American Farmer (1954)

[@jimmartin7881]

Farming is the epitome of human existence, my granddad always broke things down pretty simply when I was a kid. Sometimes it rains when you don't want it to, sometimes it don't rain when you need it to, sometimes it's too hot and sometimes it's too cold, the days when it's just right make it all worthwhile. Some years are great and others make you walk the field and cry, but quitting just isn't an option and after all a roof, food and clothing is all you really need. Without downs you'd never really appreciate the ups and without either life wouldn't be all that interesting, would you really want to know what was going to happen next ALL the time? He died in his sleep after 96 years of living and he went out proud and happy, in his flannel pajamas, under his own roof and with a full belly.

[@shotpusher]

God blessed him✝️

[@dukeman7595]

Enjoyed your story Jim, God bless...

[@wernerempire]

Lovely.

[@thickhazepromo]

A real man right there, rest in peace

[@calvinhyytinen8540]

reminds me of my grandpa

[@aidencrawford3487]

And here I am, almost 70 years after this film was made, laying in bed, on the family farm, listening to the same sounds as the kid when he couldn't fall asleep. It's crazy how so much change has happened since then. And yet, some things never change at all.

[@teentraveler1790]

Yeah.

[@luisellamanesco1896]

Thank you autentic farmer usa

[@Ojb_1959]

My dad had an old Ford 8N tractor like this and gave it to me. She’s still running strong.🇺🇸

[@fredericpoirier8763]

Have one too, only the starter had fail me but in the end still running like its brand new

[@kmonnier]

My grandpa bought one new and we still use it every week or so.

[@Derekmartin20]

My dad gave me the 1950 8N. I still plow and everything with it. I keep her almost showroom. More dependable than the two ex wives and definitely works harder and doesn't complain 😉

[@jacksmalling4265]

I see a lot of older tractors here in the UK, I don't think they are Ford's, usually Massey's, but they run as good as new! Incredible manufacturering skill.

[@thomasfrye8996]

That's awesome!

[@woodwaker1]

Reminds me of my childhood. I was born in 1950, and helped my grandfather on his farm in the 1960's baling hay, taking care of the animals. A great experience for a boy, more could use this today

[@opera93]

Thanks, about same here, except born 1947: Dad selling Family Farm to Indiana in 1957 (;TriCounty Game Preserve), with miracles of telephone & Indoor Plumbing at age 10 for me !!! ……. **Interestingly, we had a FORD FARM tractor “about “that vintage( GRANDPARENTS HAD FARMALL H. & JOHN DEERE on their, Farm!). And, life is sure unusual &………

[@monkeybro162]

I help my grandpa out on his farm all the time it is a great experience he started his farm in the 50s when he got out of school

[@project45yt]

That's the life

[@ytlovey1758]

I would have loved to work on a farm I lived on a farm but close 2011 the tractor(john deere 6200) burned up in a fire and the 2 bottom plow with it which then stopped us from farming. The land was also sold in a will from the owners which was another reason. Recently I was able to test out a plow, rotatiller, and a disc was fun would have loved to use the 6200 hope I get a chance in the future. I might also be able to use a planter later in the summer to plant some sweet corn for the deer.

[@ytlovey1758]

@Busy Bee Farms That’s great! He doesn’t know how lucky he is. Hope he takes in those memories!

[@prayerpatroller]

I was this boy's age when I worked two summers in the early 1970's on my Uncle's farm in Kansas. This is an accurate portrayal in my opinion. I thought my uncle could do anything. Welder, carpenter, practical scientist, accountant, stone mason, cattleman, and the big-ist smiler I've ever seen.

[@shangpush]

Wonderful movie. What a powerful reminder of how much we have lost since then.

[@hunter7476]

Yea sad ain’t it

[@sladefad755]

Tread Knought I know man I’m only 15 and seeing how stuff happens now, so many rights for every new gender and it’s now like people are thinking that it’s discrimination against women to be gay. Sad how the worlds been devolving

[@M60A3]

We have a farm and one thing that has been lost by farmer is the consideration that they deserves by the public

[@xalted8111]

@@M60A3 This. I’m a farmers son. It’s hard work and machines break almost as often as they function. I feel like a lot of people just consume food without any thought of where it came from. The world really needs more farmers...

[@M60A3]

@@xalted8111 wow you have it hard Edit, we only have 90 acres so my father has one job in addition to the farm and my grand father help us a lot on the farm and is our trucker when we do our harvest but we own all our machines (but our grain cart (JM 750) and our combine (Gleaner R72) that we share these two with my dad friends that has a farm too so they split the cost of the combine in two. And field costs so much that you have two choices to expand, share the cost of the field with somebody else, or you contract a big loan for a field that maybe won’t be profitable

[@sidv192]

I remember working like that as a teen In Wisconsin, it was hard work but extremely rewarding. Nothing tasted better than fresh farm food, butter milk bread homemade jams and pies from a cook stove and what passes for food today in supermarkets is what those farmers would feed to their hogs. A summer of work like that you had 0% body fat and never slept or felt better in your life. Fresh water from an artesian spring and you felt totally cleansed and healthy. . No depression or anxiety either, just honest labor

[@hillert1967]

YEP! AND WHEN YOU GOT DONE WORKING FOR THE DAY, YOU GET TO GO SKINNY DIPPING IN THE POND TO COOL OFF AND WASH THE HAY CHAFF OFF AT NIGHT...WHEN THE MOON WAS FULL...GOOD MEMORIES ....

[@idesigncutethings2196]

Thank you for sharing. Earthy- type lifestyles promote good health. I've had a mild traumatic brain injury that I've been healing from for 5 years. Being outside in nature has been the most beneficial "medicine" in this injury. It is so obvious that we are made to be outside in nature. Not boxed up indoors. Yes, I still unwind with my smart phone, but I use it to read and look at history like this video. Otherwise, I'm out in my yard with my Border Collie or tending to my tiny flower farm. I take zero medication. In fact, those ailments you mentioned - depression & anxiety, the medications used to treat them, antidepressants, and anxiety medicine (benzodiazepines) cause movement disorders like tardive dykinesia, and akathisia. This is a relatively new discovery coming to light in the medical field that we are using these drugs to treat one out of 8 people in the U.S. , and about 30% aquire these movement disorders and an array of other awful symptoms that can occur when the medication is taken as prescribed, or sparingly, & they can take months or years to heal from. It's called B.I.N.D or A.B.I.N.D . It's a much bigger problem than the opioid crises. We're in for a world of trouble. Stay as natural & basic in your life as possible folks. Resources: the Benzodiazepine Information Coalition. Benzobuddies.org. Jennifer Leigh Benzodiazepine Withdrawal Help. Dr Heather Ashton, Mark Horowitz, Surviving Antidepressants Facebook, Angela Peacock MSW, Geraldine Burns, the film "Medicating Normal", the film "As Prescribed", "Pharmagedon" - Don Healey, "Mad in Amercia"

[@d.haroldangel241]

My hat's off to all farmers. With all the hard work involved, investment, weather and price uncertainty they face, etc., they definitely earn their well-deserved pay.

