In the photographs, everyone that I knew and loved – my parents, my sister, aunts, uncles, grandparents, cherished neighbors – were all still with us. Then I realized why these old photos have such strong appeal for me. Seeing Grandpa again after all those years caused me to choke up a little. Grandpa passed away in 1978, but here he is, strolling across our farmstead with his dog, Tippy, at his side. It was Grandpa Nelson, wearing his trademark summertime straw hat! Something in the middle of our lawn caught my eye. We tore down our rickety old corncrib many years ago, but the granary is still there, although it now serves as a garden shed. Our barn and silo combo look much the same. I can almost hear the lowing of a Holstein cow from down in the barn and the grunt of a sow greeting her new litter of piglets in the hog house.Ī few more clicks took me across the section to Grandpa and Grandma Nelson’s farm, the place where my wife and I have lived for nearly four decades. As kids, we would play on the lawn during summer evenings as our parents watched from the porch. My parents’ farmhouse – it’s hard to believe ten people were living in there – still has its porch on the east side. But there it is looking exactly as I remembered, crowned by its gothic wooden cupolas, their lightning rods gleaming in the afternoon sun. At 60’ by 60’, it was thought to be humungous when it was new.Ī fire destroyed the barn in 1988. The farm’s majestic old barn, which was constructed by my homesteading ancestors, commands the center of the photo. Up by the chicken coop, a trio of Leghorns scratch out a living. Our 1947 John Deere “A” – which I still have – is about to be mated to its mounted corn picker. In the foreground are three ancient plows, a field drag, our four-row corn planter, and our grain drill. The photo enabled me to recall forgotten intricacies of my boyhood. There’s our farmstead in all of its 1969 glory! It occurred to me that since I was in the neighborhood, photographically speaking, maybe I could find my parents’ farm. Al and Lorraine’s house looks exactly as I remember it. In the foreground is a stack of alfalfa bales I probably helped create. There sits Al’s Farmall “M,” hitched to the ancient New Holland “Super 77” baler and a flatbed hay wagon. Studying the details of the photo, I was able to mentally reconstruct a long-gone life. Then – Bingo! There was Al and Lorraine’s farmstead just as it was 53 years ago! The farmsteads began to look somewhat familiar. “Nope, wrong silo,” I would mutter to myself, or “That barn isn’t in the right spot.” I felt like Sherlock Holmes as I methodically sifted through the photos. I clicked on Vintage Aerial’s link for Brookings County and waded into an ocean of old monochrome aerial farm photographs. It’s difficult to find a particular farm photo based on a street address because our erstwhile rural route and box number system was replaced some years ago by our current E911 numerical addresses. Vintage Aerial has a treasure trove of aerial farm photos that were taken in 1969. Then I Googled “old aerial farm photos” and stumbled onto. But I have zero artistic abilities, so reconstructing a visual version of their farm as it was in the past seemed impossible. I could pretty much recall which building sat where. Markets Analysis Back to Markets Analysis.Not new savegame is required but a few issues above will only be fixed when you do start a new game. Several bumps in the fields have been removed ( 59, 52, 40, 48 ,44 ,42) ( new savegame recommended) Some flying trees have been replaced ( new savegame recommended) The trigger of milk at the farm is corrected The shelf of the farm has been repaired for the forks There are now 13 different license plates (NL, DK, IRL, IT, LU, BE, BE2, DE, GB, GB2, FR, FR2, fantasy) Addition of Multifruit storage in the farm silo grain Adapted cow feed (now 112500 L for 150 cows) Each group of farm decoration items can be sold in separate groups ( new savegame recommended) The farm's grain silo bin trigger is now lower The problem of selling silage bales to the BGA if you do not have the bga is fixed ( new savegame recommended) All trains croosing fixed ( with the cars collision) Invisible wall in the fendt workshop fixed Pile of dirt in the restaurant removed ( new savegame recommended) Fixed the problem of the impossibility of placing fences on the farm. Located in a fictional European-style countryside, the roads will take you to the small town of Dorfbach and Grünwald. The famous farm of the 70's is back for even more fun.
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