Country Acres 2019 - May 3 edition by Star Publications

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An exotic kind of sale

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Longhorn cattle once owned by Jared Allen, a former Minnesota Viking, were some of the units sold April 277 at an exotic animal and bird auction at Web Livestock in Benson.

Variety of animals, people make for active day at Web By DIANE LEUKAM Staff Writer BENSON – What is an exotic animal and bird auction? That depends on where the sale is. Here in Central Minnesota, an exotic sale is basically an event where animals other than the “normal” cattle are auctioned off. There might be unusual rabbits, geese, ducks, chickens and parrots, or hooved animals of all sorts – maybe even a zebu. It just depends on the day. April 27 was just such a day at Web Livestock on the south side of Benson. Ron Paskewitz has been in the auction business long enough to know that when it comes to exotic sales, you just never know what you’re going to get.

That rang true with some of the specialty cattle being sold that day. A seller brought in a herd of longhorn cattle that once belonged to a former Minnesota Vikings players. “It didn’t mean a whole lot to me,” Paskewitz said. “He told me Jared Allen and I never even thought of the Vikings player. He said they’re coming out of the good Jared Allen stock. And when he said he’s from the Minnesota Vikings, well then, of course, I remembered he’s a good player. It’s just something different.” Paskewitz went on to explain that even though the cattle are longhorns many of them are, ironically, missing their horns. These particular cattle were not bred for their horns, but for how they would buck when being ridden. Many of them were dehorned as babies to prevent

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Ron Paskewitz is owner of Web Livestock in Benson, where a variety of auction types are held throughout the year.

fighting h i and d iinjuries. j i He estimated Allen paid a lot of money for the cattle originally, but now, the market for them is not nearly as good. Eventually, too many people do the same thing and the market is flooded. “Years ago, these would have been a few thousand dollars apiece,” he said. Walking through the cattle yard, Kevin Hamborg of Sunburg showed more pens of longhorns. One of them, a new mom, was clearly not happy to have visitors. At the sight of people, she ran toward them, though she was safely inside

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hher pen. “Watch it, she will try to attack, do you see what I mean?” he said. “This one has a calf at side so she is a little touchy.” Still walking, potential buyers approached Hamborg with questions, for which he was more than willing to supply answers. One person was wondering about a little red calf, and if someone could bid on an animal for him if he

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Thompson and Cloe Naig, youngsters who stopped for a photo as they were working hard helping out with the birds. Time after time, they brought wagons stacked with birdfilled cages through the ring – in one side and out the other. Many others, including a veterinarian, worked with the animals. Mangalitsas and potbelly pigs were being sold that day, along with ponies, a horse, calves, sheep and a host of goats including a small black LaMancha, with its telltale missing ears. In the sale arena, the sounds of the animals were joined by those of auctioneer Mark Ziemer, calling the sale to bring the best price for their sellers. Looking high into the stands for signals from bidders sitting among a couple hundred people, he was helped by workers within the ring. Some animals sold for more, some less – some pairs at “two ti times the th money.”” The action did not stop there. Just beyond the arena, people sat at a counter enjoying burgers and fries from a food truck just outside.

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Potbelly pigs wait in their pen before being sold at auction.

Cooper (3) and Cash (1) Simenson, sons of Cody and Brooke Simenson of Kandiyohi, took a lunch break with their grandma, Jean Carlson. The boys were at home in their surroundings, dad, Cody, while their da worked in the ring next room. in the nex Cooper doesn’t g o anywhere without his with cowboy hat, cowb according to accor Grandma. Grandm At the end of the counter, young man a quiet you talked about the ccalf from his ranch that hhad been

brought in to be sold. They had to sell it because it would be too small to run with the other cattle once they get put out to pasture this spring. “He was a 26-pounder when he was born – he’s maybe 45 or 50 now,” said the rancher. “I was amazed when I found him; luckily it was about 20 degrees

that night. I found him in the barn. He was curled up and he actually looked like a cow pie. I almost missed him.” He seemed like he regretted selling the calf. “We move the cows a lot and they walk a mile

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Jordan Erickson (from left), Mollie Thompson, Leah Thompson and Cloe Naig help with the birds at an exotic animal and bird auction April 27 at Web Livestock in Benson.