[@beeorganic]

You obviously don't know much about modern farming (I don't mean that in an insulting way). If you do grain farming, you're pretty much told what to plant- especially If you belong to the bureau of land management. The "investment" is covered by insurance and a plethora of government programs and subsidies. Weather, obviously no control of that. Price, that too is pretty much fixed as well, there's very little at risk. The old granges have been replaced by FS. Of course, then you have your corporate-owned farms. The farmer is just an employee of the corporation. People like Bill Gates who owns a multitude of potato farms for fries used at McDonald's with farmers as his employees. The family farm featured in this video really doesn't exist anymore. With GPS and air-conditioned cabs... it's like driving a charter bus. Post holes for fences aren't dug manually but with a PTO auger attached to the tractor. There are times (during planting and harvesting) where the hours are long but aside from those times, things are pretty easy. When it comes to baling hay, most are the big round bales that don't require a crew on the rack, a one-person job. With those things being said... it still beats sitting behind a desk staring at a computer screen for 8 hours a day.

[@Chris-yh2xf]

U make me laugh. They are a lot of family farms still in existence. We do have a lot of modern equipment but we still have long hard hours that require hands on labor. Not all farms get subsidies. I know mine doesn’t. Just remember this we produce the only product u can’t live without.

[@kesmarn]

@@beeorganic Ohioan here. You are speaking the truth!

[@65stang98]

@@beeorganic thats not entirely true. Hell i work on a family farm and im not even part of the family lol. Theres a lot of corpo farms out there dont get me wrong but 90% of ohios farms the state im from are independent. So saying independent farms no longer exist is just plain wrong. Theres 5000 of this guy in my area.

[@65stang98]

@BusyBeeFarms amen

[@warnistt]

That was my 16th summer right there . Complet with tractor lessons , plowing ,discing, cutting and bailing hay and the Farmers daughter . Best summer of my life .

[@charleslindley1596]

Where was this farm located?

[@almeggs3247]

Thanks I can remember living in Franklin County Virginia reading hundreds of small family farms being sold mostly by the greedy children and grandchildren to major corporations that now are in control of all our beautiful rich agricultural landscape! Now we are witnessing the reality of losing a whole generation to materialism greed and the worst of all losing appreciation for life in watching the miracle of baby farm animals being brought into this world! As a retired Teacher my best students were always those that were being brought up on a farm! They were respectful, intelligent eager to learn,courteous honest sincere and grateful!

[@dukeman7595]

Thank you for a wonderful truth of how things truly are today, I think you said it all and it's frightening. God bless...

[@steveanacorteswa3979]

And now Gates will own all the farms and give us GMO crops, get rid of our meat and dairy, we need to go back to grow and eat local, that is the only way to keep our lifestyle and heritage.

[@RobCalhounPGH]

"sold mostly by the greedy children and grandchildren to major corporations" Like a 50% death tax had nothing to do with it. Pa dies and you can't afford the taxes so the farm gets sold. It's not just about greedy children. Government treating us as tax cattle is a far worse greed.

[@Warny1969]

An amazing film.Truly a masterpiece.When family's worked together on the farm.Loved it!!!

[@Mrbfgray]

It's an advertisement, not reality silly. lol

[@GBaggellus]

@@Mrbfgray this may be an advertisement but this was reality. Still is in some parts

[@Mrbfgray]

@@GBaggellus In a glorified way, YES, absolutely true that you can do it today so those reminiscing should consider going that direction. Very few want to work that hard when it comes down to the whole reality. I live in ag area of farther N. Cali, I contract for the sector so I know what it's about.

[@victorcross5949]

It makes one feel quite nostalgic.

[@arctichare8185]

Certainly does. I almost cried at the end when he boarded the train.

[@arctichare8185]

Exactly, and many of the comments reflect that.

[@rabbit0664]

It really does. Kind of reminds me of the place I grew up.

[@martinlutherbling424]

@@arctichare8185 ; I did.

[@goldrusher7554]

Oh the memories of a time gone by. I wish I were back there now. There's nothing like waking up at grama's house with the windows open and the smell of ripe figs in the air as the lace drapes gently drift back and forth with the wind on a fresh, July morning. Oh, how I wish those times had not changed. But I still have them in my memory, and I'm so grateful for that.

[@alanroach3692]

I had the same experience as this boy had in the mid 60's. Very gratefull that the Betcher Family took me in for 3 consecutive summers. I will Never Forget it was hard work but a great time. I went on to study Agronomy and make a career out of it. Thank You for the great flick.

[@mommyseastar5776]

My two toddlers and I just watch the whole thing. Very cool! We love farms. I love vintage movies.

[@davidmckee5279]

I do too, wish the whole world was in technicolor..

[@blackfly56]

I’m a city boy but I come from a farmer’s family and grew up tent camping as a kid. I appreciate all of it. I mourn the loss of our family farms across the country.

[@unconventionalideas5683]

Well, never give up hope. There are definitely signs of a family farming revival in the future. Now we just need the right policies going forwards.

[@RichadTheLionHeat]

Excellent! Absolutely enjoyed it. Relaxing, peaceful, a break from today’s insane world we live in. I had to share this with my kids. To show them that our country has not been this crazy with fellow countryman who wants to destroy it. My kids truly enjoyed the film. The music was very relaxing. Thank you so very much for sharing. I have sent hour film to many others across the country and to my military coworkers. Thank you. 👍🏻😉🙏🏻🇺🇸🙏🏻🇺🇸🙏🏻🇺🇸🙏🏻🇺🇸🙏🏻

[@dukeman7595]

I understand, however, those that are trying to destroy it aren't our fellow countryman. They're an evil of the worse kind and have brought nothing but abominations to our land. We are caretakers of the land and our family; the wholesome values we hold dear are being stripped from our children each day. It Must be stopped.

[@skn9895]

30 acres a day! Wow. I can easily do that in an hour with my combine today. I have a lot of respect for the farmers of the past. My father, grandfather and great-grandfather busted their ass to make a meager living. Sadly, I will be the last generation of my family to farm this land. My two sons have decided that it isnt for them, and I respect their decision. My oldest is a certified welder and the youngest is in forestry. I've got about another 10 to 15 years before I decide to retire. My farm will then be "absorbed" into someone else's big operation and become just another piece of land to them. Sad, really...

