Monday Meeting Brings Young Farmers Together

1993 - Volume #17, Issue #1, Page #20

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A Monday night gathering that started ahnost by accident has turned into a weekly ritual for a group of young farmers in and around Paris, Mich., who say the "part work, part play" evening is now an important part of their week.
"It all started several years ago when a good neighbor friend of mine wanted me to help him work on his car. I said sure and we replaced a few wheel bearings and repaired a transmission leak. That just happened to be a Monday night. The following Monday he came to my farm to help me replace the floor in a stock trailer and from then on we just started doing different jobs on Monday nights at my house. After a few weeks a couple more friends started coming over and we really started to get a lot of work done. Whenever somebody needed some-thing repaired, we would help each other out.
"One Monday we replaced an exhaust system on a friend's truck. It wouldn't fit like it should so we had to `fabricate' it so it would. After we were through, the fellow said, `What a cobblation!' After that, we started calling our weekly get-togethers our Monday Night Cobblation. Somehow it seemed to fit.
"Over the past few years, we've built many fences, replaced roofs, installed an in-floor hoist in a shop, put insulation in another guy's shop, repaired farm equipment, hauled hay, hauled cattle, and on and on. Just about every farm chore you can think of.
"You could call it a barter system but that sounds too impersonal. What it actually is is farmers and friends doing what they have to ensure survival in these tough economic conditions.
"Sure, there are times when we get a little carried away with the socializing part of it, but when everybody else in the world is complaining about it being Monday, the `Cobblers' are happy and willing to do whatever job has to be done. I couldn't find a better bunch of guys and I would trust them with anything.
"I'm sending along a picture of a Deere 7-bottom plow that I bought at an auction which became one of the group's projects. I knew I couldn't pull it but I figured we could convert it to a 6-bottom, which I would be able to handle. One Monday night, we removed the whole hitch assembly and cut off the front bottom, and then drilled new holes and moved the hitch assembly back. This Cobblation, like all we do, was done correct and very impressively.
Contact: FARM SHOW Followup, Scott MacFarlane, 20323 Poplar Rd., Paris, Mich. 49338 (ph 616 796-5043).

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Monday Meeting Brings Young Farmers Together AG WORLD Ag World 17-1-20 A Monday night gathering that started ahnost by accident has turned into a weekly ritual for a group of young farmers in and around Paris, Mich., who say the "part work, part play" evening is now an important part of their week. "It all started several years ago when a good neighbor friend of mine wanted me to help him work on his car. I said sure and we replaced a few wheel bearings and repaired a transmission leak. That just happened to be a Monday night. The following Monday he came to my farm to help me replace the floor in a stock trailer and from then on we just started doing different jobs on Monday nights at my house. After a few weeks a couple more friends started coming over and we really started to get a lot of work done. Whenever somebody needed some-thing repaired, we would help each other out. "One Monday we replaced an exhaust system on a friend's truck. It wouldn't fit like it should so we had to `fabricate' it so it would. After we were through, the fellow said, `What a cobblation!' After that, we started calling our weekly get-togethers our Monday Night Cobblation. Somehow it seemed to fit. "Over the past few years, we've built many fences, replaced roofs, installed an in-floor hoist in a shop, put insulation in another guy's shop, repaired farm equipment, hauled hay, hauled cattle, and on and on. Just about every farm chore you can think of. "You could call it a barter system but that sounds too impersonal. What it actually is is farmers and friends doing what they have to ensure survival in these tough economic conditions. "Sure, there are times when we get a little carried away with the socializing part of it, but when everybody else in the world is complaining about it being Monday, the `Cobblers' are happy and willing to do whatever job has to be done. I couldn't find a better bunch of guys and I would trust them with anything. "I'm sending along a picture of a Deere 7-bottom plow that I bought at an auction which became one of the group's projects. I knew I couldn't pull it but I figured we could convert it to a 6-bottom, which I would be able to handle. One Monday night, we removed the whole hitch assembly and cut off the front bottom, and then drilled new holes and moved the hitch assembly back. This Cobblation, like all we do, was done correct and very impressively. Contact: FARM SHOW Followup, Scott MacFarlane, 20323 Poplar Rd., Paris, Mich. 49338 (ph 616 796-5043).

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