
The tractor is a 1953 John Deere 40 that was purchased so that I could start working on the farm. I mowed and raked hay and straw 10 hours a day for two months every summer. A shocking number of grumpy old men came up to Katie while they were lined up waiting for the parade to start and told her: "You better not wreck that tractor!" Clearly that old tractor was more important than my daughter. And since she is my daughter, I take those comments personally. Sheezzzzz!