There is good news for farmer Gary Boe of Triple M Ranch near Warman, Sask.
Not only has he found a replacement pump for the original one that he said was “borrowed,” but his faith in others has been restored.
A story in The Western Producer Sept. 11 reported that Boe’s pump went missing from his 1976 Co-op 550 Flying Machine swather. The police were notified and Boe created a sign he put in his swather’s front window, which politely asked for his pump’s return.
Enter Richard and Inger Johnsen, who farm near Edmonton. According to Boe, they are an elderly couple who read their Producer front to back every Thursday.
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Boe said he received a call from Inger the same day the paper came out and said if he covered the freight, he could have the pump.
“She would take no money for it, absolutely nothing. So I’m going to buy them a year’s subscription to the Producer. That way everyone wins,” said Boe.
Inger said her husband, Richard, saw the story and “he knows how the farmers are. If we are willing to help, then we help.”
The couple emigrated from Denmark to Canada in 1954 and took up farming.
“We like it in Canada – you’re freer,” said Inger. “We feel good about it because that’s what farmers do. They help each other whenever they can.”
Boe said he received six calls since the article appeared.
Two calls were from the Edmonton area, one was from southern Alberta and three were from Saskatchewan, from “guys that had parked their swathers and got new ones.”
“These number of calls shows there’s still some good people in the world. I’m very appreciative. It kind of restores the faith,” said Boe who added, “I’d still rather have my old pump back.”
