The Field Marshall range of tractors, made by Marshall, Sons & Co. of Gainsborough, England, began in 1945. The tractors featured a stylish design of tinwork painted a smart Brunswick Green. Peter ...

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 ...

This Pastime washer, showing the firstvariant construction, is in remarkablygood original condition. Learn about Pastime Maytag washer history facts, the story behind Maytag’s first clothes washer, ...

Dennis Rinehart’s 1939 Ford 9N (Serial No. 8235). The Ford 9N, the Ferguson 3-point system and the brilliant mind of a production executive left a lasting mark on the Willys-Overland farm jeep. My ...

The "power" part of a mule-powered cotton gin. The gin itself is upstairs and is driven by a flat belt from the large vertical pulley behind the white mule. The “Song of Steam” was written in 1849 by ...

A junior-size press like this would have been capable of producing up to 150 gallons of apple juice per day. When retired high school teacher Joe Wurth learned of a vintage cider press tucked away in ...

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 ...

Tracks for the first transcontinental railroad met inPromontory, Utah Territory, in 1869. Two family names – Holt and Best – are inexorably linked to the great name of Caterpillar, the Caterpillar ...

It’s not a normal occurrence, in the 21st century, to drive past a cornfield and see a farmer combining with a small, orange New Idea Uni-Harvester. But ever since I can remember, my father has been a ...

Jethro Tull demonstrating his seed drill to skeptical bystanders. In the upper right, three men can be seen broadcasting seed in an adjacent field by hand. Mural by A.R. Thomson. Image courtesy ...

The arduous task of summer harvest was first undertaken using a primitive cradle, or scythe connected to four to six long wooden ribs that could hold several hand swathings. These were then dropped in ...

To further the axe story begun last month, we’ll take a look at one of the factories established in this country early in the 19th century to manufacture axes. In the years prior to the war between ...