Grandpa's team survived the barn fire in 1950, as did the little cow herd and hogs in the pig shed next door. The FarmAlls did not, nor did the neighbor's new truck full loaded with oats. A JD M replaced the Farmall, then a 1010 in 1963 as Grandpa neared retirement.
I think the horses were left to live out their days in leisure, with minimal use. I never saw one here, starting in 65.
Grandma never learned how to drive, so I became the team with Grandpa on the M in the late 60's. Since most of our farm was fruit trees or berries, often one horse was used for cultivating, spraying, etc. in the narrow rows. I just sold off the horse-drawn cultivators, plows and drags a couple of years ago to a guy still horse farming.
When we had to hand pick the corn from our muck ground, both Dad and Grandpa would harken back to the horses, as you could pick along as fast as you could and they would just pull the wagon along like they knew where to be.
I agree, there is something very unselfish about the bond of using animals for your livelihood- you need them almost as much as they need you. Not much unselfishness on display in society today, it is more often viewed as weakness.
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