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Pratt, Kansas-We arrived in southern Kansas on June 18. It was a hot 105 degrees F the day we moved. We had to travel slower because it was so hot outside. We traveled highways 183 and 281 and a lot of wheat had been cut the whole way up until about the state line area. Here at Pratt the wheat harvest was just getting started. We unloaded and went to the field and our first three loads went 14.0%, 13.2% and 11.4%. We were right on time and have been staying very busy cutting wheat. With hot and dry conditions we were able to stay in southwest Oklahoma and finally finish up as well as picked up some more work to finish out our last day of cutting in that area. We were offered even more work but thought we should make the move up to the Pratt area to take care of our regular custom- ers there. The wheat has made 30 to 50 bushels per acre so far. The test weights have been 59.0 to 62.2 pounds per bushel. The fields here are dry, which makes the cutting conditions less stressful. We fought a lot of mud in southwest Oklaho- ma. It was very tough going there. Summer wheat harvest weather is finally here and we've had sev- eral consecutive days of high heat and not so much humidity. We've been able to cut every day this past week including starting earlier and finishing later each day. We've had plenty of heat, sunshine and wind too. Our forecast is hot and dry with a few chances of thunder- storms but hopefully we can just keep rolling along. We've got a few combines in northern Okla- homa yet and a few others already moved over north of Dodge City. We are all are staying busy and finding dry wheat to cut. Janel Schemper can be reached at janel@allaboardharvest.com. Unverferth Mfg. Co., Inc. P.O. Box 357 Kalida, OH 45853 unverferth.com 419.532.3121

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Janel Schemper

In the combine and moving to another field. I love combine time. I love this sight. It is a custom cutter's dream to get to cut wheat like this.