Mosanto

^Inside Monsanto Tent^

Monsanto tent

The first booth I visited at Husker Harvest

Days was the Monsanto booth. Inside the 

big tent were many desks that one could go

to for information. One that particularly 

interested me was the desk that had mason

jars set out on display. Each jar had a substance

showing each stage of the ethanol process, 

staring with corn and ending with ethanol. 

While at the Monsanto site I learned about 

Acceleron seed treatments. Acceleron 

complements the performance of Monsanto

corn, soybean and cotton products. It will

first be available in 2009 with Roundup

Ready 2 Yield soybeans. 

One last thing I did while visiting Monsanto

was the Discovery Tour. Monsanto had a plot 

set up across the street from their main tent

that displayed all their projects. They had test

crops that had shown the effects of a drought,

insects, herbicides and pesticides. The most 

interesting thing I saw was the breeds of corn

and soybeans that were grown in the early 1900's 

compared to the breeds of corn and soybeans

being used today. The difference between the

two crops was staggering. 

I've been busy.

Hello all. I would like to apologize for my lack

of posts during the last two weeks. I've been 

really busy with homework and studying for

my first round of tests. I plan to put a few new

posts up tomorrow since my afternoon is open,

other than the fact that I'm giving blood. Sorry 

again!

Southern Power District

The Southern Power District (SPD) had a demonstration

displaying the dangers of live wires. They held a tree 

branch up to the wire to demonstrate why it's dangerous.

They also put a hot dog on a pole to demonstrate a human 

finger touching a live wire and displayed how rubber

boots and tires can and will spark and attempt to catch

on fire. It was very interesting and you got 

to see the guys from SPD almost light stuff

on fire.  

This is a picture of the SPD demonstration set up.

"...In John Deere Green..."

Even though I am a country girl, I'm actually not

a big fan of country music. However, I love the 

song John Deere Green by Joe Diffie. Which 

leads to my point, I love John Deere tractors. I 

loved to ride in them with my dad when I was little.

I hated the International because I would always hit 

my head on the back window when I rode with him. But anyway, being a John Deere fan I had to 

stop by the lot. They had presentations running 

throughout the days. I went to one, but unfortunately 

I missed most of it because I had to take an important

phone call regarding some volunteer work I'm going to 

be doing with the Girl Scouts. 

I walked around a little bit after the presentation and I 

think my favorite thing there (besides all the shiny green

tractors) was watching all the dads taking their little

boys around to look at the tractors. They would climb

up into the tractors and combines and get so excited. 

It reminded me of my little brother.

811

On Wednesday I visited a tent that had information

on 811. I found out that it is a number that anyone

must call before they want to dig anywhere. You must

call the number at least two business days, but no more

than 10 days, before you want to start work. You give

the Digger's Hotline your location and they will notify 

the affected utilities of your dig site. Those utilities 

will then let you know if its okay to dig where you

want to dig. It was a very informational booth. The

really great thing about this booth was that the man 

I talked to was really nice and informative, and he

gave me a post-it note holder that clips onto the visor

in my car. 

Fellowship of Christian Farmers, International

Have you ever been walking around Husker

Harvest Days and noticed that everyone you

walk by is hauling around a walking stick?

I remember the first HHD I went to. A friend

and I wanted one so bad. We asked probably

five people where to find them.

They can be found at the tent of the Fellowship

of Christian Farmers, International.  When I

was visiting the tent this year, I found out 

that the group has built churches and does 

outreach programs in Russia, Albania, 

Jamaica and other various countries. The group 

helped storm victims in the Midwest 

this summer and it goes around to farm shows

like HHD to spread its word. 

To get a wordless walking stick, wordless 

hiking stick, wordless yardstick or wordless

braided rope, you have to sit down with one of 

the men in the tent. You receive your stick with a

string of beads on it, or just the string of beads to be

put on your rope and a pamphlet on what the beads 

mean and how to incorporate them into your life.

The man you are sitting with will then explain the

meaning of the beads. I was told that the beads 

are basically the bible explained in color. The 

colors are:

     -Gold = Heaven

     -Dark (Black) = Sin

     -Red = Christ's Blood

     -White = Snow

     -Green = Growing in Christ

It's a very interesting speech to listen to, and it only

takes about five minutes. If you choose the rope to

take home, then you get a ticket and go pick your 

colors to make a rope. The colors are then put onto

this rope spinning contraption that the group has and 

they'll twist or braid your colors together to make a 

rope. In true Husker fashion I picked the colors red,

white and black. I'm going to tape it to the wall in my

dorm room to add some color to the plain white walls.

Visiting this tent is definitely a must when attending

 HHD.  

Antique Tractor Show

When I was walking back to my car after the 

show today, I stopped by the Antique Tractor

Show. I didn't gather much information about 

the group, but I did pick up a brochure about

the Lester F. Larsen Tractor Test and Power

Museum. It's in Lincoln on East Campus and

its easy to find, I drive by it all the time. I took

a lot of picture because I love old tractors, 

so enjoy.