When I was a small boy during the 1960's all the farms in the neighborhood if not dairy had some type of livestock. All farms were under 300 acres and farmers were just starting to buy 80 plus HP tractors and most farms had 3 and maybe 4 tractors total. Corn was a minor crop with hay and wheat the biggies. Most dairy herds produced 13-15K lbs of milk per cow. Seed genetics were as such that sandy loam soils could not take a minor drought without seriously hurting a crop such as corn. The hay that was not put up for silage was baled by a small square baler and put in the barn. Manure got hauled to the field every day.
Today very few farms are under 1000 acres. An 80 HP tractor is of limited use. Very few dairy farms and nearly all over 1,000 cows. Corn is king unless the soil is very poor and it takes a very serious drought to hurt it. Manure is stored until applied just ahead of a crop being planted. A good JD 336 with 30 ejector used to bring over 4,000 dollars but now can be bought for less then 2,000 dollars and if you don't mind an ugly but works 336 then under 1,000 dollars. Box spreaders bring very little money unless a horse person is there at an auction and their checkbook does not open very wide.
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