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Index Page numbers in italic refer topictures. Aftermath, defined, 5 Anderson, Per Daniel, 99, 36,39,41 Apples and orchards, 49.55 Arab Oil Embargo, impact, 151-152 Associated Milk Producers Incorporated , 154 Bale elevator, 3, 12-14 Bale, stacking, 123;compared to loose hay, 124-125; method, 126127 Baler, round, 133-1 34; drawbacks, Baler, square, 109,119, 121, 122-123; knot-tier, 193, 198, 130;operation, 128;drawbacks, 129-130 Barn, 45,9I ; building and expanding, 150; cost, 9 1; round barn, 109, 147-148 39,42, 54-5.5, 55, 91, 112-1 13, 145, 112-1 13, 115, 135, 143 Basballe family.Carl, 95; Knud, Jr, killed by steer, 95; Mildred, 95; Paul, 142 Battle of Wood Lake, 37 Bootlegging, 9.9-102 Botz, Fred, barn destroyed by lightning , 96 Carson, William, killed by mower, 66 Carver County, map, 20 Christensen, Larry (L.C.), 177-178 Civil War, 1 9 - " ~ , 25, 40-41; seealso Dakota Conflict Clearwater Lake, see Lake Waconia Conveyor, see Bale elevator Cropstore silos, 148 Curing, method, 29,30 Dahmes, Laverne, 146-147, 155, Dahmes, Michael, 146 Dahmes, Otto, barn destroyed by wind Ilairy farming, 145-146 Dakota Conflict, 1+21,25,34-37,44, Dangers, see Hazards Drinks, beer, 9 s 1 0 2 ; water, 28-29, Drying, see Curing Edwards, Charles, farm destroyed by Equipment, dangers, see Hazards, farm 165-166, shears, 97 82; see also Civil War 66-67,90, 102; switchel, 68 tornado, 97 equiprnent Faber, Frank, barn destroyed by torFadness , Lars, killed in hayloft, 117 nado, 96 Fergus Falls, 51-53,59 Flies, 58,66, 67;see also Mosquitoes Frost, Robert, 2, 10, 181 Garfield Township, Polk County, map, Grasshoppers, plagues, 4.243 I10 209 2 10 Index Grove Township, Stearns County, Grimni, Wendelin, 24 map, 78 Hammer-mill grinder, 3,4 Harvestore silos, 148 Hay,defined, 7-8; difference from straw, 7-8; fragrance, 10-11; when to cut, 60 Hay, types, alfalfa, 6, 8-9, 114, 162; alfalfa, compared to grass, 85, 117;Grimm alfalfa, 24; clover, 8, 42; June grass (bluegrass), 84; wild hay (pasture grass), 65, 114-1 15;Timothy, 5,6, 7, 59-60,102; sorghum and Sudan grass, 166 Hay loader, 83,87,86-88,90, 131 Hay sling and carrier, 77, 89, 89, 90-94,116-117; method, 91-92 Haycocks, method of building, 29-30, 63 Haylage, 148-149, 159;silo costs, 148, 153; defined, 148;computerization, 153;compared to baling, 161; drawbacks , 163 159-160, 162; seealsoHaylofts, filling with bale elevator andHaylofts, filling with slings 12-14, 128-129; filling with slings, 9-94, 116-1 I 7; slings compared to elevator, 128; see alsoHaylage silos, filling Haystacks, descriptions, 7, 12-14,33, 33-34; early methods of building, 3-34, 30, 33,68; stacking with poles, 30, 3 1 Hazards, 16, 176-177; barn and silo, I 17, 147;farm equipment, 27, 65-66, 122, 160, 163, 167-168; fire, 93, 96;lightning, 70-72, 77-80, 96; livestock, 88,94-95,96; tornado, 96,97, 141 Hocking, Wendy, seeHoffbeck (HockHoffbeck farm, described, 46,47 Haylage silos, costs, 148, 153;filling, Haylofts, filling with bale elevator, ing), Wendy Hoffbeck, Alvina, 3,4, 1.5,48 Hoffbeck, Ane Marie, 4, IS,25,145, Hof€beck, Brenda, 145, 170 Hoffbeck, Chris, 145, 147, 156-157, 158, 166, 175, Hoffbeck, Dana, 15,145, 147, Hoffbeck, Ella, 143 Hoffbeck, George, 142-143, 155, 179 Hoffbeck, Janice, 8, 13,15 Hof€beck,Jeffrey, 25,145, 147, 157, Hoffbeck, John, 145, 167, 168-169, Hoffbeck, Kelly, 107-108, 176 Hoffbeck, Larry, 6, 6, 8, 1 1, 13,15, 241,250,164 impact of father’s death, 142-143, 145; described, 145;takes over farm, 145-148; converts to haylage system; I 48-1 50;expands dairy farm, 150;builds home, 151; expands haylage system, I 53-166; death, 167-17 1; aftermath of death, 174-176 170, 175, 15-16,47-48,74-75, 139-140, Hoffbeck, Laurie, 107-108 Hoffbeck, Raymond, 3, 6,6, 8, 14-15, IS, 47-48, 76; death, 3-5, 136-138; funeral, 11-12 Hoffbeck, Vernon Christian, 206, Hoffbeck (Hocking),Wendy, 151, 162, Horse-drawn equipment, seeMower, horse-drawn Horses, 42,64-65, 83-84, 88-89, 103, 2 15,1I 5-1 17; compared to oxen, 3-0, price, 40 56-57 106-108, 176 167-169, 174-179 Hubbard, Solon, and family,51,52, International Harvester, 83,87; F-12 model, 122; “H”model Farmall, 114...

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