Ah, memories of growing up on the farm. Times have changed. Stacking on the rack sure beats loading loose hay with a fork. Dad had a small operation, 120 acres, so brother & I worked for all the neighbors when our work at home was done. At first job the baler dropped on the ground. My assignment was to drive pulling rack. Go at steady pace so guy on rack didn't have to worry about getting dumped over. Handling was done by 2 adults. Drive close to bale so guy on ground didn't have to carry too far, but far enough away so he could swing the bale onto rack instead of lifting straight up. They got a rest on trip to barn. Driver switched to driving pull rope for unloading. The next season everybody started pulling the rack behind baler. AT about age 12 we had 2 on the rack, so not to overwork the youngsters. Couple years of this & then worked with 1 on rack. Most I handled was 1100 bales in a day. Pay has changed too. Back then baler owner furnished tractor, baler & driver. Charged 10 cents a bale to drop, 11 cents if pulling rack, farmer furnished twine. Everybody else got a dollar an hour. Fast forward, retired now. Neighbor asked for help couple weeks ago, got behind with hay on ground & heavy rain. Raked a patch for him, first time pulling a rake since 1957. paid me 15 bucks an hour. Willie
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Today's Featured Article - Old Time Threshing - by Anthony West. A lovely harvest evening late September 1947, I was a school boy, like all school boys I loved harvest time. The golden corn ripens well and early, the stoking, stacking,.... the drawing in with the tractors and trailers and a few buck rakes thrown in, and possibly a heavy horse. It would be a great day for the collies and the terrier dogs, rats and mice would be at the bottom of the stacks so the dogs, would have a busy time hunting and killing, all the corn was gathered and ricked in what we c
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