stayed home to farm ,..

just read "another funny ,,truth" below and got to thinking about the times I stayed home from school to farm ,.
Stayed home to birth 2 litters of pigs and get the mommas back in their comfortable pens ,, expectant muthers can get rowdy ,,
but they will follow pigs in a buket , but ya got to run fast, lol
stayed home to pull a calf, thought sure he was done for ,,. but I got him going
stayed home 2 days straightto finish strippintobacco in order to getdone before Christmas sale break ,.. we needed the money
stayed home to plant and disc and plow , rain and breakdowns threw us behind about 1973, that fall stayed home serveral times to get same crops in
bin , too much rain again , another day , had to wade into ohio back waters to drag 203 ihc combine out of the flooded fields of beans.
stayed home to help crew build Pops Grain bin ,
stayed home 3 days to help same crew a couple days to raise a 80 ft Harvestore for my neighbors ,. the ol guy really needed help and offered me 100 bux per day plus lodging and meals and promised me I never would be more than 300 miles from home ,.for a Junior in Hi School it made me think ,. but my girl friend Straightened my Thinker out , " and that was that "
stayed home to help a friends dad work a booth at the National Farm Machinery Show held 2nd week in Feb here in Louisville ky,. anyone comin this year ??
stayed home to pik tomatos and
get them into Austin before plant shutdown
stayed home to pik up potatoes ,. pop sold a couple barge wagons full each yr where he worked and also at the Louisville hay market
I recall sitting in my guidance counselors office going over test scores as a junior, and hearing him say while I was wanting to get to baling hay ,your SAT test scores are real good , English , math , social studies , You are college material,you got skills . BUT ,. you got hadly a passing grade for turnin in homework in all your classes,,. and whatever you do turn in I would bet someone did it for ya , and this is where he really got pizt , when I read these 2 reports they closely resemble Sandys reports ,. he was on to me finally from 2 yrs of having my buddies girl friend help me out, for 2 yrs , my 1st class was study hall and that's when I copied over .

When I was in high school, I missed a few days now and then to do farm work. The first half day of registration in the fall, we had twin brothers that would come in to register, then they wouldn't be back in school for the next 2-4 weeks because their Dad kept them home to finish the fall field work. The old man never got on a tractor; the kids did all of the work.

When I was a senior in high school, my dad got a job in town and I did the farm work. When I needed to catch up the farm work, my mother would write a note to the school that I wasn't feeling well.

We justified it by thinking I wasn't feeling well because the farm work wasn't getting done.

Never had to miss school to work--always got up early enough to finish before the school bus came. And, the work was waiting when I got off the bus in the afternoon. Dairy. Twice a day, 24/7/365.

In the summers my dad and I were in the hay-cutting business: using his 8N and NAA to go in ahead of the baling contractor, we were in a new hayfield every day.

In the fall of my senior year I was supposed to be the starting center for my small school's football team. (I can't remember how I managed to schedule football practice around my milking responsibility, but I somehow did.) We were still in the middle of hay season in August when pre-season football two-a-days started. If I quit cutting hay to attend practices, my dad would have had to hire someone outside the family, and we needed to keep every dollar we could get inside the family. I told Coach I couldn't join the team until school started. He was very PO'd, told me not to bother. Somehow I never regretted that decision.

When I was in school I usually missed the first couple days to attend the county fair and care for my 4-H calves. I stayed home once to build a barn door. One year I missed 28 days of the term but my grades never suffered from it.

My older brother and I would once-in-a-while miss a day of school to work on the farm. Usually it was to clean out livestock pens and haul manure--a never ending chore. But sometimes it would be for tractor field work. There was NOTHING I would rather do!

I never had to go through that. My buddy did get caught cheating on a test in 12th grade, I wrote down "I don't know" for a question, he wrote "me either"!

Rick

I just remember the 16 snow days in a row during the blizzard conditions of Jan 1978 in Central Missouri. I was 15 years old and thru a series of family problems ( My parents vicious divorce) I was "home alone" with 250 angus beef cattle to feed and water , no help and few resources. I did what I could and hope to never eat another catsup sandwich in my life. I'd rather been at school (that's how bad it was) but I did a lot of growing up that month for sure. I think that winter is still considered the coldest , snowiest winter we ever had. Anybody else remember that winter in Central Missouri ?

Where do you live? If you sold tomatoes in Austin, which should be Indiana, you aren't too far from me. I live in Ky across the river from Madison.

