[AT] Oliver 880 @ auction

[Larry D. Goss]

Dad always got the good hay fork (three tine).  My older brothers got
the old stand-by's (four tine).  I always ended up with the manure fork
(five tine).  It was heavier than the rest and the tines were never
polished, so it took more work.  When it came to feeding season, the hay
fork was in the loft and I got to use it then and my brothers who were
down in the "parlor" milking the cows ended up having to use the manure
fork.

Larry

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On 25 Jan 2005 at 13:10, Ronald L. Cook wrote:

  We took good care of our pitchforks in those days.  No handles 
> left out in the weather and no tines used as prybars.<g>



	And never used to "work" a fire when burning brush... We kept
one old rough 
manure fork for that.


-- 
"farmer", Esquire
At Hewick Midwest
      Wealth beyond belief, just no money...

Paternal Robinson's here by way of Norway (Clan Gunn), Scottish
Highlands,
Cleasby Yorkshire England, Virginia, Kentucky then Indiana.


Francis Robinson
Central Indiana USA
robinson at svs.net

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