I started to reply to this yesterday, when you said "till" you could have meant disc. For plow, disc, and mow, a Farmall H works just fine. Tougher to use a snow plow without live hydraulics but you can do it.
Point is this: since you aren't earning your living with it, any of the old tractors will work fine. You don't need a three point, and not having live PTO is just not an issue mowing so long as you watch what you are doing. You should be watching anyway! I've never run a brush hog with live PTO and I've mowed through woods and brush and never had an accident. But I keep my mind on the job. It helps to not run it full speed and to not be in a big hurry.
Same thing with kids. Inattentive people kill their kids with tractors. If you pay attention you'll be OK. Near me a ten year old sitting on a Ford fender was brush hogged into little pieces when the fender fell off and the dad failed to stop the tractor. On a 50 year old tractor it is reasonable to replace the seat and fender bolts if you expect them to save your life, not just assume they are like new after sitting outside for fifty years.
I've never progressed past letter series Farmalls. I do have a couple of 400's and a 450D but they just don't get used on the farm. I really like that when something unexpected happens and I hit the clutch everything stops.
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