Fixing "Old Faithful"

My parents came out to quite a surprise this morning when they went out to put the sheep in their pasture - one of our water hydrants rusted out and broke causing a geyser.  Instead of a day filled with field work as planned, dad spent much of the day dealing with that problem.  We did get the south yard fed before heading over to deal with the hydrant, but the rest of the morning was spent getting the backhoe hooked up to the tractor and finding the waterline.  While dad went to town to buy the needed supplies to fix the problem, I watered all the cattle and sheep.  After dinner, I helped mom rotor-till the potato patch and put up the electric webbing to fence off a pasture for the sheep while dad had to go to a different store to find the appropriately sized piece of tubing.  After he got everything back together and we filled in the hole, we came back to feed the west yard, the stock cows, and replacement heifers.  While dad feed the cattle, he let me loose with the harrow, so I can start getting a feel for fieldwork.  I used a sharp-tooth harrow today.  So, harrowing is typically the last step in field cultivation.  There are several types of harrows but they all break up the soil into much finer pieces than discing.  The sharp-tooth harrow looks as it sounds, rows of straight, sharp teeth with very little flexibility.  I did three rounds around the field to get a feel for it.  It is certainly easier than harrowing beside a team of oxen!  Otherwise, things went pretty smoothly today considering the change in plans.  I did manage to get a sunburn on my face, which will be an endless struggle for the rest of the season.  I wear hats of varying brim sizes, but sunburns are inevitable for the fair complected.  Yay.