One of the highlights of my youth was riding in the flat wagon behind the picker as the cobs came flying in. VERY IMPORTANT job to a five year old, spreading the cob corn in the wagon so dad could take a full load from the field. My idea of heaven will be to help dad like this again.
Born in 1955/67 years old....this film is an exact replica of my life growing up on a small dairy farm in Michigan. What a work ethic my Grandpa and Grandma and Dad and Mom taught me. Love God with all your heart....work hard....finish the job...quit whining....don't put off til tomorrow what u can do today...be thankful. Wouldn't trade the life ethic for anything. Yet Mike Rowe reports that 7 million men in America are not working....and not looking.....spending 2000 hours a year on the screen.....2000÷52 weeks per year is avg 40 hrs week...what a pathetic replacement....the country is in deep weeds....and most Gen Z /Millennials don't have a clue.
I liked the farmers back in those days. They were much more humble. Not as much of a fan today. Most farmers in my area grow grain and buy show calves for high dollar for the fair. Don’t raise so much as a chicken.
Your not along was born in 1954 put on a JD A at 8 yrs old then a JD4010 2years later dad had 800 acres of crops and cattle..was a hard life ...but looking back it rewarded me with the love of what God created
This is when life was good, then the computer and internet came and f%$@ed that all up. I remember planting with the old ground driven planters, now you have to have 5 monitors in your tractor. I miss the good old days can we please go back.
Unfortunantly all the people in that film are probably dead...the grandkids inherited the land, sold it for a mint, and then promptly gambled it all away in Vegas...
I don't think they were check planting, so the announcer just said it wrong. Common corn spacing was 36" BETWEEN rows at the time, with a kernel about every 10".
It had it's own engine so all the H had to do was pull it. We had a Gehl Brother's self-propelled from this era to open fields up. It was last used around 1999.
How in the world did they harvest 600 acres corn with some Farmall H’s & a Deere 720 when I get tired riding around in my Magnums with AC??? That’s the generation that built America!
@@PaRoughandTumble My dad once told me that the thing the farmers lost when the horses went away was that the horse knew when to quit. You could work a team of horses for maybe two hours, then they would refused to work anymore until they had a break, some grazing, water and a bit of rest. The farmer, if he was smart, did the same. Sundown meant the work day was over. Not anymore.
@@555Jordan The farm is still in the family. Pennsylvania did aerial photography every 10 years starting in 1937 its interesting to see the progress the farm made over the years. It went from a substance farm to a market farm and now back to a hobby farm/ substance farm. We still had mules and oxen we played with. But anytime real work was done in the field. I was on a International 866.
One of the highlights of my youth was riding in the flat wagon behind the picker as the cobs came flying in. VERY IMPORTANT job to a five year old, spreading the cob corn in the wagon so dad could take a full load from the field. My idea of heaven will be to help dad like this again.
Born in 1955/67 years old....this film is an exact replica of my life growing up on a small dairy farm in Michigan. What a work ethic my Grandpa and Grandma and Dad and Mom taught me. Love God with all your heart....work hard....finish the job...quit whining....don't put off til tomorrow what u can do today...be thankful. Wouldn't trade the life ethic for anything. Yet Mike Rowe reports that 7 million men in America are not working....and not looking.....spending 2000 hours a year on the screen.....2000÷52 weeks per year is avg 40 hrs week...what a pathetic replacement....the country is in deep weeds....and most Gen Z /Millennials don't have a clue.
I liked the farmers back in those days. They were much more humble. Not as much of a fan today. Most farmers in my area grow grain and buy show calves for high dollar for the fair. Don’t raise so much as a chicken.
Your not along was born in 1954 put on a JD A at 8 yrs old then a JD4010 2years later dad had 800 acres of crops and cattle..was a hard life ...but looking back it rewarded me with the love of what God created
Did you inherit the farm?
@@deepmarsh yes....I'm the 4th gen.on the land. My 2 sons are 5th generation. My grandsons will be 6th.....if America survives.
All good except the God part
Wish we were still in that era!
Me too. Just look at that stock trailer and semi! And corn picking was THE was to harvest corn. So much cooler.
Great video! I would love to have a time machine and go back to those days!
You and me both
Seeing those white faced herefords brings back a lot of memories!!!
another big issue in this video is the thriving American small town. That is one of the biggest casualties of Corporate farming.
Brings back good memories for our farm.
Got to love the short cattle from 1950s not so today now we're shipping 1400 pounders if not more
This is when life was good, then the computer and internet came and f%$@ed that all up. I remember planting with the old ground driven planters, now you have to have 5 monitors in your tractor. I miss the good old days can we please go back.
Yes, you can go back to that any time you want to.
I second that. I've just lost 3 days work due to a malfunctioning DEF system on a new combine.
@@rotunda57 yes cause those combines will destroy the world without that piss tank . Hate that stuff!
Wonderful - God Bless that family I hope they prosper on to today
so cool I was born in 1960. memories !!!
Wonderful video. The 1st corn picker I run was a MF self propelled like in the video. Thank You
We had 10,000 acres of corn upstate NY for silage to feed our milk cows.
