I enjoy these type posts - very interesting to me to read about everyone's farming experiences from WWII into the 80’s.
I'm taking a break from some toil here on my Dad's old farm, setting on the porch looking out over one of my timothy hay fields. Beautiful day.
My boys are 5th generation on this farm. Our machinery is both reflective of the terrain and times from predepression to today.
My great grandfather, who cleared the land and built this small farm never owned a tractor. He died around 1936 of old age. My great grandfather used oliver horse drawn plows, there was much tillage on this farm from wheat to hay to vegetables. Cattle, maybe a touch of dairy, chickens, hogs, sheep that I know of. There were orchards of apples, cherries, peaches and lots of walnuts. What comes to my mind is total diversity. Probably a requirement in those days to prevent calamity.
After my great grandfather died, one of his boys, my grandfather, bought out his brothers who had gone from the mountains of VA to Ohio and other northern industrial states for better employment. They never came back - except for some massive family reunions that I remember as a boy.
My grandfather went all cattle. Grew hay to feed. The acrage was small enough for this farm and everyone up and down the road, that he could hire on the cheap any tractor work.
Later on, in the early 70's, an uncle that lived on the farm bought a Ford 3000 diesel. It is still here - my brother owns it.
Not wanting to use other peoples machinery, years ago, I bought a Massey Ferguson 50 diesel. Still have it and have been using it hard today on some field renovation.
A couple years ago, I bought a new John Deere 5055d utility tractor. It is 2 wheel drive, just like the other tractors that live here or have been brought in to work.
My brother, in addition to the Ford 3000 has a Ferguson TO20 and recently bought a John Deere 5045e with a loader.
On my list of tractors to consider - just because I'd like one, is an Allis Chalmers WD and/or Farmall 400/450 or 300/350.
Other tractors that have worked up here are a few 70's model JD tractors, at least one Ford 8n, a Kubota, Long and Kiaoti (sp?)
I like to say, "Farming under 50“. That is a reference to 50 PTO hp. That is the size of farms like this one that the measure of 50 hp or less pretty much can do it all. Open station, 2 wheel drive, easy to service/repair and affordable.
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