I've had the unfortunate experience of seeing that in person,(the above was in '95 from my kitchen window or the back step) its about the worst thing you'll ever see on a farm. I thought a plane went down, I rushed over to the parking lot of the supermarket behind him and could not believe what I saw. It is still suspected of arson today, never caught them. There is just something awful when watching a machine shed and shop burn up, yet the barn is still standing, but then the wind feeds the fire and heats the barn so hot it spontaneously combusts, then the concrete stave silos, start releasing steam, a whole life time to achieve and its gone in minutes. The worst was there was livestock in the barn, it was so hot you could not get near the barn, I have never been that close to anything so hot, firemen could not do much, except save his house, and that was more or less due to it being upwind. Oh, and this was mid-day on fathers day while the guy was having a meal with his family at a restaurant!
Things were never the same I am sure, but all was not a loss, just a real tall hurdle to deal with, thankfully from what I saw, most of the equipment was outside, large tractors and such but I think one of my favorite old tractors a Case 300 round nose did burn, and he lost the 3pt hitch for the 620 JD which must have been outside too, lost that during clean up. He stayed in it, but the dairy aspect of it was done, town even denied a benefit concert to raise money to help with what the insurance did not cover, I never forgot that about the town officials. I can't imagine what it took for him to avoid bankruptcy, and all the rest, but I sure was glad to keep seeing those tractors keep on rolling and the fields planted, always looked forward to spring because of that.
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Today's Featured Article - Memories of an IH Super A When I was ? up to 10, I worked on my Papaw's farm in Greeneville, TN every summer. As I grew older (7), it was the thrill of my day to ride or drive on the tractor. My Papaw had a 1954 IH Super A that he bought to replace a Cub. My Papaw raised "baccer" (tobacco) and corn with the Super A, but the fondest memory was of the sawmill. He owned a small sawmill for sawing "baccer" sticks. The Super A was the powerplant. When I was old enough (7 or 8), I would get up early and be dressed to
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