Must be talking about Morgan's packing. I live about 25 miles north of there. There was alot of farmers in this area that sold to them. My neighbors granddad bought a new 3020 diesel with a mounted picker and picked sweet corn for them. They still do slot of canning there but all produce is shipped in ready to process. A few years back they sold off all there farm land.

I remember the blizzard of 78 here in north central Ky. didn't get more than 8-10 inches of snow, but had strong winds that caused drifts 8-10 ft deep in places.
94 was worse for us, 17 inches of snow and two days later it got down to 20 below, fuel line froze up on the Ford 7600 we had and the only tractor that would start was the AC D14.

At the Brookville, In. tractor show in 2016, there was a IH 656 or 504, with a greenbean picker on it. I told my wife that was probably one of Jack Morgans old tractors. I used to see those Sweet corn and greenbean pickers and thought they were wild looking. I used to go to Hunley's Allis Chalmers for parts.

I remember a classmate and his brother got to stay home to help their dad during soybean harvest, I would go there and spend the night on weekends to help on occasion.

I had perfect attendance though the high school years, only missed one college class due to brown bottle flu...

Visited hundleys many times when we had an 1155 Massey. I was amazed at all the allis that they repowered with Cummins. So if your close to Madison did you ever eat at Hinkle's?

averaged 17 days off, all of hi school, showin jerseys...dallas, ft worth, Austin, san antone, Houston [downtown in coliseum], in that order, plus several county shows, in my 55 dodge 241 hemi 3/4 4 speed...open & jr shows...great times...be blessed, grateful, prepared...

I had skipped off so many days in my last year of high school that the school phoned my folks in March , and told them if I missed one more day I wouldn't meet the minimum days in school for the year , and would be failed . Didn't matter what my marks were. So I stuck it out , and graduated .

Still do. I have eaten there for about 50 years. Started when i was 15. I live about 7 or 8 miles from there. I am about 5 miles from the bridge. A friend of mine owns it now. He also has some mack trucks he hauls steel with. Back in the old days it was ran by the Garvey brother, Leon and Leroy. It seems they forgot to pay their sales tax for about 5 years, so it got new managment.

4520, you must be close to Seymour.

Just a little north of there,right off of 65. I work in Seymour.

I was in Seymour Monday. I have my injection work done at Interstate Injection. I drop my pumps off there and eat at Steak and Shake. There is a guy at Cortland, I think, that builds stainless hay feeders. I buy some from him.

I live a couple of miles from the metal shop. My dad was good friends with the owner and worked there some after he retired. Those bale feeders are indestructible.

I have a couple, they are good. When I trucked for a living, I used to haul hexane to Rose Acres for their soybean plant that I didn't know they had.

Guess I am lucky. It's a mile to rose acres feed mill for corn and 5 for beans.

When in grade school was allowed a few day off to help dad. The folks would send a note with my sister to give to the teacher (one room school house) that said "needs today off to help his dad with field work". It was always in the spring working ground ahead of the planter (lister). Always wished there was more days like that.

MORGAN PACKING CO,. my brother and I were trying to remember the name, from about 1968-75 we contracted with them for tomatos ,. we live inharrisonco ,,. home of the world famous LOL ,. Lanesville Heritage weekend which began in May 1976 and after the 2nd yr , was moved to the 1st Thursday after Labor Day ,..

I'm about 16 miles south west of the Mauckport Bridge, raise broilers for Tyson in Corydon.
Was planing to take my Ford 881D to Lanesville last year but had a family event to attend.

Don't know about Missouri, but here in Michigan I was snowed in alone with two kids for four days. Maybe 250 cattle would have been easier.

yes I do bill ,.. and May God Bless you for all your efforts ,,. Especialy for what you endured in back in 78 , you were the man that kept them beeves from dying and keeping the farm stake from drying up to nuthin .

you can read my recent posts over in Case about magnetos and starting a 51 DC CAse in 77. the ohio river froze over in 77, 78 , 84 , 94 ,. and serveral times in the last 20yrs it has carried ice from up north,.

