Went out today w/ my oldest son. Our family is in the process of aquiring a 5 ac place. 10 miles from town. Close enough, but far enough too.

There are some beautiful sycamore, maple, walnut and oak along the creek dividing the property. We sat along the back tree line and just "shot the breeze" for about an hour, while looking at these trees. It was a wonderful day sitting there in the sun w/ the boy. Has been such a wonderful fall this year, I feel like I've missed a lot of it.

I'll give you a run down on this place if the whole deal goes thru. Comes w/ a '46 Farmall H and implements!

-- John in S. IN (jsmengel@hotmail.com), November 05, 2000

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I wonder how many people know that in the late 1940Bs, 1946 to be exact, Hank, John, Queen, and Pat - DadBs Belgian workhorses - were traded, even up for a brand-new Farmall H? That for $150.00 more Dad could of gotten a Farmall M, a much bigger tractor. We didn't have 150.00 dollars! How many citizens still cry when they remember the day the horses left the farm for the last time? I wager there are many of us! Good Luck John..There is a lot of memories in a Farmall H too!

-- JR (jr3star@earthlink.net), November 05, 2000.

How wonderful for you and your family, John! We used to have a Farmall Super H, 1942 model year, until husband was trying to brushhog a hillside a bit too steep (there is no such thing as flat ground here, or even semi-flat!) and the front end reared up and came over smack on top the brushhog, and then proceeded to catch fire. Luckily, dear husband, having many years experience riding our semi- crazy Arabian horses, bailed out and jumped clear of everthing and was fine. Was the first time I saw the emergency dismount used on a tractor, but glad he knew how. We now have a Ford 4000 SU, low and wide, sticks to the hillsides much better. Be carefull with the Farmall H if you get your place, their center of gravity is pretty high, and can leap over on you just catching a ditch or groundhog hole just right. Best of luck, Annie in SE OH.

-- Annie Miller (annie@1st.net), November 05, 2000.

John, sounds wonderful! Enjoy and God Bless! Wendy

-- Wendy@GraceAcres (wjl7@hotmail.com), November 06, 2000.

Our priorities have changed in regards to what we wanted a couple of years ago. Since the Queen had her heart attack, we've downsized our thinking a bunch. Seems odd, Smaller amounts of acreage are more expensive. oh, well.

My 2 older brothers only comment so far was, "Farmall, your a heratic" Happy Allis owners that they are. John

-- John in S. IN (jsmengel@hotmail.com), November 06, 2000.

Last week a man came into my teahouse to buy tea to take back to Arizona where he'd moved to from the Pac NW. We contrasted our favorite environments - I like the mossy, heavily forested wet side of the Cascades and the Olympic Penninsula. He loves the desert. "But there are some nice pines about a 40 minute drive from where I live," he said, "so I can see them if I want to." !! I love trees so much that I got to have them in view everywhere I look at home. I remember getting irritated with the countryside of southern Portugal & Spain because there were so few respectable trees, and when I walked up the street to the Alhambra in Granada which is just rife with beautiful tall trees, tears came to my eyes -- that's how much I love trees. 5 acres is good. Good luck to you!

-- snoozy (allen@oz.net), November 06, 2000.