soder33 said: (quoted from post at 08:14:45 05/19/10) I was thinking back to the time the first picture was taken. My Dad farmed his 120 acres and my Great Aunts farm of 80 acres with just that Ford 8N. Plowing must of taken half the spring. He planted with a 2 row corn planter and had a 10 foot grain drill. He didn't have a bailer, but had a dump rake and a hay loader. He also used a grain binder, a corn binder, and in the fall the thresing crew and corn shredder crew would finish the job. As a kid, there was nothing better than swinging on a rope from the peak of the barn and landing in that soft hay. The smell was great too.
I'm always amazed at the number of people on this board who say the little Fords were and are useless and nobody could farm with them. Here are two examples of small farms putting them to heavy use successfully for years.There were many many farms using these tractors across the U.S. and Canada and still farms useing them today.
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