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Summer Restoration Project
My summer project has been restoring the ’47 A that has been sitting on our farm for as long as I can remember. I’m not sure exactly how long long it’s been there, but I don’t remember it NOT being there. I’m not completely done with it, but it’s definitely made progress! …
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John Deere Model A Part Two
After doing some research and finding out the the first tractor we had on our farm was a 1949 John Deere Model A, I decided to keep an eye online and see if I could find one. At first I wanted to see if I could track down the original machine, but after realizing that…
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John Deere Model A
I love old tractors, and I especially love old John Deere tractors that we used on our farm. I was looking at some old photos that my great-aunt Nola took, which contain a John Deere Model A. I would love to find out about what year this tractor is. I think it’d be fun to…
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Farming in the fire
Burning off the extra straw. It rained so we weren’t able to bale it.
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Branding
Last Friday my dad was branding some of his remaining cattle. Although a few of the photos here look a little bloody, it doesn’t hurt the cows any–it’s about like us getting our nails trimmed.
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End of an era…
My ancestors settled in Star Valley (Freedom to be exact) in the late 1800’s. Samuel Weber was a swiss immigrant, who came to the United States after being converted to the LDS church. Since so many people came to the valley from Switzerland, dairy farming was the source of the local economy. Since Star Valley also…