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and he’s too little,” he said. He needed to get home, unable to wait until the calf was sold. But the day was good anyway. “I just wanted to see what this exotic sale was all about,” he said. At the end of the day, the final bid was called and buyers, sellers and workers all went home. Many went home with more than they came with; something that could be described as exotic.

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hings have a way intertwining in life, sometimes becoming apparent in the most odd ways. Take rhubarb and war. They have nothing to do with each other, really. Or do they? While visiting with Tom Conway and Steve Youngberg at the Schwanke Museum in Willmar (see page 5), it was soon obvious that this story was going to be one of those where you just can’t include everything for lack of space. I would love to have included more about these two veterans and

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knew there would be a rhubarb recipe. I opened the front cover and this is what I found: “In the Spirit of Freedom for which we fight, we face the future with confidence. For a better world, we carry on. To the home canners of America, the mothers, wives and sweethearts of our fighting men, the patriots of the home front, whose steadfast devotion to America’s cause of freedom challenges our admiration and respect, we dedicate this volume of the Ball Blue Book.” Published in 1944 by the Ball Brothers Company. More than 400,000 Americans lost their lives in that war, or 8,000 per state. I cannot even imagine this. Here was a canning company dedicating their cookbook to them and those on the home front. All I was looking for was a rhubarb recipe, but I found something so much more powerful. I enjoyed my tour through the Schwanke Museum, where one man’s sideline interest has been used for the entertainment and education others. There are so many interesting pieces of equipment in this place it almost unbelievable, and all are very nicely displayed. Like the story says, there is something for everyone! In this issue, we also have Roger and Ramona Johnson of Evansville. Roger’s family settled the land in the 1800s, first

living in a house dug into a hillside on the property. One of the Johnsons’ favorite remnants of the past is a smokehouse, which is a novelty today but in the 1800s, it was a necessary part of survival. If you looked at the front cover, you have already seen the fun I had last Saturday in Benson, where an exotic animal and bird auction was held at Web Livestock. Auctions are always a flurry of activity and this day was no different, with a large variety of animals sold to interested buyers. Need an unusual animal on your country acres? Check out an exotic livestock auction sometime. In Freeport, Tamilee Nennich-Adolph works on the next generation – of calves and heifers, that is. A six-year member on board of the Dairy Calf and Heifer Association, Nennich-Adolph explains some of the ins and outs of raising healthy calves that will become productive cows. Just down the road in Albany, Dale Zimmer shares how one decision can change the trajectory of a life. It is also a reminder of how dangerous farming can be, and the importance of keeping safety in mind every step of the way. Too often, it can mean the difference between life and death. On that note, stay safe, have a great couple weeks and check your mailbox for our next issue May 17. Enjoy!

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The steam engine that could And other tales of tractors, trucks and automobiles By DIANE LEUKAM Staff Writer WILLMAR – A Minneapolis tractor makes an imposing sight against the back wall of a Quonset. It is so big, it will likely never make it out of the building that houses it. This is Schwanke Museum in Willmar, home to 173 tractors, 23 trucks, 85 cars and a host of other agricultural and transportation items, each with its own story. Tom Conway talked about the Minneapolis and the time when they were preparing for the museum to open back in 1998. “That’s the only one when we were washing up the tractors that didn’t make it outside to get washed. It was too tall to fit out the door,” Conway said. “If it ever goes anywhere there will have to be some demolition.” Conway, 43, knows his way around the place. He has been with the company since he was 22 years old, after a stint in the Air Force from 1994-98. Conway learned the ropes at Schwanke’s un-

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der the guidance of Virgil Schwanke, who started the business in 1957 with his father, Alvin, and brother, Bud. It all began as a salvage yard. “Virgil liked fixing up tractors,” Conway said. “Back in the 60s, tractors were hard to get so he traveled the country buying tractors and hauling them in. He had people waiting for them and buying them off the truck.” Only, he didn’t sell them all. When he had something particularly unique or unusual, Schwanke would put it away in the shed. Then he built a Quonset to store some of his treasures. Filling that up, he built a second and a third. By the late 90s, Schwanke decided to open a museum, with another building added to connect the Quonsets. “When I started here in 1998 they had just built the building across the front and they were still wiring it,” Conway said. “One of the first things I did was help drag everything out, wash it and clean it up so the museum could open the following year.”

