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    PARTNERS IN PROGRESS

    Aug 12, 2022 4 minutes
    By Fred Hendricks

    Ohio’s Crawford County is on the eastern edge of America’s corn belt. While the county is steeped in agriculture history, the county seat of Bucyrus was home to more than two dozen manufacturing operations at the onset of the industrial revolution. The Crawford Museum of Agriculture – created by old iron enthusiasts, FFA students and local supporters – celebrates that heritage.

    , a publication produced by the Bucyrus Industrial Assn. in 1911, lists 30 local manufacturers. Agriculture-related companies included Blair, a producer of hog and pig rings; Crooks & Uhl Machine Works, manufacturers of wrenches; Shunk Plow Co., builders of plows and farm

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