Posted by John Harmon on July 09, 2009 at 18:17:45 from (65.55.67.215):
In Reply to: Re: Kid swathing posted by gitrib on July 09, 2009 at 08:24:05:
1946-7-8-9.Every saturday,after milking 40 or so Gurnseys with my dad and after breakfast,down to the Horse barn and feed the 5-6 misc breeds of horses we had ,usually some Percherons and Clydesdales and maybe a riding Horse. Struggle to throw the harness on a couple [learned early on to avoid those big fellows hoofs and not get stepped on,"again"] and then go up to the calf barn and make sure the JD 4 wheeled spreader apron wasn't frozen down, this only happened in the winter,remember? Clean out 2-3 Calf pens and then get the team,give them a big drink after breaking the tank Ice and firing up the cowboy tank heater with some cobs and kerosene.Put on the Teams driving Halters and hook them up to the spreader and take that load out to next years corn field and spread it if it wasn't froze down,seems like all my memories from those days have something frozen,many times me it seemed like.That ended in 1949 when dad got a 8n ford tractor and a 2 wheeled Case spreader. By 1955 I was gone to the Marines and have been on my own since.No more cows and calves,no more horses,no more tractors,no more farm,no more dad and mom and soon no more me.Kind of sad,but life goes on.Nice to see the young fellow doing what he is enjoying as we all once did.
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