|
Farmall & IHC Tractors Discussion Board |
Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Put on your thinkin' caps.
[ View Follow Ups ] [ Post Followup ] [ Return to Farmall & IHC Tractors Discussion Board ]
Posted by MrG on March 21, 2000 at 13:17:19 from (216.170.12.242):
In Reply to: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Put on your thinkin' caps. posted by Wardner on March 21, 2000 at 13:01:22:
Those meadows are in the valleys and lowlands between the hills (understand that for the most part, the sandhills are not like you might imagine, they are not "desert" sand dunes, they are for the most part cover in native grasses). The hay was loose stacked, because usually it was fed right there in meadow it was cut. A well made loose stack will weather very weall, as it'll shed water like off a duck's back. Baled hay is much more labor intensive..notice in the article that his "crew" included his wife and daughter, and most of the hired help had feminine names also. (Them cowgirls can ride as good or better'n a man, so I'm sure they can tractor as good, too!) The only guy that ain't sitting in a tractor seat all day is the guy in the stack...that was ME! The cattle are wintered in these meadows and the the stacks of hay are in a row along one end ofthe field, fenced off from the cattle. The stacks are moved, sometimes several miles, by throwing a couple cables around them and dragging them to where the cattle are. That's when you find out how good you are at stacking hay! If you got buried, you weren't buried under much, not more than a sweep full,maybe 500-600 lbs or so. But you still didn't like it...working the stack was a hard, hot, dirty job without getting it dumped down your neck! Gadget
Follow Ups:
Home
| Forums
Today's Featured Article -
An Old-Time Tractor Demonstration - by Kim Pratt. Sam was born in rural Kansas in 1926. His dad was a hard-working farmer and the children worked hard everyday to help ends meet. In the rural area he grew up in, the highlight of the week was Saturday when many people took a break from their work to go to town. It was on one such Saturday in the early 1940's when Sam was 16 years old that he ended up in Dennison, Kansas to watch a demonstration of a new tractor being put on by a local dealer. It was an Allis-Chalmers tractor dealership,
... [Read Article]
Latest Ad:
Variable pulley for case 1530 skid loader
[More Ads]
Copyright © 1997-2024 Yesterday's Tractor Co.
All Rights Reserved. Reproduction of any part of this website, including design and content, without written permission is strictly prohibited. Trade Marks and Trade Names contained and used in this Website are those of others, and are used in this Website in a descriptive sense to refer to the products of others. Use of this Web site constitutes acceptance of our User Agreement and Privacy Policy TRADEMARK DISCLAIMER: Tradenames and Trademarks referred to within Yesterday's Tractor Co. products and within the Yesterday's Tractor Co. websites are the property of their respective trademark holders. None of these trademark holders are affiliated with Yesterday's Tractor Co., our products, or our website nor are we sponsored by them. John Deere and its logos are the registered trademarks of the John Deere Corporation. Agco, Agco Allis, White, Massey Ferguson and their logos are the registered trademarks of AGCO Corporation. Case, Case-IH, Farmall, International Harvester, New Holland and their logos are registered trademarks of CNH Global N.V. Yesterday's Tractors - Antique Tractor HeadquartersWebsite Accessibility Policy |
|
