In the Beginning

If you are looking for this

or this

or this

or even this

then you are probaly ion the wrong place.
    BUT, if you are looking for this

or this

(another view of the same animal)

(and a few more to come)  then you might be in the right place.

      Can a person farm using 60 year old equipment?  The circumstances of my life hve led me to a place where I can find out.  And I intend to do just that.

    Here are some of the details:  My parents bought the farm in the early 40's.  My siblings and I have been right loathe to turn lose of the land, as land appreciates right along with gold during times of inflation.  The farm ground has been in the CRP program for 20 years.  (More on CRP later, too.)      
     I now have the opportunity to try farming some of it.  I have kept my old equipment for the past 20 years.  It was out of date 20 years ago.  It's really out of date now.  But hey, it still works. 
     Sixty years ago, a farmer could buy a new tractor for under $1k.  No more.  The plow in the picture cost $600, 60 years ago. 
     Today, one rear tire on the old tractor in the picture cost nearly $1000.  To buy new or nearly new equipment isn't really economically feasible for the size of my operation.  It's out of the question.  And beside the point.
     I have what I have, and I intend to make do with that.  The first sod has been turned. The first and hardest step has been taken.  On we go.  Tune in and go along for the ride.