations

 A piece of land West of us was always in Soil Bank or some government program that paid a dividend if you didn't grow crops.  Part of the land was in Oak Trees...we hear the huge saw going all day long.  The well for the irrigator has been dug so what ever is grown there will be irrigated.   Progress...or not...

Part of this piece of property was possibly Native Prairie as nothing was grown on it as far back as I can remember.

This week two coyotes were on our road...they killed the neighbors newborn calves. (They reported it to the Department of Natural Resources who came out to investigate, they decided it was not wolves it was just coyotes so there was nothing they could/would do.) 

One night when we drove by we saw two foxes...more than likely chased out of the oak forest.

This old farm implement was sitting in the middle of the field one day no doubt hidden in the oaks for many years.  Now it sits at the edge of the property.   Looks like some kind of seeder to me. Maybe one of my readers knows for sure. 

Far Side

Mystery solved thanks to Aurora and Brad the machinery is a corn binder!

I also heard from Harvey a old North Dakota neighbor.

The photo that you posted on your blog today appears to be a corn 
binder. It has been a long time since I have seen one, but the twin box 
at the rear and the gathering chains are the best clue.

Have a great day

Harvey