Posted by RusselAZ on April 08, 2016 at 12:06:33 from (24.121.213.213):
My parents were married in 1937, and both were working for a state TB sanitarium at the time. In 1941 they moved to a farm outside of Long Island KS. In 1943 they moved 13 miles to a farm NW of Almena,KS where they stayed until 1979. They bought it in the fall of 1945. During the war after moving to the new farm he was able to get a new Allis-chalmers tractor. A small one but with it and his team of horses made things a lot easier. Somewhere along the line he traded the Allis for a new Farmall H.
An uncle, by marrying my mother's sister, and Dad were not only related, they were great friends. The uncle had a farm north west of Norton. Don't know what he had for tractors during the war but several pictures survive of Dad and Uncle working on and driving a Fordson on steel. I would guess Uncle had a team also as most folks around there did have. After the war ended farm equipment and other things were still hard to buy however the farm got REA electricity in 1946. (instantly turning the Maytag gas engine into a curious piece of scrap) Scrap I still have!
OK, back to the hard to get stuff. Well my Uncle got wind of a place in California that had Farmall M tractors for sale. Now, Dad and Uncle didn't have a lot of money but did that stop them,,,NO!! Dad stayed at home to keep tabs on life and Uncle took an older truck and trailer and hit the road to California. this was like 1500 miles before interstates. He bought 3 Farmall M's, with a check, just a personal check that wasn't good at the time. He started back to home in Kansas selling one of the Farmalls on the way, and beat the bad check home and he and Dad made it good. Time were different then.
Having a "M" was like heaven to them. In 1952 Dad put a super kit in his and put it on Propane. I still have the tank. Then in 1965 he traded the M for a Massey 180, Of course, the 180 was never the great tractor his "M" was!
In March of 1950 my Uncle had a acetylene generator blow up and he had enough gas in his lungs that they were severely damaged and he died a few days later. Dad really missed his buddy and over the years told me how crazy it was to take off for California for tractors but he seemed pretty proud of being crazy to.
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