September 26, 2023
Tractors From Around The Globe
The history of German tractors is a testament to the country’s engineering dexterity and agricultural heritage. The roots of German tractor manufacturing can be traced back to the late 19th […]
January 9, 2023
The State of the Antique Tractor Market
Anyone who has anything negative to say about the tractor market hasn’t been paying attention this year! I often read online comments about how the tractor market is failing and […]
December 7, 2022
Ford Tractor
Hello, readers! I do hope your summer and fall have been good to you. I am sorry about taking longer to write about Ford tractors than I intended, but farm […]
Partnerships and mergers – John Deere
Partnerships and mergers Most everyone knows that John Deere, after losing his father at an early age and through his mother’s encouragement to learn a trade, became an apprentice blacksmith. […]
October 3, 2022
Industry
I am sort of doubling up with this article. What we’re going to be looking at is the bicentennial edition of John Deere’s Furrow magazine. The Furrow is a Deere […]
September 21, 2022
Huber Model 20-36
On January 25, 1929, Huber completed tractor # 9414. This was the first production 20-36. Probably owing to the success of the Huber “Light Four” cross motor tractor the 20-36 […]
September 8, 2022
Kerosene Annie – The Journey
Who is Kerosene Annie? Kerosene Annie is one of a couple of experimental Rumely Tractors and the only one remaining. They were produced by the Rumely company for testing and […]
August 30, 2022
IH 1190 mower conditioner
With hay and forage season in full swing now, it’s time to look at a highly successful IH mower conditioner model, the 1190. The 1190 mower was made by IH […]
May 16, 2022
JD, then & now
John Deere—then and now For those of you who have read at least some of my stories over the past 5-1/2 years, you are probably aware that I grew up […]
May 3, 2022
Grain harvesters on the blackland prairie of Texas
Prologue My first real tractor ride was in summer 1950. I was almost four years old. Dad was breaking stubble on my grandad’s place in July. He sewed a five-bushel […]
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February 4, 2022
IH 496 disc harrows
The conventional method of row crop farming in the past was to plow the soil, disc harrow (maybe more than once), possibly spike harrow the ground to smooth it and […]
February 1, 2022
A Forgotten Tractor Built For The United States Military
It’s doubtful any of these military tractors still exist. This tractor was built around 1919 by the Republic Motor Truck Company and is fitted with wheels by the P-T Wheel […]
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January 31, 2022
Canadian-Built Farm Crawlers International T-4, T-5, and TD-5
International Harvester put the first set of tracks on a modified wheel tractor as far back as the late teens of the 20th century in an effort to make a […]
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