That ties in with an old dealer ad that was with an article in the new Hart Parr Oliver Collector magazine. I'd have to get up and look, but I think it was from March 1954. When you compare the prices then with acres farmed, yields and commodity prices, they really weren't better off financially. One that I remember was for a new Massey Harris mounted picker. The regular price was something around $1495, but on sale right now, one only, for $995. Think about paying for that back then. The guy who bought it was probably doing custom picking up until the snow was too deep for several years until he made that back. It wasn't something that an 80 acre farm would buy new for their own use. Used tractors in the ad, Oliver 70s, John Deere As, $600 to $1000. Used balers, $500-$600 or more. You didn't have a whole lot left to go to town and buy all the things I can go buy now with what I make farming.
Ya, the price of a lot of new and used stuff looks high now, but it's all relative. I can see now why Dad wouldn't buy a new Oliver 1800 of Ford 6000 like I wanted him to back then. The bank would have had the farm long before one was paid for.
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