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    LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

    Feb 07, 2020 3 minutes

    Farquhar cider press going strong 82 years later

    y wife, Judy, and I operate a small, 58-acre farm in Bedminster, Bucks County, Pennsylvania. Our crops are apples, peaches, strawberries and a variety of vegetables. I wanted to let you know was how thrilled I was to read the article on Mike Wahl, his daughters, and his 1921 Farquhar steam engine in the December 2019 issue of . I do not have a steam engine, but we do have an A.B. Farquhar 32-inch cider, there was an article about malleable chain links by Ted “Dutch” deHaan. Our apple elevator uses those type of links.

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