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Tom Conway and Steve Youngberg stand before a large Minneapolis tractor April 23 at Schwanke Museum in Willmar. The tractor is the only machine not taken from the museum for cleaning in preparation for the grand opening in 1999; it was too large to fit through the doors.

After Schwanke passed away a couple years ago, his widow, Agnes, asked Conway if he would be willing to run the business in order to keep it going. He accepted the offer. About the same time, Conway was joined by Steve Youngberg, 70, a retired rural mail carrier who jumped at the chance when a part-time position opened

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up for the museum. Both men realize the historical value of each piece is much more important than its monetary value. For most of the pieces, there are only handful in existence, with few ever sold. “A lot of the people will look at the museum and think ‘wow, there’s how many millions of dol-

lars in here,’ but we don’t tend to think of it that way,” Conway said. “How do you put a dollar figure on these things?” One of the most storied pieces in the museum is an Advance steam engine built in Battle Creek, Mich., in 1910. Originally purchased by William Bergstrom of Pennock, it was used for decades of

threshing. The real story of the Advance though, is not what it did, but that it almost wasn’t. “It was stored at the Kandiyohi County Fairgrounds for year and years,” Conway said. “There was a big controversy where they wanted

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Page 6 • Country Acres - Friday, May 3, 2019 SCHWANKE continued from page 5 1900s. “When you were going down the row the back actually locked and you could steer with the front wheels to keep you on the rows,” Conway said. “If you needed to turn sharp you would unlock the back and that whole motor and the rear wheels would pivot.” Unfortunately, the design was top-heavy and proved to be a tipping hazard. Only a few were ever built. A Model T Ford Tractor conversion features a Model T engine, transmission and rear end, created from kits allowing farmers to turn their automobiles into tractors. Model As were also created using kits. There is a replica Model A car in the museum that holds a special place in Conway’s heart. Built in 1980 by the Shay company, Conway and his wife, Deana, used the car on their wedding day in 2012. His favorite car though, is one of several ‘57 Chevys or possibly a ‘28 Pontiac. Youngberg has his faPHOTOS BY DIANE LEUKAM This 1931 International grain truck was owned by Gesch Farm of Willmar and was later restored by Tom vorite car narrowed down to one: the Anderson. Conway. effort, and others regarded it as a historical relic. In the process, the tractor was acquired by the Kandiyohi County Historical Museum and later restored by Schwanke. “It still belongs to the Kandiyohi County Historical Museum but it’s been on permanent loan to us for quite a few years now,” Conway said. Other unusual tractor

brands include the Rock Island Heider, Huber, Earth Master, Sawyer Massey, Silver King and a 1916 Happy Farmer. “I don’t know how happy they were, but they were probably happy they didn’t have to farm with horses,” Conway said. One unusual tractor is basically a self-propelled cultivator that was built by International in the early

A “before” photo of a 1931 International grain truck shows the vehicle as it was in its later years after hauling grain around the Kandiyohi County area.

“The Anderson car is quite rare,” he said. “There are 11 or 12 in existence and they don’t ever sell, so there is no history of what they would sell for.” The cars were built in the early 1920s, with Schwanke’s being a ’23 model. “Channel 5’s [On the Road with] Jason Davis did an article on us and that was picked up all over the country,” Conway said. “There was a gal out east that saw the Anderson; she sent us a letter and actually came out to see that car because her uncle had helped build it.”

The Anderson was a very high-end, hand-made luxury car with an off-set steering wheel that swings out of the way for getting in and out of the vehicle. “I have to think ours is one of the nicest ones out there, and in the best shape,” Conway said. Other unusual cars include a Minikin, a threewheel car built in St. Cloud; and the Freeway Car, Minikin’s predecessor which was the first vehicle to break the 70-mile-pergallon barrier.

