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    LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

    May 13, 2022 5 minutes

    Tracing the American/Superior lineage

    This is an end cap from a Superior grain drill. Does anyone know when Oliver bought out Superior and American Seeding Co., Springfield, Ohio? I’m missing an acre meter.

    Wayne Cooper, 388 Pine Run Rd., Fombell, PA 16123; (724) 452-7523

    Editor’s note: According to C.H. Wendel in Encyclopedia of American Farm Implements & Antiques, a 1903 merger of seven companies – including Superior Drill Co., Springfield, Ohio – formed American Seeding Machine Co. Oliver Farm Equipment Co. was formed by a 1929 merger of four companies: American Seeding Machine Co., Oliver Chilled Plow Works, Hart-Parr Tractor Co. and Nichols & Shepard Co.

    Cheers for a young restorer

    Thank you all for this excellent article and photos in the March 2022 issue of Bravo to all, including friend Elyse Evers and mentor Keith Miller, and congratulations to Annika! May you have many more successes, and especially, may

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