The genius of pioneer inventors can confound us. Countless contraptions that revolutionized farming in the 19th and early ...

Hear a first hand account of life working in the Fox River Tractor Company's Appleton, Wisconsin, factory from a long time ...

Delbert Miller’s 1896 Huber 16hp, expertly restored vintage steam engine. When you live around family members who restore antique engines, the collector bug is ever present. Delbert Miller explained ...

Ferguson tractors went on to sell in vast numbers, and today they are a great favorite with collectors. This 1952 Fergu-son TED 20 belongs to Jimmy Waters, and, from sourcing Ferguson records, Jimmy ...

A reproduction of an Arcade McCormick-Deering tractor. The differences are hard to tell, although a close look will show that the "McCormick" name is misspelled as "McCormic." They look real. Not only ...

This New Holland Model 320 is representative of later, more streamlined hay balers that used an in-line plunger. The New Holland Model 66, introduced in 1953, was the industry's first PTO-powered ...

The use of a pretty face has a long and successful history in the field of commercial art. Here, the image of a sweet country girl is used to market cream separators. In an effort to compete with ...

The Great Depression that caused so much trouble in the world during the 1930s ended only with the boom caused by World War II. For American farmers however, the downturn began shortly after World War ...

When we talk about farming with mules decades ago, we tend to picture small operations. An Iowa ranch established in 1896 is a noteworthy exception. William P. Adams was an unlikely farmer. Born in ...

Shely fiber breaker. More than 120,000 pounds of hemp fiber was needed to rig the 44-gun USS Constitution, America’s oldest Navy ship affectionately called “Old Ironsides.” Nearly 55 tons of fiber was ...