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[David Bruce]

Ralph,

Thanks for sharing the pictures - looks like it was a good parade.  I especially 
liked the picture of the threshing machine.  I remember one sort of like that in 
this neighborhood when I was a wee lad.  One neighbor had the threshing machine, 
my great uncle had the tobacco setter and my grandpa had the one row corn 
snapper (JD model 100 - I still have it sitting in the shed).  Most of the 
bigger farm chores were shared (people used to gather to harvest the tobacco and 
the host farm supplied lunch - usually a big spread with lots of fried chicken, 
veggies, cornbread and biscuits - I got in on a few of those - good eats).
Being the oldest grandson, I got special "favors" and I was petted for sure.  My 
first tractor diving experience was pulling a tobacco sled through the field. 
Started with the Allis B - couldn't handle the clutch and then was switched to 
the Allis D-14.  Had to step on the clutch, put it out of gear and then step on 
the brakes.  Can't imagine anything like that these days.  I was 6 or 7 years 
old - began my love for the sound of the Allis engines.  Like my MF35 for it's 
ability to do a lot of jobs but that Perkins diesel sounds nothing like the Buda 
engines <grin>.
Good memories but that day is long past.

David