[AT] Old tractors and hay

[John Hall]

One of the best smells to me is being in a wheat field that has just been 
threshed.

The smell of fresh shelled corn reminds me of being at the dryer at night. 
Not only was the smell of the corn strong, but the temps were generally in 
the 40's to 50's. Add to that the roar of the dryer coupled to the IH 
straight 6 power unit with no muffler. And all around was a fine settling of 
the husk in the grass and trees,enough to make it look like snow.

John Hall


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Dean Vinson" <dean at vinsonfarm.net>
To: "'Antique tractor email discussion group'" 
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Sent: Wednesday, October 10, 2007 9:10 PM
Subject: Re: [AT] Old tractors and hay


> Farmer wrote:
>
> The other explanation that occurs to me is the smell, and I'd pull off the
> road to breathe it in for a while too.  Warm summer evening, haymow full 
> of
> freshly-stacked bales, barnyard hose to wash the chaff off my arms and 
> neck,
> icy bottle of beer to help me reflect on the day's work... and that smell 
> of
> good new hay.  If I could relive that memory every now and again I'd be
> pretty content all in all.
>
> I think we might have kicked around before the subject of smells being
> powerful for bringing back memories.  The other one that comes to mind was
> the bitter winter day I was trying to pull the manure chain back onto the
> sprocket up at the top of the ramp on my employer's farm, which he'd
> recently converted to hogs.  *#&! cold wind cutting through me while I 
> beat
> on that cold #*&! hunk of reluctant metal and tried unsuccessfully to stay
> out of the slippery semi-frozen pig crap.  I guess I do enjoy the memory a
> bit but I probably don't need to relive it quite so often as baling.
>
> Dean Vinson
> Dayton, Ohio
> www.vinsonfarm.net
>