When I was a kid in the 50s and early 60s dad would load down the KB1 pickup with oats and take them to the feed mill to sell. If I was not in school I would ride with him. They would tip the pickup up with the hoist and when they let it down the engine would be flooded. The drive leaving the feed mill was down hill so dad would coast down the slope and let the clutch out to get it going again rather than possibly wear down the 6 volt battery. Sometimes he would pull the Grain-O-Vator auger wagon behind the pickup and come home with a two ton load of ground feed in the Grain-O-vator. The ground feed blew off real easy and dad would never spend the money for a tarp so he would soak the top inch or two of feed with a hose the feed mill had handy to try to hold the feed. The wet feed on top did not hold very long so we were down to 10 MPH or slower to keep the feed from blowing off. During the hot summer days it was hot inside that dark green pickup and 10 MPH or slower did not create much air movement. Sometimes dad would buy a few bags of feed and lay the bags on top of the feed which helped a little bit but there never was enough bags to cover the whole load so usually it was back down to 10 MPH. The guys in the feed mill were always down home friendly and always had a smile. Dad never ever sprung for a bottle of pop for a treat. We would get a good drink from the mills garden hose before we headed home if we were thirsty. When I look back at those days life was so much more relaxed.
Today the feed mills around here can put out up to 3000 tons a day per mill in 27 or 30 ton batches. The truckers never see a human, the load type and designation is on a computer screen and can be streamed to the tablet in the cab of the truck. Feed is hauled up to 80 or 90 miles one way. Long gone are the small single axle feed trucks. The mill manager has a high pressure job and has to be a good organizer. i have seen a few small feed mills in northwest Iowa but almost all of them are closed up.
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