[AT] Test, sending at 7:26 pm. on Thursday, January 21st

[Ralph Goff]

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 Those old ads that give prices are interesting or amusing ... or maybe
> it's depressing.  That $99.95 Char Lynn Torque Generator in your' 1958 ad
> lists for $396.84 in the 2004 Hydraulic Parts Components catalog from
> Force America and $459 in the 2010 Farmall Parts Catalog from OEM Tractor
> Parts.
> Dudley

Dudley (and Cecil) I guess sometimes we get carried away looking at those 
old ads and prices but thinking in today's dollars and income. In 1958 we 
could buy a good sized new combine for under $7000. Last year I spent half 
that much in a repair job on my 20 year old machine.
Seems we are always a few steps behind in the farming business and keep 
thinking that eventually our crop returns will give us the buying power to 
easily afford the equipment and inputs this business requires. As time goes 
by I am thinking it is not too likely to happen. So its nice to look back 50 
years and dream for a while anyway.
Having a good old fashioned blizzard in Sask. here this morning. I have 
shovelled just the bare essentials leaving the rest until the weather 
settles some. No point in moving the same snow twice.

Ralph in Sask.