[@ewanmacfarlane9195]

That's a sad story but it's good to hear your boys have got trades and are doing well.

[@trevorn9381]

Thirty acres in a day was a lot considering that only a decade or so before this video was shot they were farming with mules and it probably took them a week to do that much. About 20 years ago I ran into an old guy who used to work for the farmer my dad bought our farm from. This was back before WWII when they plowed with mules. He told me this 20 acre field we have took them almost a week to plow. They had 8 mules and he and the farmer would each start plowing in the morning with a team of mules. At lunch time they took those 4 mules back to the barn and switched them for the other 4 and plowed until sundown. I told him I had plowed it in an afternoon with dad's Deere 4440. I wanted to farm but my parents decided to retire and sold everything and rented the place to another farmer. They probably did me a favor because I am pushing 50 and farming is not as easy as it was when I was 18. I farmed with dad for 30 years that is probably enough I guess because I already have back problems and have had several skin cancers from all those days I spent working out in the sun.

[@donaldthomas5852]

Our family farm started back in 1850 by two brothers, one was my Great Great grandfather in Hardin County Kentucky. In the beginning it was 1000 acres . Durning the Civil War the Confederate army camped at the farm because one of the Confederate officers were kin to my Great Great grandfather. The next day the Confederates attack Elizabethtown which is only about 4 miles away. From the attack there is a cannon ball that is still lodged into the side of a brick wall of a building on the down town square where the courthouse is.Our family farm was broken up into smaller farms as each generation took over . When I was kid growing up quite a bit of the farm was still in the family divided up between my grandfather's brothers and cousins, but today only a small part 110 acres is left that's still in the family a sister and a brother and myself and my oldest son each have our separate parts. Then I have some distance cousins that own a small part. In two parts of the old farm has become Subdivions full of houses and a third subdivision is being built right across from my property. It's sad.

[@solarpanel8195]

dear God please let me help you keep your farm going. Its always been my dream to go work on a family owned farm and keep a traditional lifestyle going. Its unacceptable what people are becoming now... I cant deal with society in these cities anymore but I dont know anyone I could go live with on a farm. Its hard to trust people these days... You have to get very lucky to come across a family man like yourself whos had a farm in their family for generations and has respect/morals. I could give the same back and work hard in exchange for a room/life there. Seriously...

[@jthomp997]

Looked at one of your videos and assuming you're in Montana. I'm currently in Washington right now finishing up highschool but if you are seriously in need of help in the next few years I'd be highly interested. Currently helping run a good operation seed farm as the new owner had just taken it over from his father. Have a good deal of experience with new and old machines and varietyof crops from irrigated to a little dryland. Would love to work for you to help continue a legacy.

[@jimbo44cc13]

Everything about this video brings back so many memories. I worked with two brothers that were my friends back in the late 60s early 70s. There family had a small farm that I helped them with all the time. They had an 8n and a 54 Ford pickup, just like in this video! I worked with them to help out so we could finish up and go play ball or something. Then I started working on other farms, mainly bailing hay. Just like in the video, only putting it up in a barn loft was the worst. Probably 120 degrees plus up there. I remember it like it was yesterday. Hard work but the reward was a little money and free food at the end of the day. And boy could those farm wives cook.

[@shemmakanga2352]

This reminds me of the splendid childhood I had growing on the farm in the 60's. The air sure smelt good & we ate organic food.

[@donnadejesu4445]

Great documentary. I can watch these all day. A very different world today.

[@LTUDovydas]

The voice is so calming and nostalgic for some reason.

[@solarpanel8195]

back when people took their time and just came off as regular folks. now everything is so fast and exaggerated its really sickening what the world has become... just in 50 years... the 50s/60s was our chance to become a truly amazing country but we let it slip into the hands of psychotic billionaires that used their tricks to lull us all to sleep

[@bradleysmall2230]

its because his wife is dutiful and delivers on her wifly duties

[@maxcorder2211]

The young men who came off the farms to go to war in 1942 were a great asset. Strong, used to hard work, resourceful, experienced with guns and machinery. They made a difference.

[@kesmarn]

There was a news report recently that stated that 77% of American youth in the 21st century do not qualify to serve in the military for one or both of two reasons: they haven't completed high school or they cannot meet the physical requirements.

[@Smuggler169]

I loved this for so many reasons. I’m 48 years old and grew up on a hobby farm here in Ohio. I still have the 1958 Ford tractor. I liked the values, the wholesomeness of it, the hard work and the saying of grace around the dinner table. Travel was a big deal then; notice the young man in his suit and tie when traveling. Feminism hadn’t crept in yet and Mr Blassey was the head of the house, respected and ladies were ladies then. Gosh times sure have changed.

[@cdjhyoung]

800 acres was a really big farm for Ohio in 1954.

[@js_1995x]

800? Now that's alot. Must cost alot

[@cdjhyoung]

@@js_1995x In Michigan where I live, the going rate for farm land is a little bit more than $5000 an acre. That would make an 800 acre farm a four million dollar investment. For a farmer trying to make a living, 800 acres would be about 1/3 of the acreage he would need to survive. The successful farmer around me are working 8-10 thousand acres each year. A few as much as 20,000 spread across multiple states. Old McDonald no longer exists as a farmer. The days of a few cows, some corn fields and pasture are long gone. Except for the back-to-nature sort of farmers that have no plans to profit from their farming activities, just survive, the none farming public has little concept about the amount of money needed to invest to have a successful farming operation.

[@robertboyd3863]

@@cdjhyoung Granddad had a 1200 acre farm, back then was worth about $20 an acre , where I live in MI. no farmland is worth 5 grand an acre , one big difference, back then , they paid for their farms, now these huge corp farms are millions in debt, and will never pay them off. one goes belly up and another takes over.

[@cdjhyoung]

@@robertboyd3863 I see both practices around me: the guy right across the street rents his equipment, can't afford to buy anything. Land is deep in debt as well. Runs well over 3500 acres. The brothers behind me have 2000 acres. Except for the original 160 acre farm, they paid cash for all the rest of the land. Both are approaching 70 and are renting out the land now. Around here, they're sitting on about 11 million dollars of assets. Guy a mile over owns or rents 11000 acres in Michigan and has 17,000 acres in Indiana making him the largest private land owner in that state. A third farmer I went to school with is running about 17,000 acres (last we talked) and owns about half of that. It's big or get out around here. The 'little' guys are running acreages of more than 1500 acres.

[@robertboyd3863]

@@cdjhyoung Yea, the ones smart enough to have it paid off, are in great shape, but most are so far in debt , they will never come out ahead, many of them are going broke in my area, I'm about 80 miles north of Grand Rapids, I assume you are in the southern part of the state. One place with a thousand cow herd was saying he was losing a grand a year per cow, and milk prices have dropped a bunch since he claimed that .

