Iowa Tractor Boy's 4-H Career (Continued)

Here is a picture of my Jersey Heifer, which was one of my 1957 4-H projects. I also had a Registered Herford Beef Heifer for a project.
I was the oldest of six children. This picture is from 1958 when I was a Senior in High School. This photo was taken on the front lawn of our Parents Home. The home was constructed in 1951 and 1952. The Youngest, standing on the chair arm now owns the Family Farm and resides in this House.
This is a picture of my Jersey in 1958. She had just delivered a calf at the Clayton County fair. On the previous day, her udder was more balanced and she was the Grand Champion Jersey at the fair. Difficult that believe that I had graduated from the Garnavillo Community School a mere three months prior to this picture which was taken during the first weekend of August of 1958.

An Iowa Tractor Boy's 4-H Career

This is picture from the 4-H Club Record book of the originator of this Blog. It was my first year in 4-H. My sibling Brother and I joined when I was eleven, but I turned 12 that first year. This Duroc Sow delivered nine pigs, of which seven lived.
This is a picture of my Second Year Project. A steer named "Ike." You can quickly determine who was President of the United States of America. This picture was taken in January of 1953. I recall winning a "Red" Ribbon when I showed "Ike" at the Clayton County Fair in August of 1953. My Brother had a Beef Heifer for his project. She was named Mamie
My Third Year in 4-H was devoted to production of Market Sheet. I had four Suffolk ewes which produced lambs which I entered as a Market Pen of Sheet at the Clayton County Fair. This picture was taken on January 1, 1954
This picture was taken in January 1955. You see the same four ewes, but somewhere in the picture is the Ram. Also note the 1949 Packard Clipper in the background. As you can quickly ascertain the "Iowa Tractor Boy," often took his project pictures in January.
In 1956 the 4-H Club project was a Registered Jersey Heifer. This picture was taken on Tour Day, June 6, 1956. We all had to keep record books of our Projects and place pictures in them, along with recording the feed that the project consummed and also the cost of this feed. Every year the Jefferson Go-Hawks 4-H Club held a Tour in June to visit fellow club members and to see their projects. We always had a picnic afterward at the Ceres Picnic Pavilion in U. S. Highway 52 very near our Home in Jefferson Township.

Having Fun In Iowa

Iowa Fog

Admittedly there has been an abundance of Snow in Northeast Iowa, but some has melted and here is a Farm Yard Scene from the afternoon of January 7th, 2008. As you can discern, there is an abundance of Fog.

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.