Grandpa's Old Farm Journals, Account and Tax Books (Pict's)

Beatles65 · Jan 1, 2011

Found these old Farm Books that my grandfather Vincent James Kean started to used when he returned from The war in 1945. The first book is dated 1946 and goes up until 1962.
They are really cool as my grandfather put down all of his expenses from farming and also put down what he sold cattle, cream, hogs, chickens and eggs for.
Some of the books are put out by John Deere and New Holland.
I even found an old map of the United States that was distributed through New Holland.
And there is also a Pioneer Seed add.
I think these are really neat because you can see what he spent on farming back in the day.
I hope you have enjoyed reading!
From Nebraska,
Andrew Kean.

Anonymous-0 · Jan 1, 2011

I've got the John Deere Farm Account books that my grandfather used from 1936-1972 when he retired. Plus every receipt for anything that was purchased or sold. Very interesting reading for sure.

MPK · Jan 1, 2011

I see one in there from John Deere that I have used.

Beatles65 · Jan 1, 2011

Yep, both those were put out by John Deere.

greenbeanman in Kansas · Jan 1, 2011

I have two old account books from my grandfather's blacksmith business which operated between 1886 and 1928.

I also have a small shirt pocket notebook of my grandfathers and if memory serves it is from around 1900. The neat thing about it is there was a place to record height, weight, and clothing sizes. Nice to know physical stature.

I have an account book from a small gas station operating during the 1920s. Many of the sales are listed as being sold to "tourist".

Also have a World War I Red Cross accounting book which is a little different. Local volunteers were given skeins of yarn and then knitted it into socks, gloves, helmet liners, scarfs, etc. which went to the troops.

The colors of and number of skeins were tracked closely to ensure that no one was keeping yarn for themselves.

Pre-teen girls to old men knitted in addition to those that one would normally think of as the knitters.

Thanks for sharing the photos of sparking pleasant memories. The seed company ad speaks of Garst & Thomas. The Garst family were friends and bought some of my ancestors land near Coon Rapids.

1970-1655 · Jan 2, 2011

When my parents both died, I had the pleasure of sorting everything before we could have an auction. They never threw away anything. I went through 6 55 gallon trash cans of every receipt and tax statement from 1945 on and even a few years' tax records from my grandmother. Interesting reading!

When I was about 2, dad bought a Minnesota State Fair champion boar. All the records were in there, along with several pictures and newspaper articles. All repair records and receipts on all the machinery ever owned. I could go on for ever. I kept a lot but discarded most.

Dave Sherburne NY · Jan 2, 2011

I have two copies of Farm Journal from the second year it was printed. They fold up like a road map. Most of the info is obsolete.

Grandpa's Old Farm Journals, Account and Tax Books (Pict's)

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