3 Generations Involved in Plow Day
Published: Friday, October 16, 2026
Nine members of the Noble County Gas & Steam Assn. participated in a fall plow day last Saturday at the Perlich farm near Albion.
The youngest participant was Addie Perlich, 15-year-old granddaughter of Allen Perlich. No stranger to farm work, Addie was at the controls of a Super 88 Oliver as she and other members turned the soil on 32 acres. Also plowing was her father, David. Other family members looked on from a small tent at the end of a harvested silage field.
"It was fun. I liked it," Addie said when asked about her plowing experience. "I like working outside with my grandpa and my dad."
Last Friday, she baled hay using a round baler. She said farming is in her blood.
In 4-H, Addie shows beef cattle, pigs and sheep. She also is a member of the Central Noble FFA chapter. She wants to go into the medical field while living at home, where she can help her father on the farm.
Soil conditions last Saturday were "a little hard," David said. The seven tractors—five Olivers, one John Deere and one Cockshutt —were chugging as they moved through the low ground.
"I think it's from all the rain we had earlier," he said.
David said the field, weather permitting, will be planted to wheat as soon as possible.
"We needed it tilled anyway, so we might as well have some fun doing it," he said.
Larry Palmer, a longtime member, drove an Oliver that pulled a wagon for spectators to ride in. Justus Scott, a grandson of Terry Targgart, drove a Massey Harris with a small wagon.
Last month, the Perlichs and other club members traveled to northern Michigan to participate in the annual Mackinac Bridge tractor crossing. Allen and David plowed with the same Oliver tractors that crossed the "Mighty Mac."
"It wasn't really a problem driving on the Mackinac Bridge," Allen said. "I never felt the bridge move or anything."
He said it was an amazing experience, with over 1,100 tractors crossing the nearly five-mile span.
"It was fun to go do that," he said. "It was a long way up there, though."
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