great-grandpa Charlie and his trusty mules

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Posted 6 months, 4 days ago

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This picture was taken in 1940 in front of one of our barns,my great grandpa bought this 77 acre farm in 1936 and had a chance to by another 80 acres for $1 /per acre ,but didn't,wow! Farm ground around here is $3-4,000/per acre now. Shown with his "tractors"

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1. Manikin, 6 months, 4 days ago
   Love Love this Photo and a Farmer works through wind, rain sleet and SNOW 24/7 ! Thanks for sharing this Gargoy :-)
2. Hedgewalker, 6 months, 4 days ago
   Great pic gargoyle !! Without these beautiful beasts life would have been nearly impossible.It saddens me that some people can't appreciate their importance in our history.Great Grandpa posed so proudly with his team...precious pic gargoyle !!
3. gargoylecollector, 6 months, 2 days ago
   Thanks S_P,BeauxPurdy,Hedge,toolate,stones,and manikin!
4. gargoylecollector, 6 months, 2 days ago
   my great-grandpa thought my grandpa was nuts when he bought his first tractor,he felt you couldn't farm without mules!
5. gargoylecollector, 4 months, 21 days ago
   Thanks Lee,mark,andmarcobabe!
6. neat.old.stuff, 4 months, 18 days ago
   Great old picture of "the good old days"!? I have pictures of my dad and grandpa with 2 of their horses and loved the stories that Dad would tell of how well they worked together. Also the story of the day he was backing a team of horses into a barn by holding their harnesses in front of them and bees from a nearby nest started buzzing around the horses heads. He barely got out of the way of the horses as they reared and ran out of the barn. And today we drive 2 - 300 plus horsepower tractors with a/c, heat, gps, auto steer, ect., and land is selling for 7 -10,000 per acre. Wow have times changed in agriculture!
7. gargoylecollector, 4 months, 6 days ago
   Thanks cindyjune,and neat old stuff!

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