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By Jerry Crownover
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y first tractor was a foreign-made, revonworC yrroffeJ yB brand machine, that served its purpose fairly well, for a number of years. Unfortunately, I came to realize that Jerry Crownover farms every year, I would have to repair, in Lawrence County. He replace or reconstruct some major component of the is a former professor of implement for it to be useful for another year. By the Agriculture Education at time I traded it off for a good, American-made tractor, Missouri State University, I had replaced enough of its essential parts that I had and is an author and no problem in proclaiming it, “As good as new.” professional speaker. A goodly number of health-related issues over the To contact Jerry, go to past couple of years have left me wondering, when ozarksfn.com and click I arise each morning, which body part I will need to on ‘Contact Us.’ have repaired, replaced or reconstructed. Such was the case this last Christmas Day. The kids had come out to the farm for the weekend, and Judy had been busy preparing the Christmas feast. Since we don’t have any grandchildren, our immediate family that gathers for any holiday is quite small. However, that does not prevent my wife from preparing enough delicious food to feed a platoon of soldiers returning from a 20-mile march. She rationalizes that enough food can be sent home with the kids to alleviate a need for them to cook, until sometime in March. Regardless, there are enough tasty pies, cakes, candies and other treats scattered throughout the house that even after stuffing oneself on the main meal, you can justify, “Just a bite of this couldn’t hurt…much.” At the conclusion of Christmas day, Judy had filled about two dozen plastic containers of food, to send home with the children. When all had left, I waddled off to bed, feeling as bloated and miserable as a cow that had just OD’d on Johnsongrass. As I lay in
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Jeff and Kristy Viles, pictured with their youngest son Jarrett began a Gelbvieh and Balancer seedstock operation in 2019. See more on page 26. Photo by Julie Turner-Crawford Ozarks Farm & Neighbor accepts story suggestions from readers. Story information appears as gathered from interviewees. Ozarks Farm & Neighbor assumes no responsibility for the credibility of statements made by interviewees. © Copyright Ozarks Farm & Neighbor, Inc., 2022. All rights reserved. Printed in USA.
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