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Why Not Use A Tractor On The Farm? - 1919 Educational Documentary - WDTVLIVE42
Apr 23, 2017 12:25:36 #
Architect1776 wrote:
That had to be really something to see. I obviously never saw my father using the horses but I did ride the last surviving one, ol' Dolly for several years until she died.
Sure was. Too bad we did not have cameras back in those days.
Apr 23, 2017 12:43:30 #
bcheary wrote:
Sure was. Too bad we did not have cameras back in those days.
Here is a photo of my father seeding.
Apr 23, 2017 12:58:38 #
Thank you for the view from the past. Them new fangled inventions! Where can I get one? Some of them look steam-powered. I like "the tractor will never replace the horse." I've never seen a work horse on a farm, except for riding. Ancient history. Soon there will probably be computer-controlled robot tractors.
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Apr 23, 2017 13:09:24 #
A relative of mine recently bought a tractor that has a guidance system with a GPS, and all he has to do is just aim it to where it's going, and the only thing he has to do is turn it around when it stops at the end of the field. I has all the conveniences of a modern car.
Apr 23, 2017 13:16:54 #
shelty wrote:
A relative of mine recently bought a tractor that has a guidance system with a GPS, and all he has to do is just aim it to where it's going, and the only thing he has to do is turn it around when it stops at the end of the field. I has all the conveniences of a modern car.
One day these robot tractors will merge with the self-driving cars, Rumbas, other household robots to become Cylons. Then our other problems will pale by comparison.
Apr 23, 2017 17:05:22 #
Architect1776 wrote:
Here is a photo of my father seeding.
Cool. I wish I had some photos of that era. 
Apr 23, 2017 17:05:57 #
salmander wrote:
Thank you for the view from the past. Them new fangled inventions! Where can I get one? Some of them look steam-powered. I like "the tractor will never replace the horse." I've never seen a work horse on a farm, except for riding. Ancient history. Soon there will probably be computer-controlled robot tractors.
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Apr 23, 2017 17:06:41 #
shelty wrote:
A relative of mine recently bought a tractor that has a guidance system with a GPS, and all he has to do is just aim it to where it's going, and the only thing he has to do is turn it around when it stops at the end of the field. I has all the conveniences of a modern car.
Takes farming to a whole different level, doesn't it?
Apr 23, 2017 17:24:59 #
bcheary wrote: Cool. I wish I had some photos of that era.
Cool. I wish I had some photos of that era. I have several hundred going back to the turn of the century when my family was still in Mexico and some during the revolution.
Apr 23, 2017 17:28:46 #
Architect1776 wrote:
I have several hundred going back to the turn of the century when my family was still in Mexico and some during the revolution.
Wow, nice mementos to have. What part of Mexico did they live in?
Apr 23, 2017 17:44:05 #
bcheary wrote:
Wow, nice mementos to have. What part of Mexico did they live in?
Northern Mexico, Juarez.
Half way between El Paso and Nogales go south in the state of Chihuahua half way between the US border and Ciudad Madera. In that area they had a ranch. They migrated to Douglas, AZ during the revolution because they had been attacked because they were fair skinned Mexicans and the Villistas were killing those they encountered, my grandfather was shot by Villa and his gang, survived.
Here he is on his horse in Mexico.
The second is the family wagon in about 1914.
Apr 23, 2017 17:55:36 #
Architect1776 wrote:
Northern Mexico, Juarez. br Half way between El Pa... (show quote)
Wow those are truly historical. You should put together a book about their trials and tribulations. It would make interesting reading. I am more familiar with the Douglas/Nogales areas than Chihuahua. I spent some time at the Southwestern Research Station near Portal in Arizona when I was studying for my Ph.D at UCR in California (late 60's to 1971) and in Madera Canyon not too far from Nogales.
Apr 23, 2017 18:00:26 #
bcheary wrote:
Wow those are truly historical. You should put together a book about their trials and tribulations. It would make interesting reading. I am more familiar with the Douglas/Nogales areas than Chihuahua. I spent some time at the Southwestern Research Station near Portal in Arizona when I was studying for my Ph.D at UCR in California (late 60's to 1971) and in Madera Canyon not too far from Nogales.
Actually I have several books they wrote first hand as well as several journals. The photos were from old negatives and prints that were being thrown out and I rescued them from the dump. Then researched them and had those still alive identify them.
Apr 23, 2017 18:12:08 #
Architect1776 wrote:
Actually I have several books they wrote first hand as well as several journals. The photos were from old negatives and prints that were being thrown out and I rescued them from the dump. Then researched them and had those still alive identify them.
Wow. Good rescue. Looks like you have a lot of material you could work with.
Apr 23, 2017 18:19:10 #
bcheary wrote:
Wow. Good rescue. Looks like you have a lot of material you could work with.
Would make a great movie from digging tunnels through mountains, life on the edge during the revolution etc. the exodus to the USA and settling in AZ.
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