Could the white ring around this moon be warning of rain or snow? Early American farmers (and I’m sure many others) held some strange beliefs. Many of these superstitions survived until well into the ...
This 1928 Twin City 27-44 Road King (serial no. 250417) is one of 839 Road Kings built by Minneapolis Steel & Machinery Co. As a kid, I was fascinated with fixing and modifying toys. I grew up buying, ...
After being at the scene of the bridge accident in 1882 and told about the boiler explosion in 1884, what indescribable thing was there about a steam engine which caused me to have a desire to operate ...
This New Holland Model 320 is representative of later, more streamlined hay balers that used an in-line plunger. The New Holland Model 66, introduced in 1953, was the industry's first PTO-powered ...
The Great Depression that caused so much trouble in the world during the 1930s ended only with the boom caused by World War II. For American farmers however, the downturn began shortly after World War ...
The John Deere Waterloo Boy Model N tractor had a 2-speed transmission, and most had automotive-type steering. It was sold until 1924, when Deere’s Model D was launched. In the early days of power ...
A rare Massey-Harris Model 50, a product resulting from the dealer friction caused by the Massey-Harris/Ferguson merger. M-H dealers wanted a tractor like the Ferguson 35, so M-H sheet metal was added ...
The VerHages use this 1977 Deutz D 8006 on the feed cart in their Holstein operation at VerHage Holsteins. Learn how one Michigan family maintains their antique tractor collection in active use as a ...
Shely fiber breaker. More than 120,000 pounds of hemp fiber was needed to rig the 44-gun USS Constitution, America’s oldest Navy ship affectionately called “Old Ironsides.” Nearly 55 tons of fiber was ...
A 1963 CJ5 equipped with a 1946 Newgren hydraulic lift. Eighty years ago, a new kind of vehicle drove into the world. Months before the U.S. entered into World War II, military leaders had a plan to ...
Engine exhaust on all but very early production Regulars was routed down through a small cast iron muffler. The combination manifold routed hot exhaust over the intake passages, which warmed the ...
Top: A Defiance claw hammer, one of five offered. Bottom: A machinist’s hammer, one of four offered. Both have the original paper Defiance label. Two 10-inch wrenches. The wrench labeled by Defiance ...
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