EPISODE 474 OUR FIRST POST PANDEMIC FARM SALE, Nov. 14,2021 (sale for late John Smith)
alan skeoch
Nov. 15, 2021
Winter weather on the way but today was crisp and brilliant as Andrew and I
motored north to our first post pandemic farm sale.
“Live auction sale for the estate of the late john Smith. Emergency #938198 Dufferin County road 18…Airport Road north of Terra Nova”
Bob Severn,auctioneer”
“Mom didn’t want to come, Dad?”
“No….And I have an idea for her Christmas present this year.”
“What?”
“Wait and see.”
“Well, Dad, what interests you now we got here?””
“I think the David Brown tractor…British made..not many around.””
“Don’t see it here”
“Must be out behind the barn.”
“Can’t go there right now…Bob Severn is getting revved up.”
“Let’s take a look in the stable…”
“Old style…wood stanchions and looks like this
was a small mixed animal operation….chickens, pigs and a couple of cows.”
“And sure as god made little green apples, here is the David Brown tractor.”
“Seems to need some work.””
“Keep a list…start with a pair of big back tires and smaller front tires…then maybe
a new engine.”
“One thing not needed….guess what that is?”
“This David Brown tractor does not need a new paint job.”
“Great paint!”
“Andrew, let’s get it.””
“Are you nuts, Dad?”
“You already know the answer to that.”
“What did you buy, Andrew?””
“This welding table and two heavy jacks…paint brushes, nails, blow torch…I bought a complete corner
of the workshop….more than we can load.”
“What about the David Brown tractor.?
“Sorry, dad, no space on the truck.”
“Now, that is a real shame…I was considering the tractor as my Christmas present
to Marjorie.”
“Didn’t you give mom a International Tractor for her birthday a few years ago?”
“I did…ran well for couple of years.”
“And this year you gave her a John Deere riding mower.”
“I did. She will not let me drive it. Says I will just put it through the weeds in search
of rocks and lumps of hidden cast iron.”
“Let’s hit the road…”
“This is John Smith’s sister, Joan, and family friend. She was one of the smartest persons at the auction”
“Why?”
“There were more than 100 people at the auction…I only saw three Covid masks. Joan wore one of them.”
“let’s hope this virus madness will end soon.”
“There are still some clouds on the horizon, Andrew.”