[@johnshields9110]

This video bring back a lot of unique memories, as my Father kept the old times ways through the 50's, 60's; we did a lot of work by hand, including harvesting. One thing I know for sure, if he was really working a farm, he'd have on a cap, straw, or cowboy hat, or be sunburnt to a crisp. My whole family was Indian brown by the end of the Summer, and our tans didn't go away till about March, when it was time to start over again!

[@helenschulte4510]

My

[@Snooperking]

I grew up in the early 2000's across the street from my grandparent's farm in rural Utah, he does farm work not as a living but as a lifestyle, it gave my 30+ cousins and 9 aunts & uncles something to do keeping us all out of trouble. While i'm sitting here at college in the big city writing this I constantly find myself longing to go back home, to drive tractors all day and live life with family doing hard and honest work, it's the time in my life when I truly felt happy and the world was all right. I can't wait to finish school and go back to the countryside. As others have pointed out, this lifestyle is not gone at all, it's alive and thriving in sooooooo many places. They're just tucked away but if you truly want this lifestyle it's feasible for anyone to obtain, you just have to do some looking. It feels lost because those who live it have no reason to post online or share it as they're too busy out in the fields.

[@SnailTrading]

You're lucky to have that opportunity. Take it and run with it. You can be the decider of your destiny, the Lord willing it will be good, but that is true in any job. I hope you have a great semester at college and enjoy the journey.....

[@jamesanderton344]

I grew up in a farming community.....I used to think that farming was 80 percent welding and 20 percent farming. That old equipment broke constantly.....I learned a lot with an old AC 225 Lincoln “tombstone”. Lots of cast iron in those days....brazed it with a carbon arc torch. It was hard work. Better today...ask an old timer!

[@herrunsinn774]

Yes, the "good old days" really weren't all that great. Most farmers I knew barely could get by. You are right. My dad was almost always welding something. We could always tell when he was doing that because the house lights would flicker as he was blazing away.

[@100texan2]

Herr Unsinn at least we didn’t have the crybabies we have now. If a war ever started in this country the American male would be a push over.

[@cwalt4483]

James Anderton, not many know what brazing with carbon arc rods is about.

[@yzdirtbikes144]

@@100texan2 you're such a bad ass and yes, I'm being sarcastic because you probably can't even operate a tractor or know how a 3pt hitch works or what a drawbar is. You just want to look cool on youtube for internet points.

[@jamesanderton344]

c walt still have the torch handle but haven’t used it for 30 years at least....worked well, but it was easier to get an oxy acet tip into the tight spots. Haven’t seen the carbon rods for years, just the hollow gouging rods.

[@alanspring8462]

Wow what a breath of fresh air, a blast of the past.❤❤❤

[@robertlambert7736]

I miss working on various farms. We used to ride our bicycles from farm to farm looking for day labour. This was the late 70s / Early 80s. We always found work wether it was cleaning stalls, loading / unloading hay. Milking, feeding or sometimes whitewashing a barn. There was always something to do some farmers gave you 5$ for the day some gave you 10. One thing for sure at everyfarm your lunch was the best meal of the day made by some very talented ladies. Damn thpse were good days.

[@krab9479]

Seeing that combine and then knowing what we have now is insane. It’s easy to forget how high tech farming today is

[@A.C._Taylor]

I spent the summers growing up on my aunt and uncle's farm back in the 70's and 80's here in Alberta, Canada. It was a mixed operation and at the time, I did not appreciate it as much as I do now. While I was milking cows, collecting eggs, acclimating the weaner pigs, grinding chop, cleaning out the barns, and tending the garden just to name a few chores, my friends were going all over the world during their summer vacations. I was often jealous of that. Now, that I am older, I look back wantonly for the past to return. Oh how time can change one's priorities for what's important in life.

[@bldlightpainting]

The American Farmer used to be like any other country boy, that is, they knew how to repair and even manufacture most anything they needed. Self-sufficiency was the name of the game, not dependent upon government handouts.

[@timvandenbrink4461]

My Mother grew up like this in Western Michigan. She has very fond memories of it.

[@MissionaryInMexico]

Even though this tractor is a Ford, it reminds me a lot of the Canadian made 1956 Massey Harris 4 cylinder, 28 horsepower gasoline powered tractor we had on our farm. It was our primary tractor. That tractor did everything for us. It plowed and disked all of our gardens and fields. With the trailer, we harvested with it, we also began cutting our 30 full cords of firewood per year on the property to fuel our two Ashley Wood Burners that kept our house warm in the 6 month long winter near the Canadian border. I loved the occasional trips to Canada and New York, Cleveland, Pittsburg, Kansas City... I sure miss the self subsistence farming practices, canning fruits and vegetables, 500 Mason jars of apples and apple sauce every year from our dozen apple trees. We wrapped apples in newspaper and put them down in the basement in bins, away from sunlight. We also wrapped our 3 pound baking potatoes In newspaper and put them in a bin beside the apples. Our dairy farmer neighbor rented the top fields from us to grow trefoil, timothy , fescue and wheat for silage for his 125 cows. He had a number of fields on his own acreage, but man did those cows eat a lot. He leased hay bale land from many neighbors to support his cows. We had animals, too, 3 dogs, a number of "ratting cats," a horse, meat chickens and laying hens, in separate coops, and a few cows in our own barn. Lightning struck our barn and caught it on fire, burning it to the ground and killing our cows. Our neighbors helped us out with whatever we needed to get things going. We had a huge woods at the back of our property where I would send a lot of time squirrel, grouse, rabbit, raccoon and deer hunting. A 4 foot wide trout stream ran the full length of our property. It sprang up from the ground a mile away, joining several tiny tributaries by the time it met our property line.. Fish and Wildlife stocked it with 2500 trout every year, and I put more than 200 of them per year on our family dinner table. I always took a bag with me to pick wild strawberries, elderberries, blackberries, red gooseberries and red raspberries on my way back from from fishing. I'm a big guy now, in shape and over 260 pounds. Growing up on the farm, I was small, and extraordinarily strong. We split 30 full cords of firewood by hand every year. WE harvested ALL of our fruits, grains and vegetables by hand, including planting and digging up our 10 acres of baking potatoes by hand every year. And almost 20acres of corn. My dad believed in the time tested practice of exercise and hard work. I only weighed 135 pounds at graduation but I was considered one of the strongest kids in school, bench pressing 230 pounds and curling 270 pounds on the Universal Atlas machine in our school's weight room, and doing the second most pull-ups of anyone in my school in the "Presidential Physical Fitness" week. We all loved that program. I wonder if they still do that, or did it give way to video gaming exercises? What memories... I probably need to write a book about it.

