Kid swathing

Great to have a boy interested in this..Did a great Job.

When I was a kid you did not have to be interested it was expected that included plowing, cultivating with a team of horses and milking cows and I lived.
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Be proud of him and let him know he did a good job.

Let him know that you appreciate his help.

A little praise goes a long way.

Looks like a good crop.

Most kids today only know video games. Nice to see one that will work.

I agree with James. Next time take more pics!

Nice to see. I have two boys that love anything to do with farming. Just a little too young yet to turn loose in the field alone. I know sometimes I need to slow down alittle from my routine to include them in that stuff.

As for how kids are today with video games and stuff. Most of them have parents who aren t parenting. All kids are eager to be involved in something, like this picture shows, you point them in the right direction, and they ll take to about anything. Problem is if they don t get that direction, they ll find something to do with their time.

1946-7-8-9.Every saturday,after milking 40 or so Gurnseys with my dad and after breakfast,down to the Horse barn and feed the 5-6 misc breeds of horses we had ,usually some Percherons and Clydesdales and maybe a riding Horse. Struggle to throw the harness on a couple [learned early on to avoid those big fellows hoofs and not get stepped on,"again"] and then go up to the calf barn and make sure the JD 4 wheeled spreader apron wasn't frozen down, this only happened in the winter,remember? Clean out 2-3 Calf pens and then get the team,give them a big drink after breaking the tank Ice and firing up the cowboy tank heater with some cobs and kerosene.Put on the Teams driving Halters and hook them up to the spreader and take that load out to next years corn field and spread it if it wasn't froze down,seems like all my memories from those days have something frozen,many times me it seemed like.That ended in 1949 when dad got a 8n ford tractor and a 2 wheeled Case spreader. By 1955 I was gone to the Marines and have been on my own since.No more cows and calves,no more horses,no more tractors,no more farm,no more dad and mom and soon no more me.Kind of sad,but life goes on.Nice to see the young fellow doing what he is enjoying as we all once did.

Went to farm store last week to by 12 cattle panels,the kid hired there would not set foot in cattle trailer to load panels and the bedding was dry.Scott