Still doing things the hard way

[coakes00]

J-Mech - We sometimes sell it to a neighbor for cattle feed but we mostly just do it because that was how my great-grandpa taught my dad to farm. The 340 and H were his tractors. It's kind of nice to be able to remember how things use to be done. Also, you can develop quite an appreciation for combines when you have to shell all three cribs on the hottest day of the summer.

John Hall - I'm not for sure what year it is, but I know it is an older one. It was my great-grandpa's; he had a Super H that was newer: it had regular rims and a different throttle on it.

Zippy1 - We use to use a Super C but it doesn't have enough guts to pull a full wagon up the steep hill in the field anymore.

Berwil - New Ideas are all we have ever had. This 2-row pull type has been our main picker for over 30 years.

[ACecil]

Awesome pics! Thanks for showing them to us!

[rocker582special]

Awesome pictures and great looking machines. There's a guy that lives not far from my parents farm that ear picks his corn. His field is maybe 3-4 acres tops. It was a site to see last fall him ear picking and the guy across the road using a big Jd combine with 16 row corn head. It's amazing how farming has changed over the years. I'd love to have been around when farming was done with older machines.

[drglinski]

Sweet pics. Thanks for posting them. I'd like to drive a set up like that one day.

[john hall]

You guys are shoveling that corn into a sheller in summertime?! Don't know if there is a market for it in your area but how about bagging some and selling to deer hunters? Its quite popular here, corn on the cob and shelled corn. As, with anything you have to do enough to make it worth your time. For me its just easier to combine it and haul it away. If I was around the farm all the time, it might be worth while. Just a thought.

[alsparl]

Those are some great pictures...and to be honest, brings back a lot of memories of days of hard work with my grandfather... as many others have said. I didn't appreciate it then but I sure do now. Technology has advanced so much in the ag industry but I am thankful there are those who still do things in this manner.

[Diz Jr.]

Great pictures coakes00

[RLause]

When I was a kid, my dad cut the corn with an old IH binder and shocked it, probably 20 acres at the most. Then in the winter he hauled it to the barn and ran it thru the husker/shredder, providing feed and bedding for the cattle. I remember having to walk the field picking up ears that got knocked off

[john hall]

Originally Posted by RLause

When I was a kid, my dad cut the corn with an old IH binder and shocked it, probably 20 acres at the most. Then in the winter he hauled it to the barn and ran it thru the husker/shredder, providing feed and bedding for the cattle. I remember having to walk the field picking up ears that got knocked off

Well I've done the exact same thing, for a couple wagon loads You certainly got me beat there! That was seriously old school work going on. We still have my grandfathers shredder, old enough to be wooden--its a Deering built right after IHC was formed, built under the Rosenthall patents from the late 1880's. Dad said when they blew the shucks in the barn they would use a sprinkling pot to add a bit of salt water to them between loads, I guess the same logic as buying a salt block and putting it in the pasture? If you have any pics or more details, please share them.

[ambrola]

Wonderful Pictures. I have never farmed, but spent my entire youth sitting in deer stands on some very large farms. The farmer on the last piece of land I leased for the hunting rights had never leased for hunting.. The farmer paid his workers to shoot them in the gut so they would run back in the swamp to die. It was amazing to me to watch them plow endless acres of peanuts and cotton. But those dryers run day and night during harvest.