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In 1974 putting up hay on an American farm meant a crew. Six, eight or ten people - neighbours trading labour, relatives, and every teenager in the township…
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In 1974 a small American producer with six calves hauled them to a sale barn on its fixed weekly day - Tuesday in one town, Thursday in the…
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In 1974 an apple butter boiling was an all-day outdoor operation and the reason was mechanical rather than social.
The mixture in a copper kettle over an open…
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In 1974 an American farm had an unlimited free supply of one extremely useful material, and an entire repair culture was built on that single fact.
Wire-tied bales…
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In 1974 filling silo was the loudest and most concentrated week on an American dairy farm.
A forage harvester chopped the crop green and wet - deliberately, which…
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In 1974 a lumberyard was an actual yard - open sheds and covered racks around a gravel lot, stock stacked by dimension and length, a small office and…