Neat pics of my Aunt on a Ford 8N

soder33 · May 19, 2010

I came across an old Photo while going through my Dad's things. It showed my Aunt Joann in 1950 on My Dad's new Ford 8N. Not sure how she managed to plow in a dress.
Then I thought, I have seen this somewhere else. The other pic is of my same Aunt Joann, same Ford 8N, but at my Dad's estate auction, 59 years later.
Now I wish I would of keep that tractor.

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paul · May 19, 2010

That's neat. I got a couple pics of my mom & aunt, they were the 'tom boys' of the family, with an H tractor on the home place, and mom got in the local paper 20 years ago with a Ford 960 and Ollie plow - cute.

--->Paul

Brian G. NY · May 19, 2010

I ran across this picture of my wife"s grandfather on his 2N (painted like an 8N) a few weeks ago.
Not as old as yours, but still 50 years ago as
evidenced by my F.I.L."s brand new 1960 Falcon parked by the outhouse. If you look closely, you will see the drain field for the newly installed septic system, which put the ol" 2-holer into retirement.

Nancy Howell · May 19, 2010

Great pics.

As a boy, my dad would hire out to farmers driving tractors, etc. Wish I had some pics of him.

soder33 · May 19, 2010

I was thinking back to the time the first picture was taken. My Dad farmed his 120 acres and my Great Aunts farm of 80 acres with just that Ford 8N. Plowing must of taken half the spring. He planted with a 2 row corn planter and had a 10 foot grain drill. He didn't have a bailer, but had a dump rake and a hay loader. He also used a grain binder, a corn binder, and in the fall the thresing crew and corn shredder crew would finish the job. As a kid, there was nothing better than swinging on a rope from the peak of the barn and landing in that soft hay. The smell was great too.

Mike (WA) · May 19, 2010

Yeah, its amazing how they did it. My dad had only an 8N, and not nearly as much work for it on the dairy farm as on a crop operation, but I remember we had a chute off the back slab that was as wide as the scraper blade, and he parked the manure spreader underneath and pushed the manure into it with the back blade turned backwards. So for every load, he had to scrape to the area of the chute, then reverse the blade to push it into the spreader, then take the blade off and hook up the spreader, spread it, then unhook spreader and put the blade back on. Sure seems like he could have come up with an old Farmall or something else cheap, but I guess money was really hard to come by.

James Howell · May 19, 2010

Enjoyed your photos and story.

Thanks for sharing them with us.

soder33 · May 19, 2010

I remember we didn't get plumbing in the house until 1958. They kept the old outhouse as a backup. It was great for use when you were outside and dirty. My Grandmother prefered to used it until Dad was forced to tear it down by the local township officals.
I remember one winter when the drainfield froze and Mom had some sort of party on a day that was at least -10. I met my Uncle on the snow path to the outhouse and he said, "use the one on the left, it's warm". Never figured out if he meant looking at it or sitting on it. LOL.

Mike (WA) · May 19, 2010

We had an outhouse (they called it "the Hoosey"- what was that all about?)- two holer, old but functional. When I was about 12, my mom was coming up with home beautification projects, and she asked Dad and I to tear it down. He and I looked at each other, and started laughing. Dad said, "With a woman and 2 girls in this house, and only one bathroom, how do you think the boy and I survive?" Guess she never wondered why we never knocked on the bathroom door- but that just wasted time that was better used sprinting for the hoosey.

The outhouse was still there when the folks sold the place in 1971, but its gone now.

larry@stinescorner · May 19, 2010

really nice pictures get them enlarged and frame them it would be nice to have them hanging on your wall ,, priceless

soder33 · May 20, 2010

Must of been deja vu. When I got home from work yesterday, there was an invitationtion to Aunt Joann's 80th birthday party. Must of been in my Subconsciense somewhere.

GVSII · May 20, 2010

(quoted from post at 08:14:45 05/19/10) I was thinking back to the time the first picture was taken. My Dad farmed his 120 acres and my Great Aunts farm of 80 acres with just that Ford 8N. Plowing must of taken half the spring. He planted with a 2 row corn planter and had a 10 foot grain drill. He didn't have a bailer, but had a dump rake and a hay loader. He also used a grain binder, a corn binder, and in the fall the thresing crew and corn shredder crew would finish the job. As a kid, there was nothing better than swinging on a rope from the peak of the barn and landing in that soft hay. The smell was great too.

'm always amazed at the number of people on this board who say the little Fords were and are useless and nobody could farm with them. Here are two examples of small farms putting them to heavy use successfully for years.There were many many farms using these tractors across the U.S. and Canada and still farms useing them today.

Neat pics of my Aunt on a Ford 8N

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