Tractor Boy Memories

Here is an image of the type Allis Chalmers Model "C" Tractor that My Dad purchased in 1944.
Here is an image showing a Massey Harris Model 30 like My Dad purchased in 1951 or 1952.

Shown here is a Farmall 300 Tractor like My Dad acquired in 1955 if my memory is correct. He also purchased a Model 76 Grain Combine which was pulled by this model 300 Farmall, which I operated. This system replaced a steam powered Trashing Machine. I thought I was big stuff at the age of fifteen and operating a new Tractor and a Grain Combine.

Thanks to the resources of the World Wide Web so that I could acquire images of these three tractors.

History Lesson Number Two

Some time ago I printed an image of the First Gasoline Traction Engine. Well before 1892, which is the year of record for that accomplishment, a method of turning over the rich prairie soil was needed so a gentleman named "John Deere" fabricated a steel moldboard plow. This event happened in Grand Detour, Illinois and a marker has been erected there.
Now you know that the year 1837 was a turning point in American agriculture.

More Snow in the Holy Land

Sometimes you just have to blow it away.

Iowa Tractor Boys Work In Winter

This image tells it all. No need to say anything more.

One Thing is for Sure - A White Christmas

Seven Inches of Snow

Northeast Iowa. This is what seven inches of snow looks like. For all the readers who do not enjoy living in this area of the United States of America, please take the time to study this image. I have also heard that the plethora of Presidential Campaign Buses have had to slow down as they criss-cross Iowa in search in "Caucus Votes."

A December View

In December it is quite common to awake and view this from the front porch. The Sun is on the ascend and the good earth is covered in a mantle of fresh snow and ice. This is Mother Nature at her best. She is recharging the soil of the Midwest, and in the case of this view, the soil of Iowa so that the 2008 crops may flourish.