The illustration accompanying The Lazy Farmer’s chicken verse. This month I think it’s time for a change-up, with a bit of humor instead of stories of the rigorous lives of our ancestors. To that end, ...

The earliest wheels were most likely made from rounds of solid wood, which would have been relatively simple to make, but the spoked wheel required greater skills and more specialized tools. It is ...

This elephant family sculpture was made by Mike Orr. Note the use of farm tractor pieces, including fenders from Farmall and Ford tractors. Mike Orr of rural South Haven, Minnesota, loves collecting ...

Gene Hart’s 1936 John Deere Model A tractor that he inherited from his father. The Model A row-crop tractor replaced John Deere’s Model GP. With 320,000 manufactured, it was John Deere’s bestselling ...

Riders from states other than Nebraska may be surprised to learn that the Nebraska landscape includes plenty of hilly terrain. Collecting, preserving, and using vintage farm machinery unites members ...

I am writing this letter to you at the request of Harlen Maier. He has been receiving Farm Collector for quite a few years. Believe it or not, he just had his 100th birthday and is still going strong.

Gene Hart’s 1936 John Deere Model A tractor that he inherited from his father. Learn more in "The Green Scene." Before I dive into more pressing topics, I want to make sure you fine readers out there ...

Countless contraptions that revolutionized farming in the 19th and early 20th centuries have become contemporary curiosities or even mysteries. Here are six sent in by readers. Do you know what they ...

Case Steam Engine No. 1. Traction steam engines were made about 1876. These early models required a team hitched in front for steering. By 1885 this was changed by the use of steering chains wound ...

In the 1800’s at the town of Ketchum, Idaho, the Fast Freight Line, owned and operated by Horace Lewis – was in operation. Many freight outfits were in operation. Horace Lewis, ran one of the biggest ...

The O. S. Kelly Duples feed grinder, which was very popular at the beginning of the century. The December 1902 issue of the American Thresherman has this to say about Mr. Oliver Smith Kelly: “Mr.

Threshing in the early 1900’s was a big deal. Wheat fields were large with an abundance of wheat, when the year yielded a good crop. Ernest Fette, Sr. (my father) owned three different types of ...