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lan seed on a waterway. He likes mules and says he would be lost without this 25-year-old team he m_ bought when they were three year olds. — Photo by Glenn Nichols.ngCummings Man Keeps Mules ’Just Because I Like Them’BY CHARLES SPENCER (Globe Area Editor)x-Joe Cassidy, a mile east of Cummings, still keeps Judy and Kate, a team of 25 year old mules, because he “just likes to have them around, and would be lost without them.”“They are kind of community property,1' Cassidy said. “Nearly everyone in the neighborhood uses them to plow gardens and to pull a wagon when they pick up corn after a picker.Cassidy bought the team from Frank Eckert at his sale when they were coming three year olds and he expects to keep them as long as they live.“The grandchildren have a big time with them in the summers when they come around, Cassidy said. “They wouldn’t want me to sell them.Cassidy has almost always farmed with tnules and he likes them. He likes them so well that he just never got around to buying a tractor until a few years ago to mow pastures.“When tractors started becoming more popular I was getting to the point where I wanted to do less farming instead of more, so I kej* on working with mules,•* Cassidy related.Mr. Cassidy is a long time resident of Cummings and is the son of Dr. Joseph Cassidy, a physician who served the area many years ago. He and Mrs. Cassidy, the former Sophia Yost were married June 25, 1919.They have a son, Dr. Joseph Cassidy, oral surgeon, of Topeka, and a daughter, Mrs. Vernon L. Branson, whose husband is a pediatrician at Lawrence.They have 10 grandchildren.ranging in age from 18 to less than one year. The grandchildren enjoy visiting on the farm each summer and especially enjoy Judy and Kate.“Grandpa Cassidy often harnesses the mules and hitches them to a wagon so he can take some of the grandchildren for a ride.He hasn’t operated the land for several years, but keeps the pasture, a few cattle, some hens for eggs and Judy and Kate. Bennie Mayfield operates the land.Mr. and Mrs. Cassidy are members of the Cummings Methodist church. He has held nearly every office in the church “excejrt that of the preacher.” He served many years on St. Nick’s school board.He is a past treasurer of the Atchison County Farm Bureau and is a member of the Atchison County Soil Conservation District.Mr. Cassidy recalls when Cummings had a bank, two grocery stores, an elevator, lumberyard, stockyards and a Santa Fe depot.Several years ago six trains a day went through Cummings, including two passenger trains each way, Cassidy recalls.Mr. and Mrs. Cassidy have two ponds and spend much time in the summer fishing. They have lived on their present place since 1930, and before that lived on a farm west of Cummings for 10 years.Cassidy said much erosion has taken place on the land since he was a boy. The hillsides that now show yellow soil in spots were all black many years ago.Flowers, gifts, and candy. Atchison Flower and Gift Shop.rii cDONTCLOWNAROUNDwith yourINCOME TAXApril 15 is closing in! Why worry ond slew when BLOCK will do your fox of such a small cost! Get your fax in NOW! See your nearest BLOCK
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Atchison Globe Daily
Atchison, Kansas, US
Tue, Mar 29, 1966
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