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 ...

In 1917 the Davis Manufacturing Co. engine plant in Milwaukee, Wisconsin was purchased, becoming Avery Co. Plant No. 3. They were then prepared to build all of their own engines. The Glide automobile ...

The machine was built in 1875 at Westminster, Maryland by the Taylor Manufacturing Company, and was a prize winner at the Paris Exposition in 1878. It is a horse-drawn model Dry Steam Portable engine.

The fourth annual Reunion and Steam Show of the Old Time Threshers and Sawmill Operators was held on the James Whitbey farm at Fort Wayne, Indiana. The reunion ran for four days, opening on, Thursday, ...

Western Nebraska steam enthusiasts turned out in force for the fourth annual old-fashioned threshing bee on the Leonard Woznick farm near here. An oat field on Mr. Woznick’s farm was turned into an ...

For every antique farm equipment enthusiast! Do you have a special place in your heart for the good old days of life on the American farm? Do your ears perk up at the sound of an old Johnny Popper ...

The VerHages use this 1977 Deutz D 8006 on the feed cart in their Holstein operation at VerHage Holsteins. Learn how one Michigan family maintains their antique tractor collection in active use as a ...

For every antique farm equipment enthusiast! Do you have a special place in your heart for the good old days of life on the American farm? Do your ears perk up at the sound of an old Johnny Popper ...

A big Avery 40-80 tractor, showing the round, vertical tube radiator with the large exhaust pipe through the center. Last month we looked at the life of Robert H. Avery and the birth of the Avery Co.

Saving historical relics, even items as mundane as antique incubators, can lead one down interesting paths. So, come along and learn about an interesting farm “tool” of the early 20th century. Way ...

Before a crowd of farmers and businessmen who’d invested in a sugar beet refinery, this farmer uses what appears to be a horse-drawn side lifter beet harvester. In The Beet-Sugar Industry in 1920, ...