Combining – Weekly Top Shot #152
Combining – Weekly Top Shot #152

Combining – Weekly Top Shot #152

John Deere Combining Wheat - Whitman County WA

Com·bine : käm-ˌbīn : [noun]: a machine that cuts crops (such as corn or wheat) and separates the seeds of the plant from the rest of the plant.

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Here,

just west of the Whitman County town of Colfax,

a large, loud John Deere combine harvests wheat in mid-August.

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I will say one thing surprised me about

these huge combines,

was the noise.

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In the undulating hills of the Palouse,

you can hear them long before they round the hill into sight.

To me they sounded like a very loud combination of a vacuum cleaner and jet engine.

No wonder the farmers have enclosed cabs,

not only for a/c and a radio or cd player,

but to buffer the noise.

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‘WEEKLY TOP SHOT’ #152

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9 Comments

  1. What a great picture! My husband spent a summer cutting wheat on a crew that started in Texas, and went north to Montana. I always like watching the combine, and occasionally get a ride in the cab when they harvest out barley and beans.

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