pictures from this weekend in pa

larry@stinescorner · Oct 16, 2011

helped the neighbor dig his potatoes this weekend. First we had to move his old oliver out of the shed,its not running and the brush hog was behind it,I could not brush hog the patch with my tactor because the wheels were not spaced right and I would be riding on top of the potatoe hills, He brush hogged the patch, while I went to another neighbors to get his potato digger.Had to move a few tractors to get at the potato diiger. I took a few pictures while I was pullng it across the fields to bring it to the potato patch, He would have used his oliver 550 to pull the digger,but the pto is broken,so we used my tractor, The digging machine worked very well. That is his crop on my flatwagon,he parked it in his polebarn, until he puts them in the rootcellar, It was a nice day,I have never seen the potato digger in action,I was glad to be there.

retired farmer · Oct 16, 2011

Looks like pretty country back there. Who got to pick up the potatoes from the ground?

BLH · Oct 16, 2011

Thanks for posting the pictures, especially the ones of the Oliver potato digger in action.

larry@stinescorner · Oct 16, 2011

we stop after each row and picked them up ,his sister and bil were there,they all share the crop, Nice people,and a nice day, priceless to me

larry@stinescorner · Oct 16, 2011

that belongs to a neigbor 2 farms over,it was his grandfathers, My neighbor has one ,but the tire was flat ,and the tube was shot ,and time was running out,so we borrowed the oliver digger

VicS · Oct 16, 2011

Neat pictures, I have never seen potatoes dug with a digger. I have rode the horse and Grandpa plowed them up with a small plow. Thanks Vic

Case Nutty 1660 · Oct 16, 2011

very nice pics and thanks for the potato shots I have seen one at a sale a pull type but never seen one working pretty neat!!! cnt

fixerupper · Oct 16, 2011

Looks like that old 88 still has the electro-hydraulic switches on the steering column.

When I was harvesting wheat in Idaho I had the opportunity to ride on a modern potato digger. It was bigger and newer but operated the same way as the old antiques. It's like comparing an old threshing machine to a modern combine. The mode of action is still the same only housed in newer clothing. In that Idaho sand the spuds (and rocks) are clean as a whistle by the time they land in the truck. Thanks for the pics. Jim

ShepFL · Oct 16, 2011

Pretty country. I like the old Olivers and that spud digger. Been looking for a digger for a LONG time and have since given up.

Thanks for sharing.

Weldon K · Oct 16, 2011

Nice potatoes. And the crates they are in . Did you know that it is a crime in Pennsylvania and most other states to be in possession of milk crates? Crime punishable by fine and jail time. Felony in some states, misdemeanor in others.

http://law.onecle.com/pennsylvania/crimes-and-offenses/00.067.012.000.html

Tom in TN · Oct 16, 2011

Larry,

There was a great deal of potato farming in Northeastern Ohio when I was growing up. Many, many kids, parents, grandparents, etc. made money in the fall by picking up potatos after the diggers brought them out of the ground.

We would crawl from one end of the field to the other dragging either a gunny sack or a bushel basket. When we had the sack or basket full, we'd put a numbered card on it that we had been issued by the boss before we began. As the men picked up the sacks or baskets, they'd pick the numbered cards off them.

At the end of the day the field boss would count up your cards and pay you for the work. It varied from six to ten cents per sack or basket depending on the yield.

We were required to have Social Security cards. I got mine at that time. That was in 1957 when I was 13 years old.

Tom in TN

larry@stinescorner · Oct 16, 2011

no ,I did not know that
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larry@stinescorner · Oct 16, 2011

you mean you have never been to a farm auction and bought a crate full of misc stuff? you have never seen crates full of misc stuff at flea markets? WHAT happens when a dairy processor goes out of buisiness? Must the government come and destroy all crates immediatly?

Weldon K · Oct 16, 2011

As a matter of fact I have never bought a crate (or box) full of misc. stuff at an auction . And I have never been to a flea market either. I do not know what would become of dairy processing companies property (milk crates) in event the company went out of business. It is not a joke, stolen milk crates are a big problem for dairy processors. Google it for more info.

ShadetreeRet · Oct 16, 2011

I need something like that to get the rocks out of my garden! First time I've seen photos of one. never seen one in person. Thanks for the photos.

Harold Hubbard · Oct 17, 2011

Those pictures bring back a lot of memories. My father raised a couple acres of potaoes every year while I was young. We always dug them right around now, which (today) is my birthday. So I always spent my birthday picking up potatoes. I always hated that job, and still would, if I had to do it.

One year we had about 900 bushels, and Dad hired two men and their brother in law to pick up potatoes. Saturday night, after the job was done the three guys went out on the town. One of them drank some beer, then he had a few beers, then after that he had another beer. On the way home, he was sitting in the back seat of the car. He kept nodding off, then sitting up with a jerk, over and over. His BIL, finally asked, "What the heck is wrong with you, anyway." The guy said " I'm trying to go to sleep, but every time I close my eyes, all I can see is those @#$%^&* potaotes."

kito169 · Oct 17, 2011

Great pictures, Larry. I think it is really great when several folks get togather and get a job done. I look forward to to your postings. They are always interesting. Thanks, Rick

Nancy Howell · Oct 17, 2011

That"s a lot of taters!

greygoat · Oct 17, 2011

You can buy those (so called) "milk crates" at
any Target, k-Mart, Walmart, in any color.
College kids stack em in the closet full of
their stuff.

James Howell · Oct 17, 2011

Really liked the old Oliver tractor.

Digger is an interesting piece of equipment; looks like it got the job done.

Thanks for sharing your photos with us.

oldironman · Oct 17, 2011

I'm looking for a potato digger. If anybody near central New York that wants to sell one, let me know. Email open.

barnE · Oct 17, 2011

Good pix Larry. Cool to see what other people do in their spare time. Dave

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