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“It’s basically a motorcycle with a body on it,” said Youngberg, laughing. A ‘31 International grain truck was purchased from a local family and completely restored by Conway. “I don’t know if it ever got out of the county,” Conway said. There are area fire trucks including one from Pennock and an REO Speedwagon. One small vehicle has special meaning, not only to Conway, but to the Schwanke family he has known for two decades. A red 1948 Crosley t

Jeep passed through a restoration process that began with the Schwankes and ended with Conway. Virgil Schwanke and his son, Mike, bought it in Texas. “Mike went down and hauled it home,” Conway said. “It’s a one-of-a-kind with a completely handmade body. Mike started it and took all the tin off of it … that’s when he passed away.” Mike Schwanke died from pneumonia at age 50. “The Crosley was basically down to the sub frame beneath the body, so that’s where it was when he died,” Conway said. “All

the body panels were rusted out. Virgil and I relined it with new tin throughout. We don’t know if it was made by Crosley, or if it was a prototype, or if somebody decided this would look cool and built it.” To finish the project, Conway redid all the wiring and other details. The newly restored gem was dedicated in honor of Mike. The Crosley will be just one of hundreds of items ready to be viewed

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This rare 1923 Anderson car was a hand-built luxury model built in North Carolina, with only a few in existence.

The Advance steam engine was owned by a farmer from Pennock and used for threshing. The massive tractor became a source of controversy during WWII, when some wanted it melted down for bullets for American troops overseas and others considered it a historical relic. Tom Conway and his wife, Deana, used this replica Model A car on their wedding day in 2012.

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Johnsons celebrate farm’s 150 years By LAURA HINTZEN Staff Writer

EVANSVILLE – Not many people can say they have lived in one place for their whole life. Roger Johnson, who has been living on the family farm in Evansville for 80 years, can make that claim. Roger and his wife, Ramona, sat at their kitchen table April 24, paging through old books filled with the rich history of Roger’s ancestors, the farm’s earliest settlers, which date back more than 150 years. In 1861, Roger’s great-grandparents, Paul and Katherina Johnson, moved to America from Sweden. Three years later in 1864, they settled on a piece of land in Evansville. Like any other settlers of the time, there were no buildings on the land and creating a home was the first order of business. They dug out a home in a

hillside on the property. For a short while, there were no other inhabitants settling in the immediate area, but not long after the Johnsons moved there, it was becoming populated. The first sign of a new neighbor was the sound of a cow bellowing in the distance. By 1869, the Johnsons built a house, and the family had to now prove how they were going to stay there through regulations within the Homestead Act. “The three main requirements were that a family must build a house, plow at least 10 acres and dig a well,” Roger said. Paul and Katherina raised a family on the homestead, which included their two children, Emil and Anna Lisa. As time went on, other buildings were added to the property, crucial for the family – and farm’s – survival. In 1887, a horse barn was built. Later, a barn for

the cows with a hay mow and a wooden silo inside. These additions created a 112-foot barn overall. The barn held milking shorthorns and beef shorthorn cattle. In those years, the 1870s, a smokehouse also was built for the smoking and preserving of meat. This was a vital building for the family, with their supply of meat unable to be refrigerated or frozen. These technologies would only become available many decades later. As time went on, the second generation took over the farm. Emil and his wife, Mary, (Roger’s grandparents) raised nine children there. In 1920, Emil and Mary built a large four-square home on the land to house their growing family. Of the nine children, it was Paul (Roger’s father) who chose to become the third generation of Johnsons farming the land. At that time, Emil and Paul

purchased moree land, totaling the 320 acres that makes up the homestead farm today. By 1939, Paul and his wife, Inez, were re ready to buy the farm from Emil and Mary for the he price of $12,000. Paul and Inez raised their family on n the farm which included ed Roger, who also had a brother and two sisters. Roger would ould become the fourth h generation of Johnsonss on the farm, getting involved nvolved even at a very young age. As a child, d, Roger would often drive ive a 1936 Dodge pickup to deliver water jugs to the he men who were shocking grain. “I was so small, I remember having g to bend down below the windshield to reach the pedals,” he chuckled. PHOTOS BY LAURA HINTZEN Eventually, Roger Ramona and Roger Johnson stand on their family farm April 24 in Evansville. The couple found a rock from the barn foundation and JOHNSON decided to have their last name imprinted on it in memory of Roger’s continued on page 11 ancestors, who settled the land.

