The original farm house burnt to the ground in April 1943. The house in this picture was built in the summer of 1943, Donald Case was 4 years
old and can remember using dirt scoops pulled by horses to dig the basement.
The 100 ft by 40 ft Machine Shed was built in 1951.
We had a Bidwell Beaner. The picture shows Spencer Case on the tractor, Donald Case
on the Beaner, and Uncle Lown Case on the wagon loading bean straw.
Spencer Case thrashing navy beans with his Bidwell Beaner. At that time only
about 10 percent of the farmers had their own threshing machines. Those that had their own would do some custom harvesting.
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