A blast from the past. Not the way it was done where I grew up. Until 1985 we would fill a flatbed wagon with ear corn by hand (scooping into a new idea elevator) till the wagon was almost busting at the seams. Normally Wednesday, & Saturday every week. Haul it 3 miles to the local mill, & back, & then scoop it by hand into the cattle feeders by hand. When really bad weather hit improvising was essential. During the Blizzard of 78 if I remember right we fed straight corn, & hay to 101 feeder cattle. I vividly remember riding on the tractor (had no cab) while Dad was trying to open a path 1/4 mile back to the hayshed. The snow at one point went up the hood on an IH 666. Got a face full of snow more than once. Couldn't maneuver a wagon. He had a 3000 lbs bale mover with a wood deck would hold about 30 small bales, & He build the 2, or 2.5 foot side boards with stake pockets to haul ear corn. Those were the days.
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Today's Featured Article - A Brief History of Tractors in Australia - by Bob Kavanagh. After Captain Cook's exploration of the east coast in 1770 the British Government decided to establish a penal colony in Australia. The first fleet arrived in 1788 and consisted mainly of convicts who were poorly equipped and new little of farming techniques. The colony remained far from self-supporting and it was not until the early 1800's that things started to improve. Free settlers started to arrive, they followed the explorers across the mountains and where land was suitable set up farms. T
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