TALES FROM THE BACK 40 - Growing up on a 400-acre farm in the rolling hills of southwestern Wisconsin provided me with a fertile field for my memories. I was born in 1966 in Boscobel, Wisconsin, and lived on our farm on Hwy. 61 between Boscobel and Fennimore. From an early age, I was fascinated with the equipment on our farm. My parents say that among my first words was “ba-to” (for “tractor”). They put me in my baby seat and stored me in an unoccupied calf pen in our barn while they milked cows.