my grandfather was born in 1903. he had to quit school when he was in fifth grade to work on the farm while great grandpa worked in the lumber camps in northern minnesota to help pay for the farm. when grandpa was a little older he told me he worked for a farmer between dover and chatfield that had a 400 acre farm. grandpa said that he had to plow on that farm with a mogel or titan it took him all fall to do it.grandpa became a barber in 1930 and bought a farm in 1942. he started farming with a team of horses and a used 39 farnall h with no hydraulics or electric but it did have rubber. he sold that farm and bought a 240 in 48 and a brand new M which i still have. in 52 he bought a wd9 as he was renting more ground. then he bought a 460 and a 560. the last tractor he bought was an 806 in 68. he was running 500 acres at that time.he sold the M to my dad and the wd9 to my dads younger brother.
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