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[Don Bowen <don.bowen AT earthlink.net>]

At 9/26/2006, you wrote:
> This is one advantage to the Ford "N" tractors, there
> were so many of them.  And the old "johny pops" not
> only were there lots of them but they run even after
> they are worn out.

Most parts are available for just about any tractor from the 30s on.  IHC 
tractors are also a good bet and everything is available even though the 
company has been part of case since 1982.

The Kubota is a Japanese company, the small j=John Deeres are Kubotas.



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Subject: Re: [Homestead] End of the season okra
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thx for the suggestion
If there is any garden next year okra will be in it.
Van Dell

--- SISU! <erthnsky AT bellsouth.net> wrote:

> VAN DELL JORDAN wrote:
>   of all  of
> > the southern cultural traditions okra was one that
> didn't make it to
> > little dixie. Van Dell
>
>
> Which is why I posted it.  I know there are plenty
> of folks who have
> never grown or eaten okra, and those that have eaten
> it, usually have
> eaten it fried and liked it, or eaten it boiled or
> steamed and did not
> due to it's characteristic often slimy texture when
> prepared that way.
> Pickled okra is not slimy, and when I ate it raw it
> wasn't slimy,
> although I will say that the more I chewed it, the
> more slimy it
> seemed, so I took small bites and chewed 5 or 6
> times for the taste and
> then swallowed it.
> Van Dell, you are in mid northern Missouri, right? 
> If you can grow corn,
> you can grow okra.  It's really good for you and
> despite it's
> reputation, it's tasty and easy to grow, prepare,
> and can.  It also
> produces continuously, so those on a budget get
> their money's worth from
> a few okra plants.  Try it next year.
>
> Bev
> --
> Bevanron in NW Georgia          EarthNSky Farm  34.498N
> 85.076W
> SISU! (Finnish--There is no single word in English
> that encompasses
> all that sisu means, but it combines the following
> ideas: guts, pep,
> determination, stubbornness, perseverance,
> hardiness, stamina, go, do,
> nerve, spunk, pluck, and grit.  It's like "Just Do
> It!" & "Go for It!")
>                                 GO NAVY!
>
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