Tonight's Featere Children Helping on the Farm

John B. · Mar 11, 2013

It's 1:30pm here and I know it's early to start Tonight's Feature and hope it doesn't get over looked later in the day as it works its way to the bottom of the page, but I have to be at work this afternoon at 3:30. I'll be back tomorrow eve at 6pm to post the feature.

Here's some pictures of children helping around the farm years ago. Hope you enjoy them.

The Red · Mar 11, 2013

Great pictures!

Chris(WA) · Mar 11, 2013

This is one of my favorite pictures. My Dad and I on the Farmall B. 1939 model. No electrical system at all. Just the mag and a kill switch. Picture was taken about 1959-60 I would guess.It was still a few years before I really was much help. Sure did cultivate a lot of corn and rake a lot of hay with that tractor in the next 15 years!
The picture sits right here on my desk. I scanned the original for you to see it. I don't do that for just anybody I want you to know!
The scan came out pretty clear. You can see our 1952 F-1 in the shed and corn in the crib!
the '52 is still inthe family. My sister and nephew adopted it. The B was sold at our auction in 1975 to a fellow who restored it. I need to give him a call...

rrlund · Mar 11, 2013

They're not kids anymore,but here's my boys tossing tires on the bunker.

I hauled can milk for two years,but in an enclosed truck.

gtractorfan · Mar 11, 2013

I'll bet there's some young'uns pitching in here.

Gene Dotson · Mar 11, 2013

Loved the picture of the little girl with the pig. Could have been my oldest daughter at about that age.

Gene

Dick2 · Mar 11, 2013

I ain't much on climbing anymore, but I could probably take the job of holding that hillside down!

Larry NEIL · Mar 11, 2013

Grandaughter tedding and loading hay

larrystinescorner · Mar 11, 2013

Heres my girl when she was little,picking her pumpkin here in nj,

Fordfarmer · Mar 11, 2013

I've got quite a few, some of when I was a kid, more of my own boys. First two are Luke, feeding silage (at 5 years old) and gathering maple sap, then Luke and Ethan carrying sweetcorn, then Ethan working on the disk and hitching up a chopper box...or at least trying to.

onefarmer · Mar 11, 2013

Shouldn't show those kids actually working on a farm. The safety police will get you. LOL

samn40 · Mar 11, 2013

I learned to drive when I was 6 on my father's MF 65, and I let my lads drive at the same age, though they were better supervised than I was!. It has not done them any harm as they will be confident drivers when they take a car out on our busy roads. They were sitting on my knee steering from a very early age, and ploughing from about 7 years old with the older tractors. My eldest is now 13 and ploughed last spring with the reversible plough, unsupervised.
My girl is a different story....all she will do behind the wheel is sit and scream!
Sam

wijim · Mar 11, 2013

Some haying pictures. Some of my sons freinds come and help. Jim

gtractorfan · Mar 11, 2013

Looks like nice hay that didn't get rained on.

Straw Boss · Mar 11, 2013

Darn kids never know when to quit!

greenmech · Mar 11, 2013

Our first B Farmall. Ron MN.

flying belgian · Mar 11, 2013

My cousins and I did that when we were young baling on my uncles farm. Seam to remember we went 14 high only to find out we had to throw the top 3 or 4 rows off to get under the power line when pulling out of field.

Justin SE IOWA · Mar 11, 2013

My 2 kids pushing bales to the edge so I could grab them.

RusselAZ · Mar 11, 2013

My sister, our little dog, I and my cousin after picking another load of pumpkins. Likely the fall of 1950. I don't know if it was this year but I do remember picking pumpkins. Dad had a nice level patch of about 4 acres that he planted to field corn (for canning and roasting ears) watermelon(the big green ones) and pumpkins all planted at the same time with a two row IHC lister. Sorry I don't know what he used for plates.

randallinMo · Mar 12, 2013

The picture of Ethan hooking up the chopper box is absolutely priceless!! There he is, with his dirty old hat (that's too big) , sunburnt and dirty face, baggy pants and his "work boots"......helping out with all his might and loving every minute of it. Priceless.

641Dave · Mar 12, 2013

This has to be the best thread I've seen here yet.

These pictures sure are making me reminisce about growing up on my uncle's dairy farm near Cleburne, Tx. Keep 'em coming!

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