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The versatile Allis-Chalmers tow-behind All-Crop combine, advertised as providing an improved way of life for the farmer, found a ready market.
The mechanical hay press made loose-hay transportation a thing of the past.
From indicators to analyzers: Engine indicators, used to analyze the performance of an engine, have been around for more than 200 years.
Let’s Talk Rusty Iron: U.S. farmers faced high farm mortgages and big debts even before the Great Depression began, and the stock market crash and dust storms only made it worse.
The State Department expressed an interest in the tests, believing the use of jeeps in farm work could help improve the agricultural productivity of liberated countries until such time as tractor ...
Hammering on staybolts has long been considered an accepted method of testing their integrity. But there are other methods of testing staybolts, and it seems that within the steam community there is ...
Learn about tractor history, starting at the birth of the power farming era in 1831 and ending at the introduction of the McCormick-Deering Farmall tractor in 1924.
The Oshkosh in front of John Morse’s shop on Ceape Street in Oshkosh, Wis. Although not proven, it’s generally believed this photo was taken at the time of the race. Unfortunately, no photos of the ...
Edward Rumely, the man who brought the company into the modern age, encouraged development of the popular OilPull tractor line. A mighty Rumely 30-60 Oilpull Tractor gains fame for the company as it ...
This issue of the Iron-Men Album brings us to the 10th installment of Dr. Bixler’s history of the Aultman & Taylor Company, as edited by Dr. Robert T. Rhode. The Album is serializing Dr. Bixler’s book ...
Collector uncovers the history of this vintage cider press purchased by Civil War veteran to use on his Iowa homestead. See this antique fruit press restored!
Jim Robinson’s (Derby, Conn.) well-preserved and fully functional HE Payloader dating to the early 1950s. The simple curves in the loader arms increased wheel clearance, allowed for larger carry loads ...