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 ...

When we talk about farming with mules decades ago, we tend to picture small operations. An Iowa ranch established in 1896 is a noteworthy exception. William P. Adams was an unlikely farmer. Born in ...

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 ...

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 ...

Five people were killed as the result of the explosion of a Case 110 steam traction engine in Medina, Ohio on July 29. The engine was being moved to the Medina County Fairgrounds, in preparation for ...

Gable hay door on end hoist barn; and a typical hay fork carrier. In the old days, barns were built long, wide and relatively low. Hay mows were kept low since the hay had to be pitched into them by a ...

Farm applications were just a few of the ways the Willys marketing department envisioned Jeeps in use in the post-war 1940s. Illustrations in this 1946 ad present the Jeep as a freight hauler, ...

David Ballinger tweaks a 6-volt Wincharger Model 611, part of his Wincharger display at the 2003 Midwest Old Threshers Reunion, Mt. Pleasant, Iowa. "My dad had always wanted to find a Wincharger, so ...

This month’s column is a change of pace from tractors and farm equipment. Instead, we’ll take a look at the histoy of anvils. Most early farm shops had an anvil, or at least a chunk of railroad rail ...

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 ...

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 planter check head showing how (assuming the planter is moving from right to left), as the wire slides through the fork (b), the button in the wire (a) catches the fork and pulls it to the rear, ...