BUCKY YA Said Fairfield Va. I wonder if you know that One of the Largest Farm machinery Business & Road Truck's originated in That Little Village. Have any of Y,ALL Cousins ever Cut Wheat with a Cradle, YA know with A long Blade on a handle With 4 wooden fingers TOOK a MAN to Swing a Cradle, Then one would follow along Gather the Wheat in an arm full & with a hand full of the Straws Tie a Bundle, Shock it in the Field Then Haul it in & Stack it & wait until the Threshing Machine Came Around. NOW to get to the event that made Fairfield, Va. FAMIOUS__?? WAS a Fellow Known as the Inventor, <there was some Connection between Him & My Hudson Family> CYRUS McCormick, OLE Cyrus Invented the Machine Pulled by Horses Called A Reaper, The Wheat still had to be tied With that hand of wheat straws, UNTILL one of Cyrus's Slaves figured out how to Make a GADGET that would Tie the Wheat with TWINE Then the machine was Called A binder. A man by the Name of Deering Built a Tractor Those two Joined Forces & were Known AS McCormick & Deering. To International Harvester, Farm Machines & Road Trucks & today one of the larger Road Truck Builders is Navistar. JUST Wondering How many People have been Connected Along the Way & Have Traveled VA U S RT 11 & I-81 have ever thought of what Started Along Near Fairfield & Raphine Va in Augusta County, Va. NOW I wonder just how SWEAT Drenched Memories this will bring Back from the Boys & YA GOTTA remember those Great Fried Chicken & All of those Fresh Vegetables that Grand Ma & the Neighbor Women had fixed for Dinner, <WELL THEN IT WAS the Meal in the Middle of the Day, the one after Breakfast, Then some times there was more than one Farmer that Stacked Together, & every one SWAPPED labor, I remember one such Operation in Amherst County Va, A man by the Name of GLUNT Owned the Threshing Machine & it was Powered by What was Called a Horse Power, There were a Group of Wooden Toungs with one end Fastened to a Metal Frame, <ABT 6 of them> Hook a horse to the other end the horses would Walk around in a circle turning the Part similar to the Ring Gear in the rear of a car that Ring Gear meshed into A Cog Wheel That was Fastened to a Long Shaft That had a Pulley Wheel With a Belt That went to the Threshing Machine. MR. Glunt Made his Last Threshing in 1931 up Peters Hollow BY Bear Mountain, Something Happened to the Machine on the way out of the Hollow, THE machine Sit on my Daddys Farm until Holloween & __?? Some of my Rucker Cousins & Who Else?? <I was only 5 YEARS OLD> Turned the Machine over. NOW this is Right much Like what Happened. JEST thought I,d Jar ya Memory, MOUNTAIN COUSINS & Others. CUZ A T <[email protected]>

AT powelljr you do my heart good. I am a 46 year old man who is IN LOVE w/ the history in Amherst Co and farming there. My dad grew up there. We were harris and Pleasants. I own DUNCAN HILL now and have a Mr Rucker living directly beside me. Thank you so much for the story / info. ps we will be up in amherst County in Pedlar Mills May 26 to June 1. Are you in the area for us to shake hands and meet. Scott Harris -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] To: [email protected] Sent: Tue, 2 May 2006 02:06:10 EDT Subject: [VAAMHERS] A QUESTION FOR COUSIN & ANY OTHER MTN CAMPBELL< MALE CUZ BUCKY YA Said Fairfield Va. I wonder if you know that One of the Largest Farm machinery Business & Road Truck's originated in That Little Village. Have any of Y,ALL Cousins ever Cut Wheat with a Cradle, YA know with A long Blade on a handle With 4 wooden fingers TOOK a MAN to Swing a Cradle, Then one would follow along Gather the Wheat in an arm full & with a hand full of the Straws Tie a Bundle, Shock it in the Field Then Haul it in & Stack it & wait until the Threshing Machine Came Around. NOW to get to the event that made Fairfield, Va. FAMIOUS__?? WAS a Fellow Known as the Inventor, <there was some Connection between Him & My Hudson Family> CYRUS McCormick, OLE Cyrus Invented the Machine Pulled by Horses Called A Reaper, The Wheat still had to be tied With that hand of wheat straws, UNTILL one of Cyrus's Slaves figured out how to Make a GADGET that would Tie the Wheat with TWINE Then the machine was Called A binder. A man by the Name of Deering Built a Tractor Those two Joined Forces & were Known AS McCormick & Deering. To International Harvester, Farm Machines & Road Trucks & today one of the larger Road Truck Builders is Navistar. JUST Wondering How many People have been Connected Along the Way & Have Traveled VA U S RT 11 & I-81 have ever thought of what Started Along Near Fairfield & Raphine Va in Augusta County, Va. NOW I wonder just how SWEAT Drenched Memories this will bring Back from the Boys & YA GOTTA remember those Great Fried Chicken & All of those Fresh Vegetables that Grand Ma & the Neighbor Women had fixed for Dinner, <WELL THEN IT WAS the Meal in the Middle of the Day, the one after Breakfast, Then some times there was more than one Farmer that Stacked Together, & every one SWAPPED labor, I remember one such Operation in Amherst County Va, A man by the Name of GLUNT Owned the Threshing Machine & it was Powered by What was Called a Horse Power, There were a Group of Wooden Toungs with one end Fastened to a Metal Frame, <ABT 6 of them> Hook a horse to the other end the horses would Walk around in a circle turning the Part similar to the Ring Gear in the rear of a car that Ring Gear meshed into A Cog Wheel That was Fastened to a Long Shaft That had a Pulley Wheel With a Belt That went to the Threshing Machine. MR. Glunt Made his Last Threshing in 1931 up Peters Hollow BY Bear Mountain, Something Happened to the Machine on the way out of the Hollow, THE machine Sit on my Daddys Farm until Holloween & __?? Some of my Rucker Cousins & Who Else?? <I was only 5 YEARS OLD> Turned the Machine over. NOW this is Right much Like what Happened. JEST thought I,d Jar ya Memory, MOUNTAIN COUSINS & Others. CUZ A T <[email protected]> ==== VAAMHERS Mailing List ==== Have spare time? The USGenWeb Census Project needs you! To volunteer or view transcribed censuses, visit http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/census/