My dad took a load of manure out to be spread in the afternoon. The high temp for the day was -2F. When he engaged the spreader the web broke. He went into the house and told my grandpa that the web broke. My grandpa got bundled up and grabbed a pitchfork to help hand unload the spreader.
about a 1/4 of the way through, his face turned purple, he looked up at my dad and said, "I'm going."
He died face down in the manure spreader. My dad pulled the manure spreader back to the house, where they waited for the doctor. The doctor came, took him to the hospital, and late at night, Jan 2nd, 1969, they declared him dead. His last words were, "I'm going." The last thing he did was shovel cow manure from a broken manure spreader. He lived his whole life working 7 daya a week on a dairy farm, driving truck for the township in his spare time.
I have never forgotten this. My dad wanted me to go to college to work at a desk, not to farm. Despite that, I am farming. No more dairy, but I am farming full time. I'm doing it in his honor as everyone tells me my attitude and demeanor is exactly as my grandfather's. I owe it to him to make my life better and continue his work, on his farm. I drive truck, also. I'd work for teh township, but they are too crooked. Some of my dad's fondest memories are of him and my grandpa in a KB-7. Now, I drive my dad around in an IH 4700. He feels like a kid again, and that's how I want the rest of his life to be. As a kid, remembering the fun times, he is happy. I am happy also.
I just hope my dad dies warm is his bed, holding his wife and not face down in cow manure in below zero temps.
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