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Originally Posted by ol'George
Can you imagine what our ancestors that used a horse or mule would think?
We have come so far, just in my generation.
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My grandfather bought this place in '42. The farm next door was for sale also but he didn't have any more money to buy land--but my grandmother did. My uncle was plowing one of the fields and broke 3 plow points one day (horse drawn). He told her she could buy it if she wanted but not to expect him to tend it. So she left the $3000 for the 40 acres in the bank. My family rented the farm instead for the next 50 years.
To be fair to my uncle, they had just moved here from soil so sandy and rock free that our red clay and racks was quite a culture shock (they only moved about 10 miles). I actually found a broken horse drawn plow point this spring in one of our fields.
For those liking the BIG tractors, lots of you tube videos. Search Welker farms. There are some other brands besides Big Bud, try Versatile, Rome, Wagner, Steiner, and even some really low production units--one called Earthquake, also think Kinze made one.