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In Reply to: farming in the 1970s? posted by swindave on November 15, 2020 at 03:58:43:
We were done with dairy in the late 60's, but still had cattle and chickens through the 70's. Did corn, oats, alfalfa rotation. 3 tractors, an 8N, 860 and 961-D. Hauled our corn all the way to Delano, MN. (little over 5 whole miles). Updated from a 2 row planter to a 4 row (used) in the late 70's. Thought we were doing great. We had a Ford 602 picker on the 961-D, neighbor to the north had an International mounted picker and neighbor to the south had a New Idea mounted picker on an Oliver tractor. Neighbor to the east also had a Ford picker going into the 70', went to a New Idea pull behind with sheller for a few years, then got a Gleaner by the early 80's. We were on the small side of average around here at the time. The 80's started seeing things change to land rents and bigger farmers doing more acres.
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