[AT] The last question I had on my list for December.

[Ralph Goff]

Probablly harrowing was my favourite job as a kid. Mainly since it was the 
first job most novice tractor operators could be trusted with. No depth 
control to worry about, just drive and try to keep the wheel on the line of 
the last harrow pass way out there almost 20 feet away. Pulling that big 30 
foot drawbar of diamond harrows seemed like huge productivity compared to 
grinding along with the 12 foot cultivator or disker. Plus the old Cockshutt 
50 could usually handle the harrows in 5 th gear which was really flying 
compared to heavy tillage. Huge clouds of dust did not bother me in those 
days and no fear of getting dirty. The harrow drawbar did suffer a slight 
bend as a result of a close encounter with a poplar tree while under my 
supervision though.

Ralph in Sask.
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Subject: [AT] The last question I had on my list for December.


> Either as you were growing up or now, which tractor job did you like
> best and which the least?
> -
> I probably liked raking hay the best. We had a great Ferguson 3 point
> rake and you could go any direction and raise up and hop over windrows
> without messing up the pattern. Next I probably liked drilling small
> grain.
> -
> My least favorite was early cultivation when the corn was tiny and you
> had to drive at a mind numbing crawl... Next was anything in a huge
> dense cloud of dust.
>
>
> -- 
> Have you hugged your horses today?
>
> Francis Robinson
> aka "farmer"
> Central Indiana USA
> robinson46176 at gmail.com
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