[@petergrandahl2386]

Ah the old days when people had morals and believed in more than just selfish gain. Farmers are the most important people in society. Unfortunately some think they're lowly ignorant peasants. We can live without doctors and lawyers. We definitely can live without politicians. But without farmers we would all die!

[@M60A3]

Most politicians , even in Canada don’t care a lot about farmers who have it hard knowing that a lot of them make suicide attempt

[@tylnozcn27]

Facts

[@benpark2658]

And the loggers and miners and well let’s face it the blue collar hand and hard working men and women of the country

[@mikephalen3162]

What we have are corporate farms, which certainly do not have morals. All of you who think the good old days were the best better think back to what it was like to live in a small town where everyone knew your business, where "morals" were something for other people to have, or were what you used as an excuse to look down on someone else.

[@brianarbenz7206]

And the farmer and their family stay healthy by going to the doctor -- no, scrap that, as _"We can live without doctors."_ So let us die!

[@nasimanjum6371]

I'm a farmer too, I love this video especially with crops and machinery arround the farm, I have visited usa, and seen the farming there ,now days usa have been much developed with advance farming technology. God bless all farmers of glove as they produce the feed of us.

[@leroysinstagram.2586]

kzbin.info

[@pam883r]

Love the hay bale comment..."began to think they had lead in em." I hear ya city boy! lol

[@richardcline1337]

That brought back memories of a weekend back in '70 when I was stationed in Virginia. One of the guys heard of a farmer that needed help with moving hay from the field to the barn. About half dozen of us decided that since we had nothing going on why not go help? That was some of the hottest and hardest work I had ever done but when the day was done it felt good that the hay was all in and we had been able to help a local farmer. Things like that don't happen much in America these days....might get their hands dirty.

[@robinstuyvesant7187]

Almost 70 years ago. I'm 67 this year and it made me think how many changes I've seen since I became aware.

[@PeaceIntheValley]

My grandpa turns a 100 in less than a month. He could be the dad in this film! He was a farmer on the Ohio and Indiana and state line. Great area. I think he had about 100 acres. He farmed, raised chickens and beef, and was the local postman.

[@cowboycody8094]

We need more videos like this now.

[@wb6162]

I can't watch this anymore. It reminds me too much of how nice things used to be in this country.

[@mtpocketswoodenickle2637]

Agreed.

[@vernonfindlay1314]

Glory day's, God bless their memories and the current farm Family.

[@michaelcollins8718]

Everett Irving Blazey (Mr. Blazey) of Canandaigua, NY died August 29, 1976 after retiring from farming in 1969. The son, featured in this film, resides in Gainesville, FL. It appears that Roberta still resides in Canandaigua. Haven’t been able to find anything on the young man that this film centers around.

[@clown3654]

thanks for the info! also where are you finding information like this i also wanted to know more about this film and such

[@michaelcollins8718]

Clown I found most of it in an obituary. The rest I just spent a little time on google looking up the family members. I wish I could get in contact with the son to see if he know about the boy in the film.

[@clown3654]

@@michaelcollins8718 i hope you do get in contact with him at some point that would be amazing. if this did take place in new York i guess you go to the location and ask around lol. well i wish i could help but there must be some other people on the internet that can help you. if you find anything else keep me updated here! anyway have a good day

[@kennethhook]

@@michaelcollins8718 Hi Michael. I'm the grandson of Everett Blazey and know the story well. Before A/V Geeks uploaded this film I did the same a year earlier with a full description of the movie as told by Robert and Ed Blazey - both still living. Roberta lives in Canandaigua and Ed lives in Lima, NY. For lots more information on this film as cited by The Daily Messenger - visit this video: kzbin.info/www/bejne/hl7LkGewid17ZpI Enjoy!

[@kennethhook]

@@clown3654 Hi Clown. I'm the grandson of Everett Blazey and know the story well. Before A/V Geeks uploaded this film I did the same a year earlier with a full description of the movie as told by Robert and Ed Blazey - both still living. Roberta lives in Canandaigua and Ed lives in Lima, NY. For lots more information on this film as cited by The Daily Messenger - visit this video: kzbin.info/www/bejne/hl7LkGewid17ZpI Enjoy!

[@joekeeling3379]

This generation of people are the best generation ever

[@cooperwalton3684]

Legends

[@akallio9000]

And all the modern millennials say "Ok Boomer" because they want the government to hand everything to them on a silver platter, not stopping to think someone had to work to provide it.

[@52BuickBoi]

My grandfather had that exact same Ford tractor and guess what? It's a coincidence because I was just riding it around in the yard earlier today as I'm watching this video right now. My grandfather's tractor was assembled 5-1-1947

[@BjornIronside12]

@@akallio9000You didn’t have to bring politics into this.

[@MrJking065]

I learned to drive my fathers 1954 Rd belly Ford Tractor at 8 years old. We used it to pull trees out for pulp wood and for our tobacco farm.By 9 years old I was driving the tractor to school. They were hard times but good times.

[@toreshammerecelt861]

RIP America.

[@philipengel6106]

Yep we're doomed

[@randomvideos3026]

@Ovine pretty sure back then atleast 80 90 percent of farmers where racists lol

[@Colinshreds69]

@@randomvideos3026 ok?

[@eboracum2012]

@@randomvideos3026 Absolutely. I'm sure you must be right, considering all the farmers and farm families of the period, whom you undoubtedly interviewed, to arrive at that conclusion. Your observations of their interactions with others must have given you an enormous amount of responses to research.

[@martinlutherbling424]

@@randomvideos3026 and.... ?

[@garywoodlief1976]

I did pretty much the same things except I grew up on a tobacco farm where we used mules instead of tractors I was 14 in 1954 and I worked from sun up to sun down doing a lot of very hard work I had a lot of hard work but some good time I will never forget, There are not many people that I know still alive that grew up like I did

[@solarpanel8195]

where did it all stop? like why arent we still doing this? I dont get it. How could we as human beings, allow so many things to just fall away from our way of life. Things that built young boys into smart strong men, things that built young girls into strong smart women. Its all fading now... the world is more corrupt than its ever been in known history....

[@BjornIronside12]

@@solarpanel8195It’s called living in a non perfect world. Get over it

[@solarpanel8195]

@agragg528 lol OK buddy. There's a huge difference between a non perfect world n some shit going wrong....and a Horrible slave planet that was CONSTRUCTED on purpose by the families in power positions....but ya it's def just random...lmao

[@ronin472100]

I must agree with that last comment...I truly was moved by this film. I am so very thankful to be living here in the Colorado Mountains, having great fresh air and so very quiet. Thank you, Lord Jesus!!!

