Nebraska Farms
We had been driving steadily for about a week and decided to sty over a day in Chappell, NE to rest up and
relax. Nice little campground. We traveled out into the country side to observe the Nebraska farming community.
The farms here are unbelievable large. Mostly they are grain operations with either wheat or corn, The pats of
the land that are not flat enough for grain operations are fenced and set up for cattle operations. Many people
appear to be growing grain and also having small to medium feed lots for cattle. The farming equipment is huge.
So much different from the Amish that we saw in PA where the average farm was 75 acres, these farms must
average over 1000 with the cattle operations much larger. I suspect they have at least 50 acres per cow in some
barren areas. We did see one septic tank service emptying his tank into a field. Guess this will be for whole
wheat bread. It was extremely windy the second day and we had to put down the stabilizer jacks and finally pull
in the slides. The trains come thru about every 15 minutes (this is the truth). The main line between the coasts
is right here. There is also a lot of coal trains going from WY to a electrical generating plant 70 miles east of
here. Speculators are drilling for oil and gas in the area and finding a little.
relax. Nice little campground. We traveled out into the country side to observe the Nebraska farming community.
The farms here are unbelievable large. Mostly they are grain operations with either wheat or corn, The pats of
the land that are not flat enough for grain operations are fenced and set up for cattle operations. Many people
appear to be growing grain and also having small to medium feed lots for cattle. The farming equipment is huge.
So much different from the Amish that we saw in PA where the average farm was 75 acres, these farms must
average over 1000 with the cattle operations much larger. I suspect they have at least 50 acres per cow in some
barren areas. We did see one septic tank service emptying his tank into a field. Guess this will be for whole
wheat bread. It was extremely windy the second day and we had to put down the stabilizer jacks and finally pull
in the slides. The trains come thru about every 15 minutes (this is the truth). The main line between the coasts
is right here. There is also a lot of coal trains going from WY to a electrical generating plant 70 miles east of
here. Speculators are drilling for oil and gas in the area and finding a little.
Our daughter used to pick these and give them to Nancy. Still
have a place in her heart.
have a place in her heart.
The farms here go from horizin to
horizon.
horizon.
They grow a crop every other year and let the land lay fallow for a year. They use the no till method as fuel is so expensive now.
The contour of the land determines if they can grow grain. On the rougher ground they grow cattle. Many windmills to bring up water for the cattle