Photo by Robert Wolfington III George Prairie retired from full time farming about 25 years ago, but he continues to keep an eye on the crops around the region.

MARSHALL — George Prairie has been retired from farming for a few years, but that doesn’t mean he doesn’t know what’s going on. At the age of 91, Prairie continues to garden and watch over the fields he farmed for about 40 years. “I’ve been farming all my life. I started farming with my folks,” said Prairie. After helping his parents on their farm, Prairie said he bought is first few hundred acres in 1944. He would expand to nearly double that 15 years later. “When I started farming in 1944 I bought 240 acres of ground,” said Prairie. “I farmed that for about 15 years and after that I bought another quarter and I was farming 400 acres.” During those years, Prairie farmed with his wife Agnes and their five children. “My wife would drive the tractor while I was on the binder,” said Prairie. “She was a good tractor driver. She liked to plow, I told her I was glad she liked to plow because I didn’t.” Along with his wife, Prairie said their five children also pitched in on the farm.