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The Allis-Chalmers Co.: Leading with Innovation - Farm Collector
WEBJan 14, 2016 · In early 1861, Edward P. Allis bought Reliance Works, a French buhr mill manufacturer in Milwaukee, at a sheriff’s sale for a reported $22.72. This was the beginning of the firm eventually called Allis-Chalmers. In addition to the farm equipment we’re all familiar with, over the years, AC also produced sawmills, large flour mills, large ...
How a Threshing Machine Works - Farm Collector
WEBFeb 9, 2011 · How a Threshing Machine Works. The first threshing methods involved beating grain by hand with a flail, or trampling it by animal hooves. An early threshing machine, patented in 1837 by Hiram A. and John A. Pitts, Winthrop, Maine, was powered by horses walking on a treadmill. Improvements were made to the original machine until late in …
The Evolution of Haying: Hay barn styles, Mows and Hay Fork …
WEBJul 1, 2001 · These mows were filled by a man pitching the hay into one of the openings and one or two others moving it back – hot, hard work. About the middle of the 19th century, tools for placing hay in barns such as forks, slings and mechanical hay carriers, began to be developed. This allowed barns to be built higher and narrower than before, and ...
Ready to Roll: 10 Rare Antique Pedal Tractors - Farm Collector
WEBAug 1, 2008 · 4. Caterpillar D-4. Manufactured in 1949 by New London Metal Products, this 45-inch-long pedal tractor was battery-powered and had a blade. A gas-powered model is also hard to find. 5. Oliver 1800. Ertl made this pedal tractor with a keystone decal and solid grille. A list of ten rare and valuable antique pedal tractors.
Wheel Horse Garden Tractor: The Horse of a Different Color
WEBDec 1, 2005 · Members of the Wheel Horse Collectors Club (WHCC) met at the South Mountain Fairgrounds west of Arendtsville, Pa., in June for their seventh annual all-Wheel Horse show. “It was our largest turnout ever,” says founding president Don Kane. “We started with about 40 tractors in 1999 and had about 500 in attendance this year.”.
A History of Hay Equipment: Evolving from Manual Mowing
WEBOct 9, 2008 · By the 1850s, though, the impact of the Industrial Revolution on farming equipment history was unmistakable. In this article, the first segment of a three-part series on hay equipment (see Part 2 and Part 3), the focus is on mowers. Farmers who still cut hay with sickles or scythes well into the mid-1800s were quick to embrace new technology.
John Deere’s Oldest Tractor Returns Home - Farm Collector
WEBJun 1, 2004 · The only complete 4-cylinder Dain All-Wheel-Drive tractor, John Deere’s oldest known, was welcomed back into the Deere & Co. family. The Dain, which pre-dates John Deere’s first 2-cylinder tractor (the 1923 Model D), was put on permanent display at the John Deere Collectors Center in Moline, Ill., March 13, 2004. “The response has been ...
Ten Agricultural Inventions that Changed the Face of Farming in …
WEBJun 23, 2022 · An agricultural inventions timeline of the most significant agricultural inventions during the 19th and the first half of the 20th centuries. Ten years ago this month, the first issue of Farm Collector hit the mail-boxes of the first subscribers, so it seems appropriate to do a “Ten Most” column about the history …
Planet Jr. was a Big Player on Small Farms - Farm Collector
WEBMar 30, 2011 · Planet Jr. was a Big Player on Small Farms. When Chris Moomaw fell for a decades-old line of farm and garden implements, he was drawn in by the technology of one century and the business strategy of another. Riding herd over what he describes as “an unfocused collection” of small, crank-driven machines, Chris stumbled onto the Planet Jr ...
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