Beaver Creek Corn Harvest

Oct 28, 2013

Photographer Christian Begeman saw something unusual when he stopped at Beaver Creek Nature Area near Brandon last Saturday — a 1954 SC Case tractor, Co-op corn picker and David Bradley wagon were in the park’s 9 acre corn field.

Allen Severtson of Valley Springs was at the wheel. “His hobby is to farm with equipment from yesteryear and he invited to ride along with him for a couple rounds and take photos,” Begeman said. “The corn is shelled and sold and a local farmer gets the cobs.”

See more of Begeman’s photos at cbegeman.blogspot.com or on our website.

Comments

09:01 am - Mon, October 28 2013

Heidi said:

This is really neat! Allen is preserving a very important part of our ag history, especially in an age of auto-steer equipment and GPS yield mapping.

08:48 am - Sat, November 2 2013

Karen Buckels said:

Memories of harvest time in South Dakota are very dear to many of us that have since moved away from the area. This makes me homesick for that time in my life when farmers owned smaller equipment, put in a long hard day but loved every minute of it. Thank you for these memories, so many of the pictures look so familiar to me.

05:43 pm - Wed, November 6 2013

Evonne said:

Allen Severtson wondering if this is my husband Allan Meinerts old tractor. Looks exactly like his he says,

04:57 pm - Sat, November 9 2013

anonymous said:

From Allen to another Allan the tractor is one in the same - hope you enjoyed the pictures because I sure enjoy the tractor:)

02:45 pm - Mon, October 27 2014

Nancy Finzen said:

What a surprise to open the magazine and see my brother!!!! Had to check out the web page. Love it!!!! Dad is smile'n from above!!! Wonderful!!!!!