I was 20 In 77, we all knew thestorm was coming from the forcast ,.. As we come bak from bowling league in lousville when the 77 storm hit with a Holy Hale vengeance , there was 6 of us in a 71 caprice that would go anywhere if you could see where the hale you were going during that storm,. made it to Lanesville where my 69 marquis convertible was,,chose to stay with my fellow bowler who was married with My sister,. slid his truck off the side of the road on the 4th attempt to get up the last hill before their place .. had to walk to the house in street clothes and lo-cut shoes, windbreaker was not much for the 10 degree wind chill,noo gloves either by then it was 11pm . slept on couch and about froze ,, next morning I saw the front door blew open 6 inches, Lol ,. no wonder I was cold ,,. got a ride to our farm next day on a mf 165 with a heat houser,that Perkins was plugged in for serveral hours and it still did not want to start . we cut across country and fields because the roads were drifted shut , Pops farm lost electric, and they needed help to feed we all had land line phones then . after my b-i-l warmed up good and dad gave him some elderberry wine he went home before dark with strict orders to call as soon as he made it back ,. the wind was horrible,. btw ,my Nephew Richard was born exactly 9 mothes later . LOL ,.winter of 78 was just as bad but we kept electric,. my girlfriend Dianna's family lost electric, and the boys stayed at the house to tuf it out with the wood stove , and keep everything from frreezing up ,THEY loved it . her mother took the little sisters to her aunts ,. and I went over there and rescued my wife to be from the crowded chaos,. my mother stuck Dianna in with my sisters bed,. she was quiet as a mouse and found her way to mine every nite ,. and then would go back before morning,. if my sisters ever knew ,,. they never let on to anyone,,. we were married sept 2nd, 78 ,. our 1st daughter came In jan , 81

well ,hi neighbor 450!,, bet you know where Rhodelia ky is ,. I was at the pollard (spelling ) auction last yr,. come on up to Lanesville next yr with that 881, maybe we can find one another ,..Hope Tyson is still being good to you,. we are lucky to have them ,,. have you Ever been to Bill Kannaples ELIZABDTH FARM SUPPLY , Great Guy ! ,.. I have run out there on my 430 CAse many times I am 2 miles north at the headwaters to the lake ,. .

Well, as a kid - or even later I never farmed a day in my life.

Now - there's other kinds of work.

When I was 13 my dad lost his job as outside sales for General tire in San Diego. He started his own tire sales business that summer. Since I was mechanically handy, I got to 'help out' around the shop. My older brother was in Vietnam, driving a helicopter around getting shot at. By Sept when I started 9th grade(started school ahead a little), I was a part time tire changer in Escondido. Plenty of days over 90, some into 100s. Hot, sweaty, heavy, noisy work. From 8-5:30 every day all summer. School was a bit of a relief, but I had early access classes and got out of school around 2:30 and put in a couple hours in the afternoon each day. Oh - since I was family, no I didn't get paid, except for the occasional 10 bucks for some food, or movie or something.

Next summer at 14, same thing. Every summer day, 6 days a week, no vacation, no time off, all day every day changing tires, shocks, brakes. Sept comes around and I'm yearning to go back to school. Dad comes to school and they arrange a 'work/study' program for my last two periods. So now I get out at noon(yea) so I can now work half days. All summer, all day, I got 4th of July long weekend off and celebrated with a trip to Lake Havasu. Dad then bought a tire recap plant in La Mesa. Ever work in a recap plant? I did. Javier was my boss. He was not a friendly guy. Back to work until Sept, same thing, half day school, half day work, all year, all summer. Next year senior year I had enough credits to graduate mid-term. I was looking at another winter, spring, summer of recapping tires, changing tires, shocks, brakes in a hot noisy smelly shop for dirt pay. The day I graduated HS; Dec 21st I went down to the recruiter and joined the Army. They needed my parents signature, and I forged my dads name. Weird - the army was an easy paradise coming from what I was doing for the past 4 years.

Go on, tell me about farming. I'm listening. No - really.

I was at that sell, bought a couple of small items.
Never was by the Farm Supply, used to go thru there on 11 going over to Chad Simpson's place down in the bottoms. Hauled him sawdust from a local sawmill near me.
Used to do a little drag racing over at the track outside of Laconia back in the early 80's.

Did a map search, didn't even know that lake was there, looks like some nice farm ground around there.

John

My wife Peggy and I were also married Sept. 2 1978 in her folks backyard in Novato Calif. I hope your married life has been as great as mine. Steve

Only day I rememember staying was the day we had our auction, I was a senior in high school. Course my mom was a teacher, and she pulled rank. Everything worked out in the end, I followed in both my parents footsteps, and even take a vacation day or two to farm.