Life on the farm

[ultrarunner]

Grandpa’s equipment was old from the horse and oxen days but he switched to tractor in 1948 and 50 years later that hand crank diesel was still in service and so was the hay rake!

 

[buckeyefarmer]

Maybe a repeat on this one, as I can't remember if I posted before. Dad's first tractor. He said he traded a team of horses for it. My oldest sister and brother. The dog's name is Hoppy. The building is where we kept our laying chickens. Used to be a little dug hole behind it full of water, I remember running little battery powered boats in it when I was little. Photo around 1954.

 

[buckeyefarmer]

The first pictures I could find showing our 8N in August of 1957. Cherry tree behind them is the big sweet cherries. The garage was also just built, it's now starting to cave in.

 

[sixdogs]

Yesterday was the big party as Dad turned 100. Had 42 people in attendance, mostly family. This is 6 remaining siblings with him
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You're dad looks as tough now as he likely did decades ago. He's not planning on backing down anytime soon.