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Friday, May 3, 2019 - Country Acres • Page 11 JOHNSON continued from page 10 m married Ramona and the two bought the farm from tw Roger’s parents, Paul and R Inez. In 1968, they purIn chased an additional farm ch nearby, making it a total of ne 600 acres. 60 Roger and Ramona raised two daughters, Ronna and Rhoda. Both R of them are married, and Ronna has six children and R Rhoda has three. R When those grandchildren visited Grandpa and dr Grandma on the farm over G

the years, they often made use of a very special playhouse. “Our grandkids sometimes had ‘Little House on the Prairie’ parties out here,” Ramona said. “The smokehouse was called ‘Olson’s Mercantile.’” That smokehouse is a treasure for Roger and Ramona as well. It remains there on the farm, original from the 1870s, a remnant of the four generations of family on land they have

all called “home.” It is intact after being restored by Roger and Ramona. Opening the door to the smokehouse, inside are found hidden gems from the past. Scattered throughout the smokehouse are an old buggy, horseshoes, collars for work horses, lanterns, horse harnesses and parts of old school desks. Each item has its own his-

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(above) An original 1870s smokehouse sits on the homestead property of Roger and Ramona Johnson in Evansville. It was used by Roger’s ancestors for preserving food in the days before refrigeration became available.

(left) Roger and Ramona Johnson page through photo albums April 24, at their farm in Evansville. The albums document the history of Roger’s ancestors, who settled on the farm after immigrating from Sweden in the 1860s.

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Page 12 • Country Acres - Friday, May 3, 2019 JOHNSON continued from page 11 tory. Like each generation before them, life has not always been easy for Roger and Ramona. While working on the farm in 2001, Roger fell 16 feet from a grain bin after a ladder slipped out from underneath him, breaking his back and foot. Since then, Roger has walked with a cane or two for balance and support. Eventually, it was time for him to stop farming.

JOHNSON continued on page 13 PHOTOS BY LAURA HINTZEN

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“It was the year 2003 that I decided to quit farming, except to grow 50 acres of alfalfa,” Roger said. In 2005, the old barn was removed from the property, but not before a Johnson reunion took place, marking the end of an era. Roger and Ramona have seen farming in the Johnson family come full circle after four generations. They hope the farm

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sociation, she is a board member, and has been for six years. The organization focuses on producers and managers raising dairy calves and heifers. They host an annual conference, in addition to keeping

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Tamilee Nennich-Adolph is on the Dairy Calf and Heifer Association board and works for Vita Plus as a Dairy Nutrition Specialist. She serves dairy farmers in both roles and is happy to share her passion and knowledge with Central Minnesota calf and heifer raisers.

members informed on thee latest industry research and d best practices. “The organization iss really one of the main cen-ters for people interested in n calves and heifers,” Nen-nich-Adolph said. “They y publish gold standards, s, which are benchmarks pro-ducers can follow to ensuree they are up-to-date on theirr practices.” While Nen-nich-Adolph is on farmss for her job, she keeps thesee gold standards in mind, d, grateful she can help pro-ducers do their job the bestt they can. “In Central Minnesota, a, we really see a variety off management styles,” Nen-nich-Adolph said. “Mostt farmers raise their calvess and heifers on the farm, m, but we do have a fair num-ber of custom heifer raiserss around here as well.” Some farmers housee calves in individual hutch-es, and others use an au-tomated feeder and housee calves in a pen. The automated feed-er is a machine that can n

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Friday, May 3, 2019 - Country Acres • Page 19 NENNICH-ADOLPH continued from page 18 tunity to implement these practices around here,” she said. Another important thing to note when caring for calves is their growth weight. “There’s good data that shows the faster a calf grows early in life can lead to more milk production later in life,” Nennich-Adolph said. “A

good nutrition strategy is important for this. Getting calves started with a good calf starter feed and feeding adequate amounts of milk is really important.” One of the gold standards listed by the Dairy Calf and Heifer Association is to double the birth weight of a calf by the time it’s weaned. A typical Holstein calf is born at

