I find the comment “course life was simpler back in the forties and fifties“ interesting. I by no means mean to offend or hijack this thread but as a person who has studied and practiced the subsistence living, have to wonder if people really understand life back then (from a grownups perspective).
Today you go to work, collect pay, and buy food as you use or need it. Back then you spent upwards of 3 months out of the year doing nothing but labor growing, harvesting, raising, butchering, and preserving everything you were going to eat for the next year. My grandmother had some 2500 canning jars just to preserve “can goods” for the family and the small army of men that worked the farm.
My mentor in the syrup making process told me of the time he realized that making syrup was an indicator on how the family farm did. If his dad came to them and said we are making syrup, it meant the farm came up short, and they would spend 15 hours a day for a month tapping 800 trees, collecting on foot and boiling sap in a large kettle, to make up the difference.
While as kids it may have appeared simpler, I think it was anything but. Back to my grandmother, she spent 2 hours making breakfast. She spent the morning cleaning up and making 30-40 lunches for the workers, and most of the afternoon between cleaning and preparing dinner (nothing came from a box). Her free time in the evening was sewing clothes, washing kids, and preparing to make meals the next day. We have traded long hours and hard work for convince and free time. I have to wonder just whose life is simpler.
Upload one or more videos to your post. Photo filesizes should be less than 300K and Videos, less than 2MB. Formats allowed are gif, jpg, png, ogg, mp4, mov, and avi. Be sure to use filenames without spaces or special characters, and filetypes of 3 digits lower case.
We sell tractor parts! We have the parts you need to repair your tractor - the right parts. Our low prices and years of research make us your best choice when you need parts. Shop Online Today. [ About Us ]
Today's Featured Article - Earthmaster Project Progress Just a little update on my Earthmaster......it's back from the dead! I pulled the head, and soaked the stuck valves with mystery oil overnight, re-installed the head, and bingo, the compression returned. But alas, my carb foiled me again, it would fire a second then flood out. After numerous dead ends for a replacement carb, I went to work fixing mine.I soldered new floats on the float arm, they came from an old motorcycle carb, replaced the packing on the throttle shaft with o-rings, cut new ga
... [Read Article]
Latest Ad:
1964 I-H 140 tractor with cultivators and sidedresser. Starts and runs good. Asking 2650. CALL RON AT 502-319-1952
[More Ads]
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.
