I'm not moving. I live 200 miles away
At 10:26 AM 10/16/2008, you wrote:
Where are you moving to?
On Thu, Oct 16, 2008 at 11:07 AM, Loren Faeth <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>wrote:
> Some of you may recall, our historic family farm has been forced into sale.
> Partial listing will be found at www.sullivanauctioneers.com within the
> next few days. There will be on-line bidding for the land and some items.
> If anyone is interested in non-land items for online bidding, be sure to
> contact the auctioneers.
>
> How often do you have an opportunity to buy a COMPLETE historic district?
>
> This sale includes the entire Faeth Farmstead Historic District. Most of it
> is in tract 1, with a small piece in tract 2. It is listed on the National
> Register of Historic Places. This land has been in the family since 1832,
> and is the oldest orchard West of the Mississippi, and just a few
miles from
> the site of the first land grant west of the Mississippi and North of the
> Des Moines River, a grant to Louis Honore Tesson from the King of
France, in
> the 1700s. Tesson established the first orchard west of the Mississippi
> here, long before the Louisiana Purchase. There is a lot of history here.
>
> This is an ideal site for any Horticultural crop, including orchard,
> vineyards and vegetable crops, as well as land for row crops. Complete
> truck farm equipment will be on the sale. This was one of Iowa's 54
> licensed Native Wineries. Iowa has a long history of grape and wine
> production up until WWII when the government directed row crop farming for
> the war effort. There is a new Renaissance of wineries and grape
production
> in Iowa. Our juice and retail building is an ideal building for a winery.
>
> Both of the listed JD tractors have had recent major overhaul by JD
> mechanics. the 1530 probably has about 200 hr since the OH and the 2020 I
> believe is under 100 hr since the OH and also has new rear tires. The 1530
> was purchased new in 1974, and was assembled at the Mannheim Works in
> Germany. The 2020 is a 1968 and we purchased it in 1971, Both are really
> good tractors.
>
> If you have any questions, please ask. Loren Faeth may be reached at 515
> 450 0717
>
> Outside the auction Loren has for sale my JD5500N low/narrow
> orchard/vineyard tractor. It is a great tractor. It has a 4cyl
turbodiesel
> I think the engine HP is 80. Transmission is 3 x 4 12 speed with
> forward/reverse shuttle. PTO is 540 Rpm with std and economy setting. It
> pulls our NW430 Bean sprayer (30 GPM Bean Royal pump) very easily. It has
> low hours. It has a cab, so makes a good mowing or spraying tractor. Fuel
> consumption is half that of the Massey or other JD tractors w/o turbo and
> economy PTO. There are two remote Hyd, with Pioneer couplings, and a third
> live line that I believe was used for a hydraulic motor edger on a mower.
> It is Mechanical FWD. This is a nice unit! I purchased it with a home
> equity loan on my house, so I need to sell it, since I no longer have a use
> for it.
>
> After the dust settles, I will be selling my 87 300TD, and 80 240D manual.
> For sale now is my 300SDL, 1987.
>
>
>
>
> Loren Faeth
>
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