Tractors I grew up on


I stumbled onto some pictures we took a couple of years ago when we were at the Pennfield ag show. While we were there, I found tractors that I grew up on. During WWII while my dad was working for his father-in-law, he bought a new McCormick Deering Farmall "H". I think I remember the story correctly that it was in storage or something until we moved to the farm in Silver Lake. He and mom started farming there with that tractor, but when I started driving tractor, that was too big. The first tractor I remember driving was a Farmall "B" which could only be used for light work. Although it was just a small tractor, I still remember grabbing onto the steering wheel to hold myself up to reach the clutch and brake. In time I grew into the "H", but soon there was need for more power as other equipment got larger. When dad brought home the Farmall "M", I thought we had arrived. I really thought "Emmy" was strong. I loved to drive her with her straight pipe exhaust glowing in the dark at night as we pushed to get ground prepared in the spring. As the need for power grew, the faithful "H" was traded for a really modern tractor, a Farmall 350 "TA" (which was new technology at the time). At that time, my mind got a little fuzzy because I was not as involved with the farming, but dad got one more Farmall, a 460, I think. Then he got into Fords. Still my favorite was "Emmy". Today that would be considered a small tractor, but 50 years ago she was pretty special. Thanks for indulging the memories of this old man. As my wife often says, "you can take the boy off the farm, but you can't take the farm out of the boy"..... 
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