August 2019

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Farm Collector2 min readAgriculture
All Aboard!
This issue of Farm Collector includes an article by Jim Lacey on a Holden’s Ideal Corn Tester. Jim knows a lot about the tester, but nothing about Professor Holden. As it turns out, Perry Holden was a professor of agronomy at Iowa State University at
Farm Collector2 min readAutomotive
Letters To The Editor
Robert Pripps’ article on International Harvester crawler tractors produced in the Hamilton, Ontario, plant (Farm Collector, May 2019) neglected to mention the low-profile or orchard versions of the T-4, T-5 and TD-5 crawlers. These machines differ f
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WANTED: GADGETS, GIZMOS & CONTRAPTIONS
Answers for new items in this issue must be received by Aug. 2, 2019. A. Found in a load of potatoes. Piece measures 3-½ inches long. One-inch bore, tapered. Two vent holes; two straight holes. B. Handle measures 4-½ inches long. Slight scorched area
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Answers To June Mystery Tools
A. Unidentified. Photo submitted by Henry Beckman, Loretto, Tenn. B. Carpet stretcher. Identified by Randy Winland, Prospect, Ohio; Jerry Estes, Pana, Ill.; Bill Bracy, Murfreesboro, Tenn.; Ken Smith, Marshalltown, Iowa; Albert Stier, Petersburg, Ill
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Oh, What A Baby!
This column has referred in the past to the severe Agricultural Depression that followed World War I. Prices for farm products (wheat fell from $3 to $1 per bushel, while corn was so cheap that farmers burned it for fuel) plummeted. Sales of farm imp
Farm Collector6 min readAutomotive
A Very Early Case
Andrew Ebling is a young guy who thinks old. Take antique tractors, for instance. “I like how archaic some of them are,” says the 35-year-old Dundas, Minnesota, business manager. “I like how simple the designs are. Early tractors show the transition
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Celebrating the Past
If you stop by the Mid-America Windmill Museum this month, be prepared to celebrate: The museum marks its 25th anniversary with festivities set for Saturday, July 20. The anniversary event will feature guest speakers, live music, food vendors, tours,
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Set In Concrete
If you’re a regular visitor to the annual Midwest Old Threshers Reunion, held every Labor Day weekend at Mt. Pleasant, Iowa, since 1950, you’ve probably watched Steve Alt give a demonstration or seen one of his engines — even if you didn’t know it. A
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Holden’s Ideal Corn Tester
Some time back, my brother Ted was at an auction in Trent, South Dakota, a small town just east of us. After the sale, he came out, unloaded this little wood creation and said, “This is your combination Christmas and birthday present!” So, I did a li
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The Hall Influence
In 2016, Flint & Walling Mfg. Co. celebrated 150 years of continuous manufacturing at the same location at the corner of Oak and Mitchell streets in Kendallville, Indiana. No clear history existed of the formative years when David Walling and Simeon
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Complete Restoration for Lowly Wagon
Consider the belly dump wagon of, say, a century ago. In the world of early wagons, it was worked hard and put away wet. The belly dump wagon hauled the load and dumped the load – heavy loads, at that – and that’s it. Like the linebacker on the footb
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Asking For The Farmer’s Trust
When children show up in advertising for heavy durable goods like farm equipment, they’re there for a reason. Adriance, Platt & Co.communicated a message of trust and confidence with this image, in which four children are entrusted to their faithful
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Trewisms
I’ve always admired and respected the words of wisdom passed down by my elders. My life has been easier when I adhered to their advice. Now I want to pass down some of my hard-earned observations of life accumulated during my years on earth to date.
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THE BEGINNING OF THE END OF THE Threshing Ring
After reading the story of the Allis-Chalmers All-Crop combine in the May issue of Farm Collector, I thought these recollections might be of interest to readers. My dad, being a progressive farmer, purchased an Allis-Chalmers combine on June 20, 1938
Farm Collector3 min readAutomotive
WHAT’S SO NEW ABOUT Battery-Powered Vehicles?
Sometime in the middle of the 1950s, when I was looking at a boys’ mechanical-type magazine, an ad listed rubber tire wheels for sale. I had several ideas for projects that were unrealized for lack of wheels. I do not remember the price, but at that
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A Celebration Of Milk Cans
Before the use of milk cans, a common practice was for cows and asses to be driven through the streets. Customers would receive fresh milk directly from the cow. In London, milkmaids avoided the dangers to themselves and the contamination of their mi
Farm Collector1 min readTechnology & Engineering
Ford 2n, 8n And 9n Shop Manual
From the long-established I&T Shop Manuals line, Ford Shop Manual FO-4 is a very comprehensive shop manual. As with all I&T manuals, this one is invaluable in restoration of tractors, especially for the person who does not work with this line – 2N, 8
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Farm Collector
This book fully describes every part of a farm engine and boiler, giving complete directions for the safe and economical management of both. Included are chapters on farm engine economy (with special attention to traction and gasoline farm engines) a
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SHOWS & SPECIAL EVENTS
Sept.6th 7th 8th 2019: Gentry, AR. Branch 37, 28th Annual Tired Iron of the Ozarks Fall Show. Antique tractors, numerous oil field engines, gas engine and home appliance demonstrations, Parade of Power and much more!Featuring: Garden Tractors and Wat

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