Posted by tractorguy2 on September 30, 2014 at 11:14:26 from (64.147.38.162):
In Reply to: Farming has changed posted by BIG RUH on September 30, 2014 at 08:10:31:
I think the farms were as efficient as they could be back in the 70's. I'm pretty sure they were more self efficient back then they are now.
Grandpa had alfalfa, corn, milo, wheat and sometimes oats. The corn was listed with a four row lister and the milo was planted with a four row JD 490A planter.
Plus he had cows,pigs, and chickens. he sold the eggs to the local grocery store. The freezer was all ways full of meat and had eggs every morning.
When the tractor broke down. he didn't call a truck. he pushed it in the barn and repaired it himself.More than once we had his Farmall M tore all to pieces in that dirt floor barn with no heat. Same with his truck when it broke down a 1948 chevy.
A lot of repairs were made to the equipment with number 9 wire. The only time new equipment was purchased was when we could no longer put patches on the old stuff.Not because it was out dated or a few years old.
Corn that was fed to the chickens was picked on the ear and ground in the david bradley hammer mill. grandpa thought leaving the ear lay on the ground was a waste when the chickens would eat it.
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