Posted in Canning, farm videos, homesteading, Life on the Farm, tagged #farmstewardship, canning, farm cooking, farm life, farm videos, Farmall M, thankfulness on September 11, 2019| Leave a Comment »
I’m trying my best to squeeze in time to update my blogs. This is just a tiny start.
I’ve just uploaded a new farm video on a typical day on the farm. I hope you enjoy it.
Canning Apples, Baling Hay and an extra add on at the end
Posted in Life on the Farm, Uncategorized, tagged 55T McCormick Hay Baler, hay day, antique equipment, Farmall M on June 11, 2016| Leave a Comment »
We have 2 hay fields. Since we don’t have stock any longer we don’t really need the hay, so a friend of ours puts up the big field. He has all new fancy equipment and even a gadget that loads the hay onto the wagon.
That’s almost like cheating!
All of our equipment, on the other hand, is old – antique – you might say. We decided to put the hay up from the little field, just to keep the baler running.
Our baler is a 55T McCormick. It is a beast!
We keep it in the barn. It hadn’t run in 3 years. We weren’t even sure it would start.
But it started right up!
The raking was done with a Case side-delivery rake, pulled by a 430 Case tractor.
And that’s a 1947 M Farmall ahold of the baler.
And that’s my hubby (of 41 years) ahold of that Farmall!
There were about 75-80 bales – not all that many, but enough to keep the equipment running and to satisfy our hankering for a “hay day”!
Antique people running antique equipment! It’s been a good day. We are blessed to be able to live here.
Posted in Life on the Farm, tagged Cub Cadet, Farmall M on April 20, 2015| Leave a Comment »