Dam 600 acers in the 60s woulda been huge
Same size as it is today.
@@ralphllivrah9551 600 today is not really a "big farm" pretty common size today
@@jacksperf8003 shit in Illinois and iowa those are smaller farmers
I agree. It’s hard to think he could knock out those acres with that equipment. Didn’t even have a radio.
@@farmingfishingfamilyontari2814 but then my gpa was happy to have his corn planted memorial day and beans in by june 15th
150 acres In a day was huge back them now we do 300 on a good day. Crazy how far we have come
Not as far as they had come from the farmers of 60+ years before them.
The town they show is Sycamore, IL
Thanks. I wondered. Figured IL. or Iowa.
Planting 600 acres with that planter wasn't nowhere near as slow as picking with 2 row combine!
i love the good olds videos its all moving to fast now,back then it all took its time,
Well things have changed abit 15 arces a day now it's closer too 15 arces an hour.
Closer to 15 acres per 15 min
Amazing how far apart corn use to be planted. Those were some damn good looking ears though. Wonder what herbicides were around back then 🤔
I thought they were some darn good looking ears also. Im sure it was probably just Atrazine.
@@PeytonHaffner I know 2-4-D was around then. Not sure Atrazine goes back that far. 🤔
Unfortunantly all the people in that film are probably dead...the grandkids inherited the land, sold it for a mint, and then promptly gambled it all away in Vegas...
Well, they didn't have to gamble it away in Vegas. Maybe some bought Apple or Amazon stock when it was super cheap, and retired multimillionaires? lol
That’s what going on my neck of the woods right now, it’s sad.
Don't know if I believe planting 150 acres a day with that setup
No cabs no air conditions no heat
600 acres in 1960 was a big farm.
my great grandfather did 560 in the 1950s with 2 8ns and a 9n
1 plant every 3 feet? We’ve come a long way!
I don't think they were check planting, so the announcer just said it wrong. Common corn spacing was 36" BETWEEN rows at the time, with a kernel about every 10".
@@rotunda57 Yeah it was probably 38" rows, but that seed population? Wow.
Dad had this same planter ...we planted about 1200 acres ...never did 160 acres in one day but it was an interesting planter
I was gonna say, you'd probably have to plant for 20 hours straight without stopping to plant 160 acres with that planter
Yep - that hit me as too much as well. We still have a 60 John Deere tractor that looks like the one in the video
I would have loved to do all that back then I wish the equipment never changed
Looked like two four row planters one attached to each side of the tractor
That's how you got 8 rows. The first 6 row planter came out in 1957, 8 rows years later.
an 8 row planter!! who'd a thought!!!
Really enjoyed this snapper gaming.New subscriber.This was one extremely busy farm family!
Welcome aboard!
When corn wasn’t drowned in round up
I’m 67 memories
Wow a 1960s BTO!!
the foundation of this country
a farmall h on a corn chopper thats awesome
Fox chopper. What we always ran.
It had it's own engine so all the H had to do was pull it. We had a Gehl Brother's self-propelled from this era to open fields up. It was last used around 1999.
Pretty Herefords
Yep that is the it was the way my grandpa and my dad and me done it
The real eye opener is how lean farmers were back then. Today all the older ones seem to be overweight or obese.
wow when corn headers had 2 rows
They don't mention the hay that the cattle will eat.
IOWA dad joke of the day
[Q] @ what time,do DUCKS wake up? [A] at the QUACK of dawn
Watching this was really awesome it also reminds me of how great our country was before all this political nonsense of today's United States
How in the world did they harvest 600 acres corn with some Farmall H’s & a Deere 720 when I get tired riding around in my Magnums with AC??? That’s the generation that built America!
My farther said the best day on the farm that he remembered was the day when the F-20 came and the horses left.
From my experience, 16 hour days and dry ones at that. You certainly don't waste any time on frivolities like a full night's sleep.
@@PaRoughandTumble My dad once told me that the thing the farmers lost when the horses went away was that the horse knew when to quit. You could work a team of horses for maybe two hours, then they would refused to work anymore until they had a break, some grazing, water and a bit of rest. The farmer, if he was smart, did the same. Sundown meant the work day was over. Not anymore.
@@PaRoughandTumble That seemed like a dream come true to them, but little did the understand the true cost of such conveniences.
@@555Jordan The farm is still in the family. Pennsylvania did aerial photography every 10 years starting in 1937 its interesting to see the progress the farm made over the years. It went from a substance farm to a market farm and now back to a hobby farm/ substance farm. We still had mules and oxen we played with. But anytime real work was done in the field. I was on a International 866.
He cultivated so no weeds would grow, so why did he use weed killer when he planted?
Im that funny uncle, is dinner ready?
I had to chuckle at the picture prefect family and the meal served. Says a lot about the social messaging of that time.
thanks!
Didn't see all black cattle Hereford was the ticket
Yea they plowed disced cultivated was no till back then an drill seed
I didn't hear what the yield per acre.
this is why our food is killing us now
Dont eat then and see what happens
Hill drop corn yet.
@10thGenerationdairyfarmer
Back when there were only two genders and men were men.
Ck out a video from a song called poor dirt farmer by levon helm.