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I'm the seventh generation to work the land on my family farm. It is pretty amazing to think that so many of my ancestors before me did the very same, albeit wi
by randomdata 14y ago
I'm the seventh generation to work the land on my family farm. It is pretty amazing to think that so many of my ancestors before me did the very same, albeit with less modern technology. The original barn and first brick home (I'm told there was a rough wooden home that preceded the brick one when my family first settled on the land) still stand there today.
- noahc 14y agoSomething most people don't realize is that it wasn't that long ago that we were still farming with mules. My grandpa farmed with a Jeep that had a PTO and a team of mules into the 60's.
- randomdata 14y agoSome still farm that way today. I know my great-grandfather was using tractors by the 40s, if not before. We still regularly used one of his old relics when I was a kid. The oldest tractor we still use today is from the 60s, purchased by my grandfather. I don't really know much about the farm on that end before that though. I should do some asking around.