[@solarpanel8195]

be very grateful i love when people are grateful for those lives. i live in a disgusting city full of prostitutes drugs and horrible human beings. its very hard to be around all this when your soul calls you to a quiet farming type of lifestyle... im saving my money to go off grid some day. hopefully i get there. god bless

[@PeterHonig.]

As a farmer, I am completely bewildered by the disconnect between city folks and their food sources. Most of these people have no idea how asparagus or brussel sprouts grow on a plant. Milk is something they buy in a carton or plastic jug and have probably never had the pleasure of drinking it raw (unpasteurized) or even know what you need to go through get a cow or goat pregnant so she can give birth and be in-milk. They also have no idea that most livestock are quite intelligent. Our dairy goats know how to open gate locks and the lids of grain containers. They understand numerous verbal commands and respond to their own name. They are said to have the intelligence of a 3-year old human and are certainly smarter than any dogs that we owned.

[@JeffLacina]

What an credibly more simple time for American farmers. I DARE someone to remake this film today.

[@JeffLacina]

@The End That is not a remake.

[@timothyroatenberry1274]

I thank all the farmer out there ! This is 24/7 job thank you !

[@datboi1026]

man, this is a great short film. I don’t really understand why I’m so fascinated with how life was 70 years ago, but I really wish I could experience it, since today we have all this technology. I feel like back then you would learn so many actual life skills, things you would carry with you for the rest of your life like fixing an engine or building a shed. Fixing things definitely is a big one, now if something is broke we’d have to take it to a repair shop for it to be fixed, because the average person doesn’t know how. We would probably just throw away the broken item, because again we wouldn’t know what to do with it. Back then family also was a lot closer, even if it was just a letter every month and maybe a phone call. Now I may only write a letter once a year, and the rest may just be over the phone. If I wanted to get a job at 14 back then, any place probably would train me or just find something for me to help out with for a few bucks (or cents, because inflation) and when I turned 15 or 16 they’d hopefully have a spot for me. Now I would have to apply and hope my resume is good enough with next to zero life experience to get the job. We do have it easier though, in terms of not having to do manual labor for hours on end, but a college education is much more expensive and is pretty much said to be “required” to get a well paying job now, if you don’t start a business or pick up a trade. You could become well off and work your way up as a manager, but degrees now can land you a spot wherever they want someone with one. I don’t really know how stuff like that worked back then, but times have changed a ton, and the youth of today really take having it easy with all this technology and computers for granted. Especially with working, I know some things in that aspect have come a long way.

[@solarpanel8195]

You feel a connection to it because you're probably a smart person and your brain/dna/everything inside of you, tells you THIS way of life is Right. And our current way is just Not right at all... I mean humans lived for thousands of years pretty much like this. and now everything is different. Like we had common themes across the board- You worked Generally with family, the work you did was generally to directly benefit you and your family like growing foods and breeding animals, We all lived simpler lives with not so much crap going on- doing a lot of things together and doing things on our own, fixing our own things, having more solid morals because you couldnt do things behind peoples backs that much until technology came out. Its like people can do or say anything they want now and have 0 accountability. Now life is reaaallly changing, for the worse. Why you think the rate of suicides is sky high. We arent living how a human being was meant to live...our DNA is FIGHTING this lifestyle... my end goal to my life- is to save up and buy some land and go live off grid. Imagine the shock my ancestors would feel if I told them, that I actually CANT go live off grid growing my own food and all that right now no matter how bad I wanted to. I have to save up buy the land and set it up. If society keeps going in this direction things will only get worse mark my words...

[@klumpytheklown3798]

1:40 That screen door sound brought back tons of memories.

[@jacobeksor6088]

I’m Montagnards indigenous live in North Carolina I grew up on farm, I miss farmer so much .

[@daveknepp7718]

Thanks for helping us in Vietnam.

[@eboracum2012]

Yes. Think I remember seeing some Vietnamese people in Western NC when I was growing up. Asheville, Morganton, Spruce Pine and Marion.

[@lordfarquar9215]

Sometimes youtube recommends something that you knew you needed but youve never seen it before. So youre lost in wonder and hope and a little fear.. its okay to cry on a good day.

[@Cougracer67]

The tractor in the first scenes is already at least two years old. 1952 was the last year for that model (8N along with very similar but older 2N and 9N). Yet even now in 2020 (69 to 81 years later) these tractors are still working and are still plentiful. Just drive through a farming area and look around the buildings. They are there!

[@victorcastle1840]

Cougracer67: My first tractor was a 1953 8N ford ! Unless they made a fake tag and cast iron block.

[@genehand5030]

i have 53 and 54 jubilee complete restored runs like new

[@tonydoggett7627]

I’m still using a 1951 TEA-20 Ferguson in Australia. Still does a good days work at minimum cost. (it has always been undercover and I’m the third owner)

[@Just1American1966]

I grew up in a trailer park in what was then a rural area in Florida. The park was surrounded on three sides by farms (the fourth by a then-new interstate highway), and my first job, at 14, was on one of them. I mostly worked the citrus and nursery side. I thought I hated it back then, but would love to get back into it now, some forty years later..

[@BRI33NOR]

Born and raised on a farm, 1941. The WW2 was taking its toll. Farmers were important as food was scarce. I learned to drive tractors at an early age. We had binders, reapers for grass, hay was lifted onto horse drawn wagons, fuel was needed for fighting vehicles. Stuff was stacked in stack yards and threshed by large several piece threshing machines-at a later date. Lots of jobs were done by females, Land Army Girls, men were often away fighting. Us kids were given time off school to help with harvesting etc, tatie picking etc. After the war food was short for many years, the average farm had maybe 15 workers, more at busy times,harvesting etc. As I grew up a combine harvester appeared, balers, bigger tractors, things changed in ways of marketing. Farms began to specialise instead of doing a bit of everything. Small farms were bought out by insurance companies, the Church etc. Managers took over, men were not needed as much and the villages either died or became homes for folks who worked in towns etc. Eventually it became large farms who used a lot of contract labour now and again. My family had been connected with farming way back in history, gradually we all found other ways to live, other places to settle. Had to learn new ways. Some ways life became better, some ways it wasn't. Not much choice, it was progress ?

[@sallynolan5928]

I thoroughly enjoyed this film.

[@hfraat25]

What a nice film to watch

[@frogfinance4605]

"People don't ask for something unless they really need it. So when he does ask, you never say no"

[@1Calusa]

Brings back fond memories of Summers in Indiana in the early 60's, around Acton and Wanamaker where my brother and I would work on farms putting up hay and straw, putting up fence, helping milk the cows and feeling just great in having worked and earned a few dollars in a clean wholesome environment. Eating fresh picked corn and drinking Golden Guernsey milk. Those my friends were the days.

