Farm Collector

A Fateful Day WITH THE ROTARY HOE

The article by Duane King about being bounced off the blue grass stripper in the July 2020 issue of Farm Collector reminded me of the time I fell off our DC Case tractor being driven by a 16-year-old hired hand. As we know, preteen and teenage farm boys know everything and are invincible!

In 1956, when I was 8, my

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