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    BACK IN THE FOLD

    Mar 15, 2024 2 minutes

    My pappy, William Easley, purchased this 1957 Model 860 Ford tractor from George Russell Farm Equipment Co. in Columbia, Missouri, in November 1957. I have the original invoice, which lists the purchase price at $2,276.

    The 860 was Pappy’s main tractor for the next 25 years, as he used it for tillage and planting, pulling a 6-feet

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