Last week my rain gauge topped out the six inch rain gauge and some reports in our area boasted over 10 inches in less than two hours. Four days later, the fields are still too wet to work. The 1950 vintage Mechanical Potato Harvester is ready and the John Deere transplanter. circa 1930, is hooked up to the Farmall A. The potatoes are ready for digging and the sweet potato slips are hanging on by a thread. Such is the farmer’s plight. Now, for a few sunny days to dry up the field to harvest and plant.