Ode to the Tractor

There is just something about an old abandoned farmstead that is sad.  You think about all the blood, sweat and tears that went in to making a living in the Ozark Hills.  My friend and I were talking about the tractors that were used on these farms and then just left to rust down.  All the use and abuse to plow, cultivate, harrow, pull stumps, pull rocks, haul rocks, pull logs and sometimes even used as family transportation.  I'm sure the "Flat-Landers" had their problems too, but somehow it doesn't seem to compare with the "root hog or die" predicament of the Ozark Hill farmer.

Three Old Farmall Tractors (yes...there are three)