[@jerrylayton2425]

1955 nebraska city boy hired for 3 months $50.00 month. worked from can't see till can't see. room and board, saturday night till sunday afternoon taken home. 21 cows hang on milkers,separated feed the skim milk to the pigs. Best job I ever had, changed my view of life, should be mandatory all 15 1/2 year boys visited with owner years later, he said I was the greenest kid he ever saw. he never said a word then. $150.00 enough for a 1946 ford sedan 6 cyl dad thought best , but that is another story.

[@pam883r]

That is the best comment. And so true.

[@ECNRTube]

As soon as I saw the thumbnail for the video I thought to myself: "I bet this film was made by Ford." Sure enough the first few seconds of the video answered that question.

[@DaveCat469]

I'm currently working on the restoration of the Hathaway Cemetery, shown about 3:10.

[@AFRIKTODAY]

I am building a farming and equipment company in Africa. This is Gold to me!

[@mikehagan4320]

In my younger years I wanted to do exactly that. Sell Tractors , implements and have a shop. I chose to do different things. All of people I know who have Farm Equipment Dealerships, even used equipment have all Done very well for themselves. What they have told me is Work Hard. Be Honest and Be an Advocate on behalf of your Customers to the Equipment Companies. Best Wishes to You! M.H.

[@kamuzu]

Where in Africa......why so vague?

[@louisb7339]

How's it going?

[@mariuszmariusz5104]

Are you into the business?

[@AFRIKTODAY]

@@smh95826 60 years economically, but in terms of values and traditions, 1000 years in advances. But we are working very hard to try to fill the gap and develop our economies.

[@kockadokockekockica5994]

Prosto obožavam ovakve dokumentarne filmove. U Jugoslaviji smo imali svoju traktorsku industriju zasnovanu na MF modelima. A licenca, kvalitet perfektan, i danas ti traktori rade.

[@lostinmyspace4910]

This family is in downtown Cananadagia at the corner of Niagara and Main St. They parked across the street from where Skip's Custom Flooring is now on Main St. as of June 5, 2020. The cemetery the young man discovered in the field is in Farmington, NY called Hathaway Cemetery.

[@DocScience2]

At video point 20:12 the location is - (On Main st. at Chapin st.), Canadaigua, NY.

[@rajkumarbiradar973]

Heart touching docomentry.

[@leroysinstagram.2586]

kzbin.info

[@ztj-vv9zp]

This is what they took from us. Only we can build it back. Be fruitful and multiply. Live independently. Cherish yout family, your community, your culture, and your nation. Work your fingers to the bone and provide. Love God and everything he has given us. God bless.

[@kennysboat4432]

not with 7 billion people on earth

[@arctichare8185]

Who took it?

[@Stormdivision1]

Tor L you sound like a nazi

[@ddjohnson9717]

@@johnogara3029 i dunno that's why i am asking. They made America worth. They took it away. Who are 'they'? Russian? Mexicans? Chinese? A fucking ghost?

[@ddjohnson9717]

@@johnogara3029 tbh i would rather get a definitive answer. The republicans? the democrats? Zions? what is going on

[@Maci504]

Seeing these old videos keeps me young! 😊

[@beebop9808]

My favorite time of day was lunch break when we'd go jump in the creek and cool off. Rich people there with their fancy smancy TV. I never saw one of those till 1968. hahahaha

[@yasi5049]

nice! jumping in a creek sounds more like fun than watching tv (in my opinion)

[@kerrykurschinsky2451]

This is aa good video.. to watch,... born in "58"... I remember that era well.. as a kid.. I was very lucky to be a part of that time,... it helped to mold be.. in my "teen" year's. Team work,... and clock work... was a necessity... we got so much done.. everyday........

[@jameswest2019]

Great video. Looks like they were farming with a Ford NAA and an 8n. Impressive to farm that many acres with that size equipment. Everyone pulling together and bringing in that young man from the city for the experience of a lifetime.

[@robertboyd3863]

I remember when Granddad was farming 1200 acres with a 39 JD A and a few teams of horses,he bought the first NAA in 53 soon as it was available, by then he also had a 49 A and MT keep adding more tractors as time went on

[@1364jmb]

I have a Golden Jubilee on my small property. I've often wondered what her life must have been before I bought her. "Goldie" runs like a champ still to this day.

[@pam883r]

"Opportunity is missed by many 'cause its dressed in overalls and looks like work."- T Edison

[@cdjhyoung]

And usually smells a whole lot like cow manure.

[@ballardja1972]

Great video 👍🚜

[@nal2us2]

I count my blessings every day. That being said.... I look at these vids .... sorry 16mm films and realize.... wow what a wonderfully simple and satisfying life before technology and the internet came along!!!!

[@EtzEchad]

"I was glad that they liked me." As all four of them stand there frowning at him. :)

[@growlith6969]

A sense of loss when someone becomes part of your life, and then they leave.

[@arctichare8185]

I think they really liked him a lot.

[@cdjhyoung]

Most farmers possess a RBF (resting bitch face)

[@xq39]

14:24 Its hard to imagine trucks like that were ever new and in great condition. Im so used to seeing them rusted out in junkyards or with petina on them

[@ogitakasi3030]

That ford sounds damn so good

[@datboi1026]

My uncle has a tractor like that, last time it started was well over 5 years ago, was a fun time having it haul a trailer with hay for a halloween hayride around the neighborhood. Took it out in the winter, too, chains on the tires and all. Was a lot of fun, I kind of wish we would do that again. edit: I’m not sure if the car is a ford, but it does sound real good!

[@patalexander3702]

Most enjoyable! Reminds me the time when I was young!

[@jhenderson3037]

those tractors are still used today

[@overtaxed3628]

That Ford tractor from 1953 Ferguson is used in the whole world, Yugoslavia got licence to make them back in the 60's trough 90's by IMT factory. Today India use that Ferguson base for their TAFE tractors . That is probably the most produced tractor in the whole world.

[@jeffreyyeater1780]

I have one

[@mayankchoudhary9465]

Enjoyed watching that incredible era🫴

[@paulg444]

Thank goodness we paved over those farms and increased our populations 3x since then. Otherwise people would remember what a good life was like - Winston Smith

[@Declanmaceircc]

Ignorance is strength, after all.

[@wdmm94]

The first couple of minutes of this is missing. There is a complete version on a channel by Ken Hook. He actually got it from the Blazey family. He has a lot details in the description and comments.

