Mid '60's or so, I occasionaly got to haul barley to a country grain elevator during harvest. Dad had rented some farm ground from some old guy, and he insisted on having barley raised. The elevator was 15-20 miles away from the field. Dad dumped the last combine hopper in the truck and told me to get going before the elevator closed. It was getting a bit dark as I approaced the elevator, and I was amazed to see some light over the scale/pit. This was a REAL country elevator, no electricity! The leg was powered by an IHC motor like out of an A or B tractor with a rope drive for the leg. As there was no electricity, I was supprised to the the light. He had run some wire from the battery for the motor to the scale house and set a 6 volt head lamp on a shelf so it shined on the scale balance. He had another head lamp behind the leg where there was a hopper scale that they used when they shipped grain. I believe that elevator is still there, but they did replace the gas motor with an electric one, however, the railroad tracks are gone, and I think a local farmer owns it now.
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