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Martinsville, Ohio | The oldest thing I can remember is Elmer Yochum cutting dad's wheat with a pull type IH on dad's Oliver 77. That same tractor picked our corn with a number 4 Oliver corn picker with flatbed wagons, shoveled off. I remember the lines of wheat to unload in Sardinia in front of our house, 100 bu was a big load then.
Dad still cultivated corn with Jim and Jane when I was little but they were old and stomped down too much corn. I do remember picking by hand and making shocks a year or two before dad bought the picker.
I distinctly remember dad buying the Oliver 50 twine tie baler with no one to drive, mom hated it so he put 5 year old me on the seat to steer while he stacked and ran several marathons between the wagon and tractor. I remember being a little scared of making a mistake but I thought I was king!
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What's the oldest thing you can remember doing on the farm?
