Sign of the times?

Royse · Jul 23, 2012

I took this picture on HWY 1 just north of Hoopeston, IL.
It reminded me of Alan Jackson's song "Little Man".
Here's the song and video on you tube if you want a reminder. Alan Jackson

Anonymous-0 · Jul 23, 2012

good song with so much truth!

Eric in IL · Jul 23, 2012

What do you mean the "Little Man" ?

Back in the day, you were living large if you could afford a wire
crib. It was even better if it had the steep pitch roof like the
one pictured.

Does anyone remember tying a couple pieces of baling twine
around the bottom of your pant legs before going in to shovel
out the corn ?

Rats, mice, and black snakes- Ohh, the stories that crib could
tell !

oldtanker · Jul 24, 2012

Starting to see some of them being used agian around here.
Rick

gtractorfan · Jul 24, 2012

Thanks for posting and Alan Jackson's link. If you think about it, maybe in a way the amish aren't so dumb. I think we who grew up half a century ago had it better growing up on small farms than today's kids that are displaced into mega "progressive" schools and cities. And the old folks are being displaced too.

tjdub · Jul 24, 2012

This will be the first year that my crib has stayed empty since it was built. Corn is just too valuable to feed to calves this year.

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