[hoot33]

What a flood of memories you engender! Been there- done that.

A short anecdote comes to mind. As kids we used to have the job of pulling up the hay fork into the huge haydoor on the barn. We used a old converted mower and team of horses. Riding the hayrope as it went taut pulling the hayfork was a favoright pastime. My younger sister, always a venturesome spirit, was hanging on the rope when the hayfork 'stuck', causing the rope to quickly tighten into a straight line. She spun around the rope and lost her grip, falling some 35 feet to the ground. Thankfully she landed on her back in soft dirt. We kids about lost it laughing but I shudder to consider it now!

Have slightly different end/update to the story. My grandfather's farm stayed in the family and is now my most valuable and prized possession. Despite the 'giveaway' grain prices. Regards.

[2Trievers]

My family Farm ... MASH HERE &;-)

[tophat9000]

My younger sister, always a venturesome spirit, was hanging on the rope when the hayfork 'stuck', causing the rope to quickly tighten into a straight line.

Reminds me of my Dad storys about being a kid on the farm

One was about how he lost his index finger....It was pull off when the by the hay rope got wrapped around it.

Another was how he learned to run fast...he had no shoes till he was 16 and it was cold in the morning when the kids (15 total!) got the cows...

So whenever a cow dropped a fresh pie his brother and sisters would race to it so they could stand in it to warm up their feet!