An agricultural inventions timeline of the most significant agricultural inventions during the 19th and the first half of the 20th centuries. Ten years ago this month, the first issue of Farm ...

Just as ancient man came up with the idea for the wheel, it was probably only a matter of time until someone devised the idea of squeezing loose hay into a package that could by tied, handled and ...

American Steam Traction and to A. D. Baker''Part I In northwestern Ohio is a town of about two thousand people, called Swanton. It is located in Fulton County and is situated on the New York Central ...

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 ...

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Mr. Gust Hove, Box 14, Erskine, Minn., sends us these pictures of his engines.. A Case 75 hp No. 26024 and a Rumely Oil Pull built in 1912 and numbered 312. We are not told who the fine folks are ...

When retired high school teacher Joe Wurth learned of a vintage cider press tucked away in a barn in his hometown of Marcus, Iowa, he couldn’t have imagined where the history of the piece would take ...

Learn how one Michigan family maintains their antique tractor collection in active use as a way of preserving their legacy and traditions. Some antique tractors are trailer queens. Others, in their ...

Everyday farm chores required a lot of muscle, but the loose hay loader eased the load on farmers’ backs from the mid-ninetieth century through the end of WWII. When I was a kid on the farm, dozens of ...

Strong fibers formed strong nations in the pre-industrial age, and hemp was strategically important during the Revolutionary War. Yet, hemp is no longer purposefully grown in the U.S. in any ...

With the possible exception of those who lived through the oil shortages of the early 1970s, we take the availability of petroleum fuels for granted. But it has not always been that way everywhere – ...

Front-end loaders are so commonplace that they blend into the mechanical landscape at construction sites. Most farms, many estates and even some suburban homes are equipped with at least one. This ...