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FAAFA – Plowing of the Past 1962

8mm video of a group coming together to plow for an injuried neighbor in 1962. Converted to DVD in 2007.
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  1. thegreenerthemeaner
    April 21st, 2010 at 03:28 | #1

    tough to find this kind of thing today as 2 to 3 farmers likely replaced all of these. I counted 43 tractors at the end and I probably missed some. The dog eat dog mentality has about taken the farming sector over too. But this spirit is still out there in places. I can remember when you didn’t have to be sick for this to happen. We just helped one another as needed. Can’t get that in a classroom.

  2. indy498
    April 24th, 2010 at 22:38 | #2

    @19mg94 allis chalmers 160
    soon to have a 200, 210, 220, and a D-21

  3. 19mg94
    April 24th, 2010 at 23:26 | #3

    @indy498 we have a 220 and a D21

  4. richjd630
    May 6th, 2010 at 21:08 | #4

    I would love to have a copy of this on dvd!

  5. OneBigDoofus
    May 14th, 2010 at 03:08 | #5

    Great vid,…thanks for posting

  6. kennedy6644
    June 14th, 2010 at 19:35 | #6

    Great Video, seeing it makes me miss my Father and his whole generation, I still have his 1939 John Deere G and of course millions of dollars worth of memories.

  7. mmmbeachlover
    June 28th, 2010 at 21:22 | #7

    NEIGHBOUR!

  8. derehamcentre
    July 4th, 2010 at 08:00 | #8

    Bloody good video. The only thing I can think of to say is that americans weren’t the only ones to do something like this. That great country to the north of you was also a great one for helping your neighbour in times of trouble. Just the same, congrats to the person who put it together.

  9. earlyhemidave
    August 11th, 2010 at 21:04 | #9

    Simple goodness. I like to to view this from time to time. It helps me to realize what we are really put on this planet for….

  10. bentonbee1
    August 26th, 2010 at 01:37 | #10

    one of THE best videos on the internet!
    Great to see all the brands of tractors…America at its best!
    Mike in Iowa

  11. Fullern90
    September 26th, 2010 at 03:40 | #11

    Reminds me in a way of my childhood. When I was 11 we had a huge barn fire and lost 30 dairy cows along with the entire dairy barn so the neighbors helped us with the crops and took in the rest of our herd while we got a new barn built. It just goes to show us what good neighbors do for one another.

  12. tractorguy58
    October 11th, 2010 at 13:43 | #12

    amazing. that is something anyone would have done back then and something noone would do today. i wish we could go back to the way things used to be

  13. lawnking168
    October 18th, 2010 at 23:57 | #13

    i have saved this vid. and i think that this copy should be sent to obama and ask what is wrong with this picture?? this is a icon of america and why we can’t produce our own things?? thanks to our goverment once again!! ps and greed. wow!! really got us to where we are!! god bless the farmer!!

  14. luckyran3
    November 7th, 2010 at 06:12 | #14

    wonderful video–i wish it was clearer, but it just kinda puts goose bumps on me watching this. all the various brands and so many of them. when so many got together at one time, it really was just a bunch of fun–made people feel good. i know lots of people today wouldn’t understand what i’m talking about, but it’s their loss. thanks for sharing.

  15. colinanderson2009
    November 30th, 2010 at 17:58 | #15

    This still happens but not often.I came home from work one afternoon when my Dad was sick to find 5 nieghbour tractors working ground 4 years ago.After my uncles barn fire in 83 the nieghbourhoos got together to clean up.The new barn used 2X 6′s on edge for the mow floor.10 guys came for 3 days to drive over a ton of spikes in it.Even in the 90′s when I tried farming myself I couldn’t have done it if it weren’t for a couple of friends that I worked together with.We traded work and shared wagons

  16. NebraskaCowman
    December 9th, 2010 at 02:05 | #16

    watch that kid on the 900 Ford. His feet are on the transmission cuz they won’t reach the step plates! And see him turn around at the end of the field? He’s done that before.

  17. TheTractormaster
    December 22nd, 2010 at 15:41 | #17

    hey whats the name of the first song ?

  18. moosiem60
    February 3rd, 2011 at 22:37 | #18

    @lawnking168 still the land of the free. sorry he cant stop you from farming.

  19. markhkromer
    March 3rd, 2011 at 18:40 | #19

    i have watched this before and i still touches me. i real like the end where the they are done with the days work and talking wish i could hear what they where talking about
    i would also like to say about the kid on the ford we had a 800 and let me tell you on them cold days the felt real real good on you ‘er feet and you are right the kidd knew what he was doing on that ol ford great video

  20. fcarp1685
    April 3rd, 2011 at 13:58 | #20

    I work on one of the big modern farms and gotta tell you this kind of thing sure wouldnt happen on our farm these days. Workers are treated poorly by us and payed far less than they should. Love seeing all the old classics out there working! Hopefully farming gets back to a more personal level sometime in our lifetimes. By far this is my favorite youtube video thanks for posting and God Bless.

  21. ZackVDH
    April 16th, 2011 at 23:14 | #21

    @TheTractormaster The song is “Down Home” by Alabama from 1991. I’m even younger than that of smgussey, and I wish I had been able to see what life was really like back then. I’m sure that somewhere someone still does something like this, but it’s a heap of a lot less common than what it used to be because now, if you want to make it in farming, you pretty much have to hire a few employees. Too bad those days are gone.

  22. deleuze3
    May 8th, 2011 at 23:15 | #22

    Did my share of plowing on a Farmall M and I can just imagine how it felt to be on the team that day (I would have been 9 years old at the time!) Bless ‘em for getting together–great to see all the tractors too.

  23. farmallboy8989
    May 24th, 2011 at 01:14 | #23

    i wish our country was still like this where the comunity comes together to help someone out

  24. 122redbird
    August 14th, 2011 at 12:45 | #24

    are any of these fine men still living,,if so please shake their hand and say well done!Fantastic generation of americans,,wish we had men like that now running this country.

  25. boruff68
    October 7th, 2011 at 00:11 | #25

    @NebraskaCowman NO DOUBT !!!!
    He absolutely is wheeling a 180 with the left hand and working the hydraulic lever with the right and puts that 900 RIGHT back in the row lining the disk up!!!!

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