80 pounds and is usually weaned around 60 days of age, so the goal would be 160 pounds at weaning. Illnesses that affect dairy calves are mostly digestive, and environmentally and management caused. “Cleanliness, especially for calves, is extremely important because most [health] issues stem from

the environment, like the cleanliness of the housing area and any feeding equipment,” Nennich-Adolph said. For heifers, health challenges usually involve respiratory issues that are caused from housing and ventilation issues. “Because we’re in Minnesota, the variation of the climate here can

be challenging,” Nennich-Adolph said. “Even if the heifers are housed in a building, most buildings don’t have air conditioning or heat, so buildings need to be managed to accommodate for the weather.” Many modern barns have curtain sides that protect cattle from wind and snow in the winter and allow for a breeze to pass

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Page 20 â&#x20AC;˘ Country Acres - Friday, May 3, 2019 NENNICH-ADOLPH continued from page 19 so extreme. The cold is really challenging on young calves.â&#x20AC;? After weaning, it is important for heifers to continue to eat adequate levels of grain, drink enough water and begin introducing forage. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s important to make sure once theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re off milk that we continue to do a great job with them because you still need to keep them growing well and continuing all the positive strides you made when they were a calf,â&#x20AC;? Nennich-Adolph said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s important that farmers continue to pay attention to

their heifers and that they continue to grow well and do well.â&#x20AC;? Another aspect of heifer raising is breeding. As farmers monitor a heiferâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s growth rates, they are able to determine when it is appropriate to breed those cattle. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Producers need to keep in mind that if weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re doing a good job raising calves and growing them faster, we can be breeding heifers more quickly than we used to,â&#x20AC;? Nennich-Adolph said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Breeding is based more on size than age of the animal, so if theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re large enough, age

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Editor’s note: Soon it will be rhubarb time, and the smell of various dishes made with the plentiful vegetable that we use like a fruit will ill our kitchens. Here are a few favorites, both from my family and my husband’s. His favorite is de initely his mom’s Rhubarb Cracker Pie and my family’s mainstay has always been Rhubarb Crunch. Enjoy!

• 6 cups rhubarb • 7 cups sugar • 2 cups pineapple Cut unpeeled rhubarb into 1/4 inch slices, and pineapple in small pieces before measuring. If fresh pineapple is used, cook until tender in just enough water to prevent sticking. Combine rhubarb and pineapple with sugar and boil rapidly until thick. Pour, boiling hot, into hot Ball jars; seal at once.

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Dale Zimmer sits on the couch with his dog, Max, March 15 at his home near Albany. Zimmer is recovering after losing his right leg in a farm accident last fall.

ALBANY – Every week, Dale Zimmer makes strides to return to a normal routine, but he admits his life will never be the same following a farm accident last fall. “It was that moment where I stepped over the PTO shaft that changed my life,” Zimmer said. Zimmer raises 15-20 head of Jersey and Holstein steers each year on his farm near Albany with his wife, Michelle and daughters, Tina and April. Their youngest daughter, Melany, lives in St. Cloud. On the day of the accident, Nov. 2, 2018, Zimmer finished plowing the fields and went to get machinery ready to feed the cattle. Tina was out helping him. “I just put three new sprockets and a new chain on the grinder and mixer and thought I should run it to make sure it was running true before I put the chain guard back on,” Zimmer said. He then hooked up a Farmall Model H tractor to the feed mixer and backed it up to the cattle feeder. “I swung the auger around, but it wasn’t quite right, so I adjusted it to make sure it was in the feeder, then I started the PTO,” Zimmer said. A PTO transfers mechanical power from an engine to another machine, like Zimmer’s auger. Zimmer gave the PTO throttle and stepped over the PTO shaft. It was then when everything turned dreadful. Zimmer’s right leg got caught on the shaft and twisted his leg around three times. “It happened so fast. I remember hitting the ground, the H shutting off and extreme pressure on my right leg,” he said. Zimmer was fortunate he was using

