[AT] The disappearing past

[John Hall]

 The "County Farm" here was a short term prison work farm. More or less they 
babysat the drunks and vagrants. Dad remembers a time the farm operators 
came into the IH dealership he worked at to get parts. The dealer had 
recently traded for an extremely rough Super A. The guy that ran the farm 
promptly made a deal for it as it was apparently better than what they 
had--surprising to me they had the money to buy it without going through a 
bunch of red tape.

 The same farm had one old guy who had no where else to go. Everytime he 
completed his sentence he would tell them not to give his horse away--he'd 
be back first of the week.

 They tore it down in the early 70's to build a hospital.

John

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Francis Robinson" <robinson at svs.net>
To: "Antique tractor email discussion group" <at at lists.antique-tractor.com>
Sent: Saturday, February 23, 2008 10:57 AM
Subject: [AT] The disappearing past


> The mention of the tearing down of the sugar beet plant reminded me of an
> article in the local paper this week announcing that the local "County
> Farm" main structure will feel the wrecking ball this year. It used to be
> referred to as the "Poor farm". It is one of my old tractor memories from
> my youth. >

Francis Robinson
> Central Indiana, USA
> Robinson at svs.net