Hi gtractorfan: I grew a small field of soybeans about mid 1950s and I seem to remember about $3/bu. You have to remember that WW-2 ending caused prices of many things to change quite a bit both up and down for a few years. That War was a BIG factor in many ways. I remember Flax straw was in demand all through the War und then crashed as soon as War ended. The huge Flax straw piles near Windom MN were burned to get rid of the straw since nobody wanted it.. at all. We could see the glow of the fire all nite and we were 12 miles away. Several rows each maybe 12 foot high by 20 foot wide and 500 foot long made for a BIG fire with all that lindseed oil in Flax straw. Flax straw was used to make linen. Father had to hide new tires (and other items in short supply) in the hay barn during the War.. Supply and demand varied quite a bit on some items. Soybeans were not grown near as much back then. ag..
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Today's Featured Article - Grain Threshing in the Early 40's - by Jerry D. Coleman. How many of you can sit there and say that you have plowed with a mule? Well I would say not many, but maybe a few. This story is about the day my Grandfather Brown (true name) decided along with my parents to purchase a new Ford tractor. It wasn't really new except to us. The year was about 1967 and my father found a good used Ford 601 tractor to use on the farm instead of "Bob", our old mule. Now my grandfather had had this mule since the mid 40's and he was getting some age on him. S
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