The genius of pioneer inventors can confound us. Countless contraptions that revolutionized farming in the 19th and early ...

Learn about the history of the round baler and the many men and companies that claimed to be the first to create a functional ...

Learn about the history, development, and legacy of the John Deere Model A tractor, and which market role this tractor was ...

Courtesy of W. J. Eshleman, 722 E. End Ave., Lancaster, Pa. 17602 The last Peerless Engine, Serial No. 18298 owned by Samuel G. Stoltzfus of White Horse, Pennsylvania ...

This issue of the Iron-Men Album brings us to the 10th installment of Dr. Bixler’s history of the Aultman & Taylor Company, as edited by Dr. Robert T. Rhode. The Album is serializing Dr. Bixler’s book ...

So, What Is an Indicator and How Does It Work? The indicator simply records, on a piece of paper, the pressure in one end of a steam cylinder as the piston of the engine moves from one end of its ...

Edward Rumely, the man who brought the company into the modern age, encouraged development of the popular OilPull tractor line. A mighty Rumely 30-60 Oilpull Tractor gains fame for the company as it ...

This One Minute grain grader and cleaner was made in Newton, Iowa, and came with a removable hand crank so the machine could be powered with a special drive attachment. The end view of the Viking mill ...

The use of a pretty face has a long and successful history in the field of commercial art. Here, the image of a sweet country girl is used to market cream separators. In an effort to compete with ...

Some of the crew that helped salvage and restore the steam engine (from left): Gene Zopfi, George Benson, Ted McNamara, Kurt Eiden, Art Job and Bob Tollefson. The 1916 Avery 16 hp steam traction ...

This Tournadozer, also owned by Bolander & Sons and at work on the same job, fills around a culvert as a CGW freight train whizzes by. Farm Collector is supposed to be about farm stuff, right? However ...

Jim Robinson’s (Derby, Conn.) well-preserved and fully functional HE Payloader dating to the early 1950s. The simple curves in the loader arms increased wheel clearance, allowed for larger carry loads ...