Posted by Ultradog MN on May 03, 2018 at 19:41:40 from (172.58.83.98):
I'm working near the State Fairgrounds and right amidst the U of M farm campus research fields. Both are right in St Paul. He main Ag campus with it's dozens of huge buildings are about an 80 away. Somehow about a 40 got cut out of the U's 200? areable acres. Or maybe it never belonged to them. Anyway, the whole 40 was developed into houses about 30 years ago. So I went out to the pickup to get something this morning and hear the distinctive sound of a 2 cyl JD. Now I know I did see some plowing when I was here last fall. About a 60 horse New Holland pulling 3 bottoms. But I knew the U wasn't doing spring plowing with a 2 cylinder John Deere. So I follow the sound, beyond the end of the cul de sac I'm in. The people on that end got bigger lots so two neighbors share about half a tillable acre. And there's the H working. An average old tractor. Pulling about a 14" Allis plow. The plow was nice. Probably never spent a night outside in it's life. My dad had an H for a couple of years so I knew a little about them. I walked up to watch the operation and maybe get a photo for the boards. I could see that last year about 1/4 acre had been tilled. The old guy pulls up and stops and the conversation goes a little like this; Hi. I'm working in the area and heard a John Deere back here. He starts to smile. "Is that an H?" "Yes it is." I said, "What did those make? About 15 horsepower" "On a good day. This one won't do that anymore. I said, "Well, it's doing a nice job of plowing anyway. Is that an Allis plow?" He said, "Yes." "I never knew this was back here." He said, "Yeah, my neighbor and I own larger parcels." Then we talked for a bit. I said, "You don't often see tractors plowing right in the middle of the city" He said, "No. But I was raised on a farm so I still enjoy a little of it" Then I said, "Well mister, I'm on the clock so I better get back to work." He said, "Well, have a good morning." I said, Thank you. You too. That's a real nice rig you have there. He waved and throttled the engine back up and went to work. As did I. I don't think he had it over about 5/8 throttle. Beautiful black dirt that he's probably turned since they parceled this area out. Funny but having played with old tractors and following these boards for a few years I could tell the soil was still a little wet to be plowing today. My guess is it will clump up more when it dries. But I'm not complaining. Neither was the H. It was a nice thing to see this morning. And this was fun to write. Thanks
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