Fall is on its way

Looks like the crops will produce well this year compared to not having a crop last year after the hail storm. I counted 122 pods on one soybean plant. That should indicate a good yield on our farm. Had fun riding along with our neighbor, Andrew, as he hauled silage to the dairy farm. Also toured their dairy operation and observed the process of milking three times a day to supply us all with good quality milk. Attended an antique tractor show and watched how field work was done with horses, a one bottom plow and a five foot disk. How times have changed. Had a barbecue with family. Dawn and Garry served up a great meal for everyone to enjoy. Had a good time at a local tractor pull. Saw many friends and watched the old tractors pull their best. Beginning another restoration project with a family tractor, IH 966 black stripe, purchased new in 1976. Look forward to seeing the project when it is completed.

Fun, Fourth, and Fair

Summer means driving our MGB down to the river edge and having lunch together. What a beautiful drive and the river's edge is so scenic. The 4th of July was filled with family, friends, fun and a potato shooter. Never thought a potato could fly so far. Kevin and June out did themselves this time. We enjoyed celebrating the birthday of our country with everyone at the farm. Another tractor ride was held by KGLO and we saw some terrific looking tractors of all makes and models. Marilyn was looking for that specific tractor as we wandered amongst the many rows of so many tractors. The local county fair was filled with machinery, livestock, and kids. Many memories returned looking at the round sale barn filled with chickens, rabbits, turkeys and geese. The barns were full and the quality of the show animals was top notch. We especially liked the kids and calves event. These youth are the future of agriculture in our area. One calf for each kid. What fun.

Summer Time at the farm

We had several projects going on at the farm this summer. Also several visitors joined us as we enjoy our time at the farm. Keith and Bernie were traveling north and stopped for some terrific Joker Games. I think the guys won the most. We traveled to several town parades with tractors and also watched the WMT Radio sponsored tractor ride just a few miles up the road. We finished the fencing at the farm and helped my brother, Steve, put another section of fence in at their acreage. He also installed a flag pole where he likes to fly the US Flag with pride.

Tractors and Parades

Our summer was spent restoring some family tractors. We completed the restoration of our 1949 8N Ford tractor. What an experience helping do the work on this tractor. The end result was as we hoped and we are enjoying that tractor more than ever. We look forward to completing the restoration of the IH 460 over the winter. Family joined us in driving several tractors in our local parade. In the future, we hope to drive in a tractor ride. The one pictured here had close to 500 tractors on the ride through the beautiful country side.

Back home with family

Upon our arrival home we were greeted with a flock of Blue Jays in one of our trees. They must have been telling us that we needed to plant new trees after loosing all our trees in the hail storm last year. We also had a swarm of honey bees in a bush that survived the hail storm. We were not able to locate a bee keeper to harvest them, so the next day they were gone. Tim has been freed from the chains that kept him working. He will enjoy his retirement with golf as an activity for him to do. Always fun to get together with family. It is challenging to be roasted by your mother and then given some ribbing from your sister. Tim is a good sport as he also enjoys roasting others.