I think Mom took these. I found her camera & will post pics of it later. SW
Putting up hay. It was common practice to set tractors up like this to run 'backwards' for shoving hay up to the stacker. Notice the guy on top of the stacker. Bottom feeder job. Hot, dusty and much dodging of irate rattlesnakes. Usually a wino or bum who got paid cash every day or two. You need 3 or 4 of these guys since as soon as they had a few $ it was hitchhike into town for a drunk & trip to the slammer. Pay them on a staggered schedule so at least two were always available.
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Branding. Me on 'Sleepy'. World's most apathetic horse but I never got bucked off. Mom & Dad's 55 Chev.
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Dad could rope better than the rest ( and was the foreman) so he got a noose around the back legs & drug calves up to where it got jumped, branded and de-nutted.
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Ahhh! After taking the saddle & blanket off, the horse quickly found a place to roll and relieve the itching. A common saying was that if a horse couldn't roll completely over, it was time for the glue and baseball cover factory.
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A surplus half track in use feeding cattle. These were a common sight in the post-war years. For some reason, parts were hard to find and they were used until they failed. Then drug out to a tree row. I know where 3 or 4 lay quietly oxidizing to this day.
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Another shot of Dad at branding. One of the perks for the poorly-paid cowpokes was a huge feed bag. Fried chicken ( ironic, huh?) spuds & gravy - jello salad ( which usually got runny pretty quickly and pies too numerous to mention. Iced tea & coffee by the gallon. Good times - good times!
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