{"id":23951,"date":"2023-05-03T11:20:01","date_gmt":"2023-05-03T15:20:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/alanskeoch.ca\/?p=23951"},"modified":"2023-05-03T11:28:23","modified_gmt":"2023-05-03T15:28:23","slug":"episode-812-random-pictures-from-the-kilner-farm-sale-april-292023","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alanskeoch.ca\/?p=23951","title":{"rendered":"EPISODE 812 RANDOM PICTURES FROM THE KILNER FARM SALE , APRIL 29,2023"},"content":{"rendered":"
EPISODE 812    RANDOM PICTURES FROM THE KILNER FARM SALE , APRIL 29,2023<\/p>\n

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alan skeoch<\/div>\n
april 29, 2023<\/div>\n

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AN AUCTION SALE IS A GAMBLE<\/div>\n

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Auction sales are a gamble for the seller. Particularly farm sales.  The sun could shine or rain could fall.<\/div>\n
On April 29 there was no sun\u2026.some rain\u2026.lots of mud.   But there were also plenty of bidders who<\/div>\n
came hell or high water.  On sunny days a goodly part of the crowd have not come to bid but rather they<\/div>\n
have assembled for the sun and the entertainment.  So what you see in these pictures are the real hard<\/div>\n
core bidders.  Of which I am a member.<\/div>\n

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Doug Donaldson was the auctioneer and one of his daughters caught the bidder numbers. Bill Brooks <\/div>\n
acted as helper and motor mechanic.   No animals left on the farm except for a couple of cats one<\/div>\n
of which was pregnant.  Ian Kilner had a mystery sign nailed to his farm wagon\u2026.\u201dDon\u2019t <\/div>\n
criticize farmers with your mouth open.\u201d  (open to interpretation)<\/div>\n

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The saddest part of the sale was the arrival of a large scrap iron truck.  Some of these things\u2026these gems… will<\/div>\n
not be seen again.  I was tempted to buy the Massey Harris combine just for old times sake but curbed<\/div>\n
my enthusiasm.  It sold for $800\u2026I fear it was destined for the scrap truck.<\/div>\n

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What did we buy?  Perhaps I should not say \u2018we\u2019\u2026.it was me.  Pile of lumber with planks 16 feet long, a wood mounted drill <\/div>\n
press, a pile of chisels, a ladder, two old toolboxes (one filled with used screws and washers rather than the treasures<\/div>\n
expected), a fogging machine (for what purpose?), a rake for Marjorie, 2 jacks, 2 large wide flat boards redolent of manure<\/div>\n
and time (for future wooden quilts), a 1963 Farmall row crop tractor in running condition  and other things best forgotten.<\/div>\n
If you are about to say something negative about my bidding save your breath.  It is an addiction.<\/div>\n

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Marjorie arrived with Woody our dog just as Doug Donaldson said \u201cSold\u201d and accepted my bid for the<\/div>\n
Farmall tractor.   No hostile comment from her, she is familiar with idiosyncratic bidding. Tractor was purring like<\/div>\n
the cats hidden away in the barn.  I will not reveal the price.<\/div>\n

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Here are some faces and a random collection of what could be purchased.<\/div>\n

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EPISODE 812    RANDOM PICTURES FROM THE KILNER FARM SALE , APRIL 29,2023 alan skeoch april 29, 2023 AN AUCTION SALE IS A GAMBLE Auction sales are a gamble for the seller. Particularly farm sales.  The sun could shine or rain could fall. On April 29 there was no sun\u2026.some rain\u2026.lots of mud.   But […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-23951","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/alanskeoch.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23951","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/alanskeoch.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/alanskeoch.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alanskeoch.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alanskeoch.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=23951"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/alanskeoch.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23951\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alanskeoch.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=23951"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alanskeoch.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=23951"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alanskeoch.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=23951"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}