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made chop today with Mr. T.Eaton's

rustred

rustred

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got the old chop building cleaned up a bit and today was the day to get her done. loaded 50 bushels barley on the old dodge and run it threw Mr. Eatons , ( eatons grain crusher). 1950's vintage. this is the same crusher i used to make chop for the cows in the 1970's.run with a 100 'x 7 endless belt. was my job part of the chores when in school. even used a 1950 W6 mccormick the same as i used to use. 45 minutes to run it through the crusher by pail. good thing i had a nice red head to help me as she wanted some chop for her cows too. made the chop loaded her 20 bu. tote bag all in less than hr and a half. was a good day to think about the old ways of doing stuff. even cows liked it.
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Was a good day to think about the old ways of doing stuff. I think you just summed up why I still mess with this old junk. Every time I run my old equipment it takes me back to being a kid at home. Brings back a lot of good memories. Especially this time of year.
 
Cant u see her behind the dodge with the orange pail ? Lol. She pailed the whole 50 bushels.
 
Thanks for the pictures and memories.....

Sundays my Father and I would chop 50 % Barley / 50 % Oats..

Then run it through the steers.......

Bob.. Cold rainy day today........:(
 
Made me smile. I used to have a Dodge truck of that same style. And I used to belt my W4 to the Wetmore Hammer mill. The vie from the seat of your W6 looking down the hood, and belt, is very much like the view I used to see. I used to grind Oats/Barley for my cattle. Ran the grain in with a 4 inch auger, and the hammer mill would blow the chop into a bin.
 
Brings back a sort of 1 time memory for me.
Over 50 years ago, I was no more than 5 years old, Dad had the Wallis 12-20 belted to a Massey Harris grinder with the 100x6 belt.I do not know what the feed was (probably oats) he ground it to dust (provender he called it) to feed a few hogs. Carried to the barn in steel 5 gal buckets.
He had to use 100 ft belt to clear the door sill as the granary was elevated, the grinder sat about 8 ft inside and the Wallis had a low belt pulley.The grain was hand shovelled into a hopper on the second level, the one day I remember the down pipe from the hopper came loose and started to drop into the grinder, wow dad could move fast when needed lol.
The granary still stands mostly dry storage for junk but an occasional gravity box of corn gets stored, the grinder is still there propping up some junk, the Wallis is still on the farm in running condition, at that time it was just 40 yrs old. Thank you for bringing back one of my earliest farm memories.
 
Oh the good old days. I must of got picked to grind ear corn that winter day. It was dark and had the 51 WD on the Wetmore hammer mill. Had a load of corn on the 46 KB2 and I was shoveling it in to the hammermill. I would take the shovel hand and push it in faster and make that WD bark. Got the manifold and muffler red clean to the top. Forty years later a guy told me I did not have the load needle open enough. To lean is what made it get red.
 
Good to see I am not the only one running the old iron to make cattle feed. i use a McCormick hammer mill belt powered by the Cockshutt 50 or 40. I do have several of those choppers as well but have never tried them out. I normally use a gravity hopper wagon but in this photo I had the oats loaded on the hydraulic dump wagon. Probably a good 200 bushels in there and it takes a few hours with the pail to put it through.

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glad you liked the pics. only one thing left to do... get the john deere binder and belle city thrashing machine going maybe next year. if i can find helpers, i know the red head will come .lol. last used it in 2000 we had a pile of people here watching the thrashing . dads cousin even brought a team of horses and i also had my little restored w-12 pulling one wagon. had a bunch of tractors lined up in the field also.
 
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