Wow...that brings back some memories. A neighbor farmer hired me (at .75 an hour) to ride his combine in the fall of '58 when I was a mere 17. It was an Oliver with it's own little 4 cyl. water cooled engine and he pulled it with his recently acquired WD-45 Allis. We did all of his oats plus a couple other farms. The weather was hot so I didn't wear a shirt. The first hour or so I would itch like crazy but after that I didn't even notice. The hills around here are very steep so in one direction I had to hold the bag on the platform with my foot. By the end of the day I had a thick coat of black dust and it sure did feel good to jump in the "crik" to rinse off. Not sure I still remember how to tie a "miller's knot" but probably could. We were very poor and that .75 an hour seemed like a lot to me at the time. Without those wages I never would have been able to go on our Senior trip to Washington D.C. the following spring.
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