[AT] A day off

[Indiana Robinson]

As a "class one rambler", I quite enjoyed it.
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On Sun, Oct 8, 2017 at 8:32 PM, John Hall <jtchall at nc.rr.com> wrote:

> Not exactly antique tractor related, but old/antique tractors are all we
> have to use,so....
>
> We have been blessed(and cursed) with a dry fall. Obviously made for
> great harvest weather. I only waited 1 or 2 days for corn to dry after a
> shower of rain, other than that we have been busy doing something every
> day here on the farm. As I began, all the machinery here is old--2
> working tractors date to the 40's, the newest is a 1972 IH 454. In
> addition to harvesting and hauling corn, we ground up all the stalks,
> cut and square baled the hay, and reseeded the hay fields as well.
> Yesterday I put away the bushog, hay rake, combine, and sickle mower.
> Earlier in the week we put away the tedder and the baler. Got the offset
> harrow hooked up so I can cut some corn stalks in the
> ground--fortunately its going to rain this week and soften the ground.
> We'll only harrow the fields I'll sow wheat on--the rest can wait till
> March.
>
>   The older I get the more I am appreciative of my farming memories. One
> you don't think about often is the great smells of the crops. This
> afternoon the hay we baled last week had a really strong aroma to it.
> Most of the smell of the corn fields has subsided, but I remember one
> Sat night we came in from going to eat supper and rode to the back to
> check on the combine (always scared of fire). The moment I opened the
> truck door, the smell of fresh combined corn would take your breath. I
> ventured back 35 years to playing in the back of a grain truck while it
> slowly dumped the corn into the dryer (no danger of getting caught in an
> auger). Last fall my son and cousins boy were goofing around in the
> truck wile I was cutting corn. Nothing like watching kids make their own
> fun.
>
> To top off the weekend, I would up on the Vintage Aerial website,
> searching for photos of our farm over the years. I found one from the
> fall of 1990. There, right in front of the houses was parked the
> family's 4430 Deere with offset harrow and grain drill hooked behind it.
> Evidently it was just "swinging by" the house while moving between farms
> planting wheat. I probably should order me a copy of that photo, as the
> next year the real farming operation was shut down and most of the
> equipment was auctioned off.
>
> Sorry for the ramble, the list just seems a little quiet. I have plenty
> of needed tractor repairs to chat about over the winter.
>
> John Hall
>
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Francis Robinson
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Central Indiana USA
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