Our baler did not like to tie the knot on all the bales so I rode the left twine box (right handed) and my older brother rode the right box, (left handed) give the string a yank. If the knot failed, tie it before it got to the tension bar. Worst we got was when hay was in short supply so we baled the soybean straw. I still itch thinking about that.
We milked up to about 65 or so, 2 at a time. Every day, before school and after, feed the cows and pigs. In sickness and in health. Never had a vacation until I went in the Air Force.
We had one of the earliest Cub Cadets. One year we got a late, wet start to the corn and beans. Dad was getting behind cultivating the weeds so I took the Cub Cadet with 1 row cultivator and started on the soybeans. First dad thought we were crazy but did not stop me. When he told the parts man at the IH dealer what was going on, we got an audience with cameras.
I could go on with memories, some good, some not so good.
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Today's Featured Article - Harvestin Hay: The Early Years (Part 2) - by Pat Browning. The summer of 1950 was the start of a new era in farming for our family. I was thirteen, and Kathy (my oldest sister) was seven. At this age, I believed tractor farming was the only way, hot stuff -- and given a chance I probably would have used the tractor, Dad's first, a 1936 Model "A" John Deere, to go bring in the cows! And I think Dad was ready for some automation too. And so it was that we acquired a good, used J. I. Case, wire tie hay baler. In addition to a person to drive th
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