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Tina heard her father call out for her. “Neither of us had cell phones on us, so Tina had to run to the house,” Zimmer said. “I told her to grab something to cut off the pant leg. I thought it was the pant leg that got stuck.” Tina rushed to the house to grab a knife, scissors and her cell phone, and called 911 on the way back to her father. “I told her to cut it, she said, ‘Dad, I can’t,’” Zimmer said. “She held it together really well the whole time.” While waiting for the emergency crew to arrive, Tina made several other phone calls to family members and

friends, letting them know what had happened. Within eight minutes, the emergency crew was on scene. “I was conscious the whole time,” Zimmer said. “They gave me oxygen and that kind of calmed me down. It was the weirdest thing; my leg hurt, but it felt numb at the same time.” Several tourniquets were tied on Zimmer’s leg before the PTO shaft was disengaged. Zimmer instructed the first responders on how to unhook the PTO shaft from the mixer and the tractor by removing two bolts. “When that PTO shaft slid off, a pain I never experienced in my whole life went through my body,” Zimmer said. A helicopter landed to bring Zimmer to the hospital, but the PTO shaft, which was still connected to Zimmer’s leg, did not fit, so he went in the ambulance. “A doctor and a nurse from the helicopter went in the ambulance with me, along with two Albany Fire Rescue guys,” Zimmer said. “The doctor was amazing. He drilled into my right shoulder and placed a stint in it. Then, pain medication was placed right into my bone marrow. After that, I felt no pain.” When Zimmer arrived at the emergency room, Melany and her boyfriend, Tyler, who live a mile from the St. Cloud Hospital, were there to meet him as he slipped in and out of consciousness. The next morning, Melany told him he lost his leg. “That was kind of hard for a minute there,” he said about hearing the news. “But, that’s just the way it is. You deal with the hand you’ve been dealt.” Zimmer’s leg was amputated right above the knee. He spent 13 days in the

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Friday, May 3, 2019 - Country Acres • Page 23 ZIMMER continued from page 22 hospital recovering and doing physical therapy. “The medical and hospital staff do a wonderful job,” he said. “I can’t say enough good about them. The emergency crew, too. They were amazing.” After leaving the hospital, Zimmer was in a wheelchair for a few weeks healing before he received a prosthetic leg Dec. 27 from the Hanger Clinic in Sartell. “The specialist at Hanger [Cooper Gehrman] is wonderful,” Zimmer said. “He is a good listener and very understanding.” With the prosthetic, Zimmer has become a bit more mobile. Once a week, he meets with his physical therapist to work on his body movements and adjust to the prosthetic. He is able to do a lot of activities he used to do before the incident, but there are others that are more difficult or impossible for Zimmer to do, like climb ladders. “I can’t do some of the things I could do before because I get too tired,” he said. “But, I can go outside now and drive the skidloader.” Although recovery is going well, Zimmer feels phantom pain nearly every day; for the first two months, it was quite severe. “I would be sitting in the pickup and would feel my right foot on the floor and it’s not there,” he said. “It’s like somebody’s pinching your long toe by your big toe. It’s a constant, horrible feeling. I never gave phantom pain a thought before this, but it’s definitely real.” Before the accident, Zimmer worked as a driver for SpeeDee Delivery for 27 years in addition to raising beef cattle. He plans to return to work for SpeeDee as soon as he fully recovers and passes

the Minnesota Department of Transportation physical exam. He also plans to buy 15 more steer calves this spring. “It’s been a heck of an experience,” he said. “I try to look on the bright side. I just do what I can. I know it could’ve been a lot worse.” Friends, family and neighbors have made Zimmer’s time since being released from the hospital bearable. They help Zimmer with chores and made his house handicap accessible. Zimmer continues to show appreciation for the rescue crew, medical staff and strangers for their assistance and support since the accident occurred. “There’s a lot of caring people out there,” he said. “So many friends, neighbors and family have been helping me. It’s been greatly appreciated. I could never repay everyone.” The community of Albany continues to show support for Zimmer. A GoFundMe account was made and is accepting donations to offset the cost of medical expenses. Additionally, the Albany Fire Department held a fundraiser on April 13 at Shady’s Hometown Tavern in Albany. The event kicked off with live music by Nathan’s Old Time Band with Stone Road taking the stage later in the evening. There was no cover charge for the event as it was a fill-the-boot-with-donations fundraiser. If Zimmer could go back and do it over again, he no doubt would, but he also knows life just doesn’t work that way. He said, “I could have walked around the H, but I didn’t and now I’m going to pay for it for the rest of my life.” Zimmer knows his recovery will be ongoing, but mostly, he is thankful he has more life to be lived.

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(above) Dale Zimmer stands outside near his steers March 15 at his home near Albany. It was near this area where Zimmer was injured last fall after coming into contact with a PTO shaft as he was feeding cattle.

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