I think I was 8 or 9 when I learned how to grade with my uncle's Fergie. My dad rode with me the entire time but then I got to finish it up. Most of the time prior to that I spent hoeing or in the potato grading shed, so I was happy to get on the equipment. Had a farm license when I was 14, and was driving the water truck, etc. My dad and grandpap were really strict about safety, however...and I'm glad. I'm the same way with my 10-year-old daughter.
I remember one time, showing up at my grandpap's place on a new motorcycle, without a helmet. My grandpap told me to get in the car..he drove me back to my house to get a helmet because he wasn't going to let me ride it back home without.
On the other side of the coin, in our community, were the accidents involving kids and heavy machinery. We learned valuable lessons from their misfortunes...
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