[AT] McCormick plow

[Ron Cook]

Charlie,
     Pretty much the same here.  Just larger tractors and larger farms.  
Same hours.  We had to plow in the fall before freeze up and after corn 
picking.  Around the clock for a couple weeks.  I rather enjoyed sitting 
on a D4 Cat  come sunrise after plowing all night and wave at the school 
bus as it went by the field.  They went to school and I went home to bed 
for awhile.  The Cat belonged to an uncle, but when we were getting late 
into cold weather it came into play on our farm.  I was usually on a 
John Deere A and later a John Deere 70.  But when the ground was 
freezing, the wheel tractors ran out of traction and the D4 could run a 
little longer.

Ron Cook
Salix, IA
On 8/19/2014 11:44 AM, charlie hill wrote:
> Ron, I've told this story here before I think but I'll repeat it
> since it's on topic.  I grew up with a kid who was the son of
> a share cropper.  They had two tractors, a worn out Super A and
> an even more worn out A.  They tended I'm guessing about 150 acres
> with those two tractors including about 15 acres of tobacco (very labor
> intensive).  Around here everyone plowed in the late winter as soon as
> possible.  Usually in late Feb.  When it was time for them to plow the
> old man, my friend who was the youngest son and which ever ones of the
> other two sons were available worked in shifts, 24 hours a day until they
> got it all plowed.  School had to wait.
>
> Charlie
>