[AT] Plowing

[Dennis Johnson]

Tried to send this earlier, but somehow it never sent.

Many years back I did some plowing when I was in high school. I used an MF65 pulling a 3 bottom plow, and another guy a bit older used a Case 930 pulling a 4 bottom plow. I think the 3 bottom plow was 14" long, and the 4 bottom plow was 16" long. We were plowing wheat fields in central Kansas about 7" deep as I recall.
Few years before when in grade school, I remember trying to ride on a plow my older cousin was using. It was a Farmall Super M, pulling a 3 bottom plow with a snap coupler. After coming to a tough spot in the field where the snap coupler snapped, plow stopped, and tractor jumped forward it got exciting. After the second time that happened, I no longer was permitted to ride on the tractor.
Hand another uncle who plowed a small field using a 8N or 9N Ford. He had to put new rings in it each year to make sure it had enough power to pull the 2 bottom plow. Last year talked with cousin on same farm, and they did no-till because it was a dry year, and people who plowed lost too much moisture which hurt the crops.
These are memories that kids today are generally not permitted to have.
Some day I hope to get that exact Ford tractor. It is parked in a barn next to my Buick GN. I also would like to get a MF65 or similar size tractor just as a remembrance of long days plowing.

Dennis

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