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What's the oldest thing you can remember doing on the farm?
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flyinfarmer
Posted 5/2/2012 11:26 (#2365296 - in reply to #2364790)
Subject: RE: What's the oldest thing you can remember doing on the farm?



NE Iowa
We moved to the farm in 1976. Earliest memory was trying to figure out how many passes the planter had made with 1 row malfunctioning. Dig up a row, find no corn, move to the next pass, repeat until you found corn. Sure is nice having a monitor.

We had corn custom harvested then, but later Dad bought a picker. Memory from then is rushing home after school so I could ride in the barge box and push corn to the corners to get a little more in before heading for the crib. Man those ears could hurt if one caught you in the back of the head flying off the elevator.

The picker left a fair # of ears on the ground, so every fall we would walk the field picking up ears. Had a '38 B pulling some type of wagon - Dad would get it set in the right row and he would jump off and we would all walk along side of it - corn rows were ridged enough for it's autosteer to work fine and 1st gear at idle was a nice walking pace.

When it came time to shell the corn, most exciting part was shaking loose a den of rats. Those suckers would always scurry out of the crib in the same path. So dad took the push lawn mower and dug it in a little bit until the blade was just above the ground. Was very effective at getting rid of rats and providing entertainment.

Favorite 'early' memory was probably pulling a 4-bottom with a 730 diesel. I was in high school and doing that in the evenings. It was cool, so best way to stay warm was to stand up and the exhaust would keep my head/shoulders warm. When I got home, face was black. That was fun at the time, but sure don't miss it.

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