[AJD] late B

[Louis R Godena]

Well, the Nov 1952 issue of *Farm Journal* has an ad for the "new" 50, 60, 
and 70 JD models, so there must have been at least *one* made in '52.

Interesting thing about *Farm Journal*; my grandfather subscribed back in 
the forties, I guess and maintained his subscription until my father took it 
over in the early sixties.  Around 1961, some genius in accounting decided 
to "purge" the subscription list of all "non-farmers".  My vegetable-farming 
father, along with the biggest dairy farmer in Rhode Island, was purged and 
"unsubscribed".   Oh, yeah.   The editor of Farm Journal also was kicked off 
the subscriber list.

Ah, the early days of automation:-)

Louis G

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Ronald L. Cook" <rlcook at pionet.net>
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Sent: Monday, May 30, 2005 4:34 PM
Subject: RE: [AJD] late B


> Dean,
> Seeing as how I started this mess, I will mess it up some more.<g>
>
> A friend of mine still has his dad's 70.  First one sold by Noonan 
> Implement or maybe right after Wes Christensen bought that dealership in 
> Sioux City as I take it.  His dad, now deceased always claimed it was a 
> 1952.  How about that?  I heard there were no l952 70's.  I do not know 
> the serial number, but someday I might be able to find it out but I have 
> no idea what its importance would be.  I think it is a 1953.  My dad has a 
> 1955 60.  He insists it is a 1954.  Dunno.
>
> Ron Cook
> Salix, IA
>
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