My dad plowing in South Carolina - Circa 1950

[torchrider]

I am new to the forum and just wanted to share a photo of my dad plowing his farm in Pamplico, South Carolina around 1950. I think the tractor is a 40's vintage Case but you may know better. We sold the farm after he died in 1977 and I am just now buying another piece of property in Texas to teach my boys about farming, self-sufficiency and outdoor living. Heck, I will be teaching myself as well. :laughing: Thanks for letting me share.

 

[murphy1244]

That's really neat!

 

[smstonypoint]

Thanks for posting.

It's hard to tell from the photo, but it looks like he is tilling under cotton stalks. Did he grow cotton?

Steve

 

[torchrider]

Thanks for posting.

It's hard to tell from the photo, but it looks like he is tilling under cotton stalks. Did he grow cotton?

Steve

From what I can remember, they used to grow Cotton, Soy Beans and Tobacco. I remember seeing the tobacco hanging in the tobacco barn drying and going to the auctions in the 60's. A wonderful smell I will never forget, and I don't smoke.

 

[tractorshopper]

Looks like cotton to me too. Must be lower part of the state.

 

[V1Rotate]

Great photo
Welcome to TBN

 

[smstonypoint]

From what I can remember, they used to grow Cotton, Soy Beans and Tobacco. I remember seeing the tobacco hanging in the tobacco barn drying and going to the auctions in the 60's. A wonderful smell I will never forget, and I don't smoke.

Times have changed.

I expect that your Dad's cotton was still being picked by hand at that time -- it's all machine harvested today.

The tobacco barns of your Dad's day have been replaced by metal bulk-curing barns.

Most tobacco is now grown under contract -- a few auctions have managed to survive, but they are few and far between.

Steve

 

[torchrider]

Times have changed.

I expect that your Dad's cotton was still being picked by hand at that time -- it's all machine harvested today.

The tobacco barns of your Dad's day have been replaced by metal bulk-curing barns.

Most tobacco is now grown under contract -- a few auctions have managed to survive, but they are few and far between.

Steve

Thanks Steve. I guess they call that progress, huh?
I can remember my Grandmothers smoke house full of hams. Now that was a smell to behold.
Too bad so many of the old ways are dying off. I suspect folks trying to return to the land like me, will bring back some of the old practices.

 

[torchrider]

Great photo
Welcome to TBN

Thank You!

 

[cartod]

Awesome picture!

 

[PRF]

Awesome, nice memory !!

 

[creekbend]

Thanks for sharing. Pictures are a way to reflect on the past and bring back memories.

 

[LJH]

That's such a cool picture!

Any idea where the old tractor ended up? Did it sell with the farm (and if so, how hard are you kicking yourself now)?

 

[PMA]

This is my granddaddy. A little before my time but he plowed with mules. By the time I came around he had Farmall Super C and an Allis Chalmers.

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[smstonypoint]

That's such a cool picture!

Any idea where the old tractor ended up? Did it sell with the farm (and if so, how hard are you kicking yourself now)?

I think the OP is correct in thinking the tractor is a Case. Can anyone identify the specific model?

 

[LJH]

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This is my granddaddy. A little before my time but he plowed with mules. By the time I came around he had Farmall Super C and an Allis Chalmers.

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Another awesome blast from the past. PMA, is that in SC?

Mules are some of my favorite critters and that looks to be a nice big one. One of my neighbors has a sweet little mule and he works cattle with her. And she jumps fences like a deer, LOL! Thread drift, sorry. I love me some mules.

 

[LJH]

Since we're doing ancestors I'll add this one. I've posted it before in the antique JD forum but maybe some haven't seen it. Taken in 1945, my mother in the seat. (No idea where the tractor ended up, probably junked or left to rot in the field, sob.)

 

[Daver1963]

This is just my brother, but this is about 1959 and he was 2years old on my Granddaddy's tractor.


I have no idea what happened to the tractor. I was still 4 years away from being born and my daddy was in the Air Force stationed in Texas at this time.

 

[PMA]

Another awesome blast from the past. PMA, is that in SC? Mules are some of my favorite critters and that looks to be a nice big one. One of my neighbors has a sweet little mule and he works cattle with her. And she jumps fences like a deer, LOL! Thread drift, sorry. I love me some mules.

Yes sir, my family lives about 50 miles from Columbia.

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[torchrider]

Awesome pics guys. Keep em coming! Does anyone know what model Case tractor my dad is on in the first post?