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We milked in the corner of the old 1870's barn either by hand or later with a Surge bucket with a little vacuum pump. There was a manure carrier on a track that went out to the barn yard. The milk was carried up to milkroom where it was run through a separator. The skim milk was fed to calves and to hogs. In the 60's I bought a can cooler. Before the separator, the milk was poured into pans where the cream was skimmed and made into butter on the farm. Great grandmother won blue ribbons for her butter which was put into decorated molds. How low would the unemployment rate be if small farms and herds remained? And wouldn't small towns still be thriving? Thanks for the picture--Rand
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Today's Featured Article - The 8N and the Fox - by Zane Sherman. Dec. 13 1998, Renfroe, Alabama. Last niht I dreamed about the day that I plowed the field of about 10 acres over on what Jimmy and Dandy called the Ledbetter field. I was driving the 1948 8N Ford tractor that Jimmy bought in 48 new This was prebably in about 1951 and maybe even befor the house was built. This would have made me to be about16 years old and I drove the tractor for nothing and would have paid to drive it if I had had any money which I didn't, but neit
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