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AMBRIE'S "A"

By Wayne H. Schnell

Route 2, Box 330 Irrigon, Oregon 97844

The first time that I met Ambrie was at the marriage of one of my wife's relatives. Ambrie Bagley was a truck gardener for many years, owning and managing Chestnut Farms in Salem, Oregon. My wife and I had recently migrated to eastern Oregon with our three children to try our luck at farming, so Ambrie and I had something in common. We spent a good deal of time telling each other what we knew. As he knew a lot more than I, he did most of the talking. Anyway, Ambrie and I ended our first meeting on a positive note.

It was sometime later that Ambrie stopped by our farm on his way to a football game involving Oregon State. After discussing the crops that we were raising, the irrigation, the weather, and purposely avoiding politics, Ambrie asked, "What kind of tractor do you have?"

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