What's a Turn-row?

[in-too-deep]

In a Jason Aldean song, the lyrics go, "Put the tailgate down on a turn-row. Watch the corn grow..." Is a turn-row like headlands or endrows of a field? Southern term? Thanks!
 

[Jonathan Anders]

You"re right on there, that is what we call the headlands of a field here in Texas. Another regional term I guess. It's where we turn to start the next round.
 

[Randysouthmississippi]

Its a southern term. Its the end rows of a field, i think in midwest terms its headlands.
 

[ldj]

[DoubleR]

First time I heard it called that too but kind of figured it out. I guess calling it a turn row does self explain it more than a headland as I know it.
 

[Buck520]

all my life iv heard of the "big buck' that crossed the other end of the turnrow
 

[Sourgum]

I think Aldean is from the South and turnrow tends to be a Southern term. Being from the Corn Belt (IN) have never heard that term until his song. We always called them endrows. There are places in the South that do not plant field ends for whatever reason.
 

[in-too-deep]

Yep. Growing up in IL they were endrows. Here in MN you hear headlands.
 

[641Dave]

[Jonathan Anders]

I hadn't heard that term much either growning up. We always called them turnrows here in Jackson County along the Coastal Bend. Headlands is a term I learned when reading about plowing with antique turning plows. Apparently it's still be used in other parts of the country to describe turn areas and borders.
 

[Jonathan Anders]

See my post above. Seems I misplaced my reply to you.
 

[Mike (WA)]

Its headlands in the far west, too- you finish up a field by "plowing out the headlands"- never liked to do that, because no matter how nicely you plowed the rest, the headlands would be kind of a mess, where they went across the other furrows. Of course, all I ever plowed was sod, and it tends to end up looking messy, regardless.
 

[cumminspuller]

I'm in middle TN. Most people call them endrows around here. There are a few that call them turn rows. Its seems to be turn rows around cotton farmers more I think.

Chris
 

[pat sublett]

Im with you ibj. Newer heard the term. I been here 78 years and it's always been "turn row".
 

[Mo in NE Tx]

Down here in cotton country, you always planted cotton at the end of the regular rows, usually 4 or 6 rows on both ends of the field, then when plowing the crop and when you got to the end to turn, thus turn rows. Wasn"t near the number of plants due to turning, but nothing went to waste.