[@MMMM-sm2rm]

Mrs Blazey looks old as hell compared to Mr Blazey

[@TheWizardGamez]

when marriage hits, all commitments form women are off

[@hunterjacobs2178]

@@TheWizardGamez damn

[@eboracum2012]

I wonder if she still had to use a mangle. Being a farm wife was tough and I'll bet she was right out there in the fields at times with her husband, but he may have had younger brothers and she, as the oldest brother's wife, helped her MIL. Lots of variables and age shows in some women's faces more than others.

[@trackpackgt877]

I used to mow my parents property on an old 1947 8N Ford tractor as a kid back in the 90s that tractor still runs today great video

[@cashed-out2192]

Credit Bureaus' destroyed farming. Easy Credit has to be repaid at high interest rates. Along with low prices and returns, and high upkeep.

[@Tigersfan829]

It's pretty much destroyed everything, our entire society is based on debt at this point. It will come crashing down again just like 2008.

[@zz449944]

Yep -- farm credit can be a very tricky thing to manage. My father, who saved nearly every penny and was very conservative with credit, almost got in over his head with Farm Credit back in 1971 or so. He was able to expand his dairy farm operation and build new buildings and buy new equipment, but the prices received for milk were not enough to pay the Farm Credit debts properly. What saved my father and the farm was a good relationship with the local bank. By utilizing 90-day loans, my father was able to pay back his Farm Credit obligations and still pay the veterinarian bills, the feed bills, the fuel bills, the fertilizer and seed bills, and still stay in business. Today, 50 years later, my father has nothing good to say about the Farm Credit organization -- he would have lost the farm to them if not for the local bankers who issued him 90-day loans. These days, there is no such thing as a 90-day loan from any bank -- the greedy bankers want everyone tied down to 36 month loans or longer with small repayments so they can make profits for all of those months. My father worked as hard as he could to pay off his Farm Credit obligations as fast as possible and never used them again. Fortunately, the locally-owned bank had full faith in my father and issued him loans whenever he needed them. The last time my father went to get a loan was in 1995 -- The loan was approved by the local banker in less than one hour.

[@cashed-out2192]

@@zz449944 Thanks for sharing your story. As late as the 50's, farmers took "co-oping" quite seriously. Now only one farmers owns acreage of land, How does he do it. Not only farm credit loans, but "guaranteed" FHA loans as well, and other farm subsidies, passed by congress, to enable farmers to stay the course, And often a bad one.

[@zz449944]

I don't know anything about how easy it is for farmers to qualify for government- sponsored credit these days. I have never explored it. Like my father, I am very conservative and am not looking to expand -- I do my farm work with the same equipment my father bought and paid for decades ago. Our newest tractor and much of the equipment is older than me. I stayed in business by contracting operations, not expanding so that any financial loss on one crop could be made up with profits from a different crop. For example, losing 50 percent of a crop from 2 acres is far easier to deal with than losing 50 percent from 200 acres. Staying small has many advantages -- that is probably the most important business advice I have learned from my father. On the other hand, I have an uncle who also used to own and operate a dairy farm operation. It looked like one of the finest and best run farms in the whole county. Fancy new buildings and the newest, shiniest tractors and farm equipment around. My uncle did not fix or repair anything -- so he called his tractor dealer and told him to pick up the busted machine and bring him the newest, most expensive replacement. So, instead of a half-paid for tractor loan, my uncle now had the shiny new tractor added to the financing of the half-paid for tractor, making the loan payments now 3 times bigger and for 3 times as many months. Anyways, in the end, my uncle owned NOTHING and the banks owned it all. Decades of playing games with his bankers and the government-backed loan officials finally caught up with my uncle. His bankers got the last laugh and now the bankers own the farm. My uncle and his son spent the next 20 years being EMPLOYEES on the farm they used to own. When I was a little kid, I remember at family get-togethers my father and uncle would talk farming for hours. My uncle would ask my father year after year when he was gonna expand the farm and buy new tractors and have twice as many cows so he could have twice as much income. My father always answered that having a bigger farm only meant twice as much work and bills that were twice the size.

[@cashed-out2192]

@@zz449944 Have you ever purchased crop insurance? Would you be ok, with or without it?

[@tommissouri4871]

6:47 - Finally gave up and went to bed. Wait until he finds out when he has to get up. :-) 9:13 - That old wooden ladder got me. I remember scrambling up those long ago onto tin roof two- or more story houses. I really don't know how they kept from breaking. 17:20 - Sewing patterns. I remember my mother and grandmother using these to make clothes. Today, most kids would be horrified to have homemade clothes. Nice old film, even with the skips, that shows a time that most of us will never know. I do wish it said how they did with the wheat after the storm.

[@dandavatsdasa8345]

Is Industry and the Suburban way failing? Is it time to return to the Family Farm? Some households are making a living with 5 acres or less. Thank you for sharing helpful and informative videos!

[@isaaczackary364]

this reminds me of my first job. my boss knows everything there is to know about self sufficiency, and taught me how to drive, care for plants, fix a pipe, work with costumers, and work construction. he's one of my best friends still

[@jerrycannonjr.7492]

19:42 boy on the right has muscles from hard work

[@DF13939]

I remember the sound of that tractor when my dad used one at my grandmas house preparing the garden. We followed behind when he plowed gathering up the worms to go fishing.

[@OceanicGyogō]

Really good video. How the world used to be so hard working and pure at heart. Now well 🤷‍♂️🤷‍♂️😢😢😢

[@NorwoodingSkullMask]

Watching this while listening to "Meanwhile Back at Mama's" by Tim McGraw almost brings me to tears.

[@danmcguire7728]

Long before cell phones, cable, life was simple and great. I would love to live those years.

[@davidhakes5141]

I remember seeing this film when I was in school. First, in elementary school, and then in high school ag class. And then, recently, after I got my phone, the one I'm typing on now, this film rolled back around.

[@alyssacrofut8767]

I want this kind of life someday Nice and simple not complicated by alot of the outside world

[@yzdirtbikes144]

That's not going to happen. This kind of farming is dead and if you tried it you will just lose money. Think about the cost of land, seed, fertilizer, equipment. It's a nice thought but if you tried this today you'll lose money. The only way this would be sustainable is if you did it for yourself and didn't try to profit from it and even then....youre still losing money no matter how nice and nostalgic it may seem.

[@mitchelreimer6934]

@@yzdirtbikes144 where can this not happen? i know how centralized canada, the states and most of europe is but im sure you could make a profit elsewhere.. it might be a big investment where you buy an acre for 10k in the states but i think if youd be reasonable its not this dumb idea

[@jeffreyyeater1780]

Boy so do I .

[@brokenhammer445]

@@yzdirtbikes144 you could run a small operation with vintage equipment and at the very least break even or turn a small profit. I'm talking about something Under 100 acres.

[@arctichare8185]

Which character in the movie would you be?

[@Walter-lf6in]

Very interesting story. Thanks for sharing.