| The picture of the label on the
left is not my farm. My place doesn't look like the traditional
old time farmstead. The picture is
however that of grandpa's place. The horse emblems represent the
other (Severson) side of the family. These emblems have been displayed on
at least 5
generations of Severson barns. Great-great grandpa Lars Severson immigrated from Norway in 1866 and eventually settled in Garfield township, Illinois where he farmed and is now buried. Seversons still farm there today. Brian immigrated west a few miles to Goodfarm township in 1989 to the place displayed on the right. |
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| While I didn't change the emblem displayed on my barn, I did change the way I cultivate corn. On the left is grandpa Severson's brother cultivating corn in 1917. | |
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| I began by raising corn, soybeans and pigs. After a few years I met a pretty girl who not only loved me but the farm also. | |
| Over the years I've quit raising pigs and began raising and selling hay, wheat straw, oats cleaned and bagged, sweet corn and the best crop of all; kids. | |