[AT] cutting hay

Mogrits mogrits at gmail.com
Tue Aug 30 08:36:53 PDT 2016


Hi Dave

Thanks, It's a 1953.

On Tue, Aug 30, 2016 at 10:24 AM, David Rotigel <rotigel at me.com> wrote:

> Nice old picture ! How old is Allis?
>         Dave
>
> > On Aug 30, 2016, at 10:00 AM, Mogrits <mogrits at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > Luckily,
> >
> > My Dad was an active amateur photographer. He took pictures of
> everything,
> > even the mundane. He left stacks of slides and prints in his wake.
> > Unfortunately his third wife wound up with the bulk of them but I managed
> > to get a few.
> >
> > Here's one he took of my Grandfather operating the Allis Chalmers I still
> > have today.
> >
> >
> >
> > On Tue, Aug 30, 2016 at 8:05 AM, charlie hill <
> charliehill at embarqmail.com>
> > wrote:
> >
> >> The only picture I have of my dad, period, is one that I re-photographed
> >> from the panoramic shot of his 32nd degree Masonic class.  His image on
> >> the old photo is literally "thumb nail" size but I was able to
> >> re-photograph
> >> it
> >> with a good digital camera and have it blown up into an image that is a
> >> fair representation of what a photograph of that era would have looked
> >> like.
> >> It's the only physical remembrance I have of him.  It's hanging in
> front of
> >> me now.
> >>
> >> Charlie
> >>
> >> -----Original Message-----
> >> From: Cecil Bearden
> >> Sent: Tuesday, August 30, 2016 1:00 AM
> >> To: Antique tractor email discussion group
> >> Subject: Re: [AT] cutting hay
> >>
> >> Herb:
> >>
> >> You are right on so many counts, but Dad looked the happiest when he was
> >> in his work clothes and either working cattle or driving a tractor.  The
> >> high cost of developing was the reason many good times went
> undocumented.
> >>
> >> Cecil
> >>
> >>
> >> On 8/29/2016 9:18 PM, Herb Metz wrote:
> >>> Cecil,
> >>> In defense of your Dad, cameras and pictures were expensive, less
> >> reliable
> >>> and time consuming in his day. Plus most farmers work clothes back then
> >>> were
> >>> something less than photogenic. Herb(GA)
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> -----Original Message-----
> >>> From: Cecil Bearden
> >>> Sent: Monday, August 29, 2016 8:20 PM
> >>> To: Antique tractor email discussion group
> >>> Subject: Re: [AT] cutting hay
> >>> I wish I had one of my Dad when he was driving a tractor or working
> with
> >>> me.  Only one I have is a little blurry.  He wasn't one for pictures.
> >>> Cecil
> >>>
> >>> On 8/29/2016 10:52 AM, charlie hill wrote:
> >>>> John, in case you don't know you can
> >>>> go to the web site of Walmart or Walgreens drug
> >>>> or many other places and upload that picture to
> >>>> their photo department.  They'll print it out for just a
> >>>> few bucks.  It's not expensive at all.  You just need to
> >>>> send it in the full size (megapixels) and not like you
> >>>> posted it to the list.
> >>>> Charlie
> >>>> -----Original Message-----
> >>>> From: John Hall
> >>>> Sent: Sunday, August 28, 2016 5:59 PM
> >>>> To: Antique tractor email discussion group
> >>>> Subject: [AT] cutting hay
> >>>> Here is dad mowing hay last week, tractor is a 51 or 2 IH Super A.
> Mower
> >>>> is a balanced head 7' IH balanced head (no pitman). Hay turned out
> well,
> >>>> about 70-80 bales per acre.
> >>>> John Hall
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