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 ...

Ron Grosjean with part of his collection of scale model replicas. The start of Ron Grosjean’s collection resulted from the tragic loss of his father in a farm accident. “I was 18 years old, just out ...

Barn finds make for great stories. Rescues have a slightly different flavor. Such is the rescue story of the only RD6 side-seat with Trailer Patrol known to exist. The town of Fortescue, Missouri, had ...

Front cover illustration from a corn harvesting machinery catalog produced in about 1903 by the Plano Division of International Harvester. Editor’s note: This is part one of a three part series about ...

One of the more famous names among rusty iron enthusiasts is that of the Hart-Parr Co., which has more than one claim to fame. Hart-Parr built the first practical internal combustion tractor engine, ...

The New Holland Model 73 automatic pick-up baler was the first self-tying machine of its type to take hay baling to the field. A cut-away display of a Hesston by Massey Ferguson small rectangular ...

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 ...

Although some farmers could afford tractors in 1923, horse-farming was still commonplace. In southwest Iowa, though, horses would have pulled a walking plow or gangplow rather than the lister shown ...

When it comes to lawn work, today’s homeowner barely breaks a sweat. Lawn work has become a highly mechanized activity, complete with self-propelled power lawn mowers, lawn tractors and an endless ...

Born in Massachusetts in 1825, Asahel Huntington Patch was an early pioneer in America’s farm implement industry. His struggle to successfully operate an implement factory paid off late in life when ...

A rare Massey-Harris Model 50, a product resulting from the dealer friction caused by the Massey-Harris/Ferguson merger. M-H dealers wanted a tractor like the Ferguson 35, so M-H sheet metal was added ...

This John Blue Co. G-1000 tractor was priced at $10,250. Well, a while back, I bought another tractor, even though I had planned to cut back my collection. I found this one by accident while driving ...