Jeff in ND
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Small grain harvest is over most places I would expect. So, a little late for this posting.
I remember seeing most of the B/W photos in this post as a kid in the 70s but they all went missing after grandma passed in '88. Fortunately; they, along with most of the negatives turned up earlier this year and I currently have custody of them. Some of the pix here are from old prints though. I ~think~ I have all or at least most of the set.
I think this was 1954, although could be '55. This was the last year that they threshed and was the reason a number of pictures were taken.
This was in southern Kandiyohi county in Minnesota. Dad once told me they were the last farm around that threshed and kids would come over to watch.
I have tried to put these in some order as far as sequence of the harvest.
My grandma with the 10' McCormick binder pulled by a '48 Z Moline. She would have been about 57yrs old at the time, born in 1897.
My Dad next to the Z. Story I heard was it would overheat, so the reason the hood sides are tied open.
I think this is the binder after they were done as its got some straw stuck in it and its setup for transport.
Next would be Schocking. This is my aunt, abt age 16. I don't know how grandma let her out of the house with that outfit in those days!!!!! Original faded out print.
Aunt again with a dog and the model "A" ford they had that was made into a pickup. That was the beater truck they used on the farm in those days.
Next is the threshing. I believe this is a Case thresher and they used the Moline Z on the belt. A '36 Allis Chalmers WC used to pull wagons around.
Unloading into the grainery...
A more recent picture of the WC and the Z. The WC was bought used by grandpa around '37. The Z was bought new in '48. Both are still on the farm as Dad didn't sell them when he retired in '98. I've not had the Z running for a couple of years now, carb problems and the WC was running 2yrs ago but not since.
I remember seeing most of the B/W photos in this post as a kid in the 70s but they all went missing after grandma passed in '88. Fortunately; they, along with most of the negatives turned up earlier this year and I currently have custody of them. Some of the pix here are from old prints though. I ~think~ I have all or at least most of the set.
I think this was 1954, although could be '55. This was the last year that they threshed and was the reason a number of pictures were taken.
This was in southern Kandiyohi county in Minnesota. Dad once told me they were the last farm around that threshed and kids would come over to watch.
I have tried to put these in some order as far as sequence of the harvest.
My grandma with the 10' McCormick binder pulled by a '48 Z Moline. She would have been about 57yrs old at the time, born in 1897.
My Dad next to the Z. Story I heard was it would overheat, so the reason the hood sides are tied open.
I think this is the binder after they were done as its got some straw stuck in it and its setup for transport.
Next would be Schocking. This is my aunt, abt age 16. I don't know how grandma let her out of the house with that outfit in those days!!!!! Original faded out print.
Aunt again with a dog and the model "A" ford they had that was made into a pickup. That was the beater truck they used on the farm in those days.
Next is the threshing. I believe this is a Case thresher and they used the Moline Z on the belt. A '36 Allis Chalmers WC used to pull wagons around.
Unloading into the grainery...
A more recent picture of the WC and the Z. The WC was bought used by grandpa around '37. The Z was bought new in '48. Both are still on the farm as Dad didn't sell them when he retired in '98. I've not had the Z running for a couple of years now, carb problems and the WC was running 2yrs ago but not since.