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Friday, September 26, 2008

 

Old Timer's Days

Today's adventure took us to the Greene County Fairgrounds for Old Timer's Days. Much to our surprise, the entrance fee was $1.00 for 'old timers'! The discount paid for our bean soup lunch!
This is a 1924 John Deere Spoker; the first tractor John Deere made. The fly wheel had spokes, but too many arms were broken trying to start it. In 1925, the fly wheel was made without spokes.
Used for truck farming, this is the last known privately owned model in existance.
On the right is a 'Politician Delivery Wagon.'
Boys and Their Toys
There were four tractors, three John Deeres and one Farmall A, hooked to machinery that took the corn off the stalk, ground the stalks into fodder, took the kernels off the cob, ground the cobs and ground the corn kernels.

# posted by Martha @ 7:17 PM
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