Glenn Jay Maurer purchased this 1952 John Deere Model B tractor new in the early 1950s. This photo of Maurer was taken in 1986 when he was 80. Maurer was a janitor for years at Goshen High School and later at West Branch. He used this tractor to farm his 40-acre farm in Patmos, Ohio.
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1947 Farmall BN owned by the Herbold family of Mantua, Ohio.
Originally purchased and owned by Raymond Ladner of Linesville, Pa., he nicknamed the tractor Red Rooster. It was then restored by his late grandson Charles Herbold of Mantua. The tractor has been in the family four generations and it looks as if the fifth generation […]
1939 Allis Chalmers “B”
Owned by Richard Shaw, North Canton, Ohio
Richard Shaw has owned this tractor about a year. He bought it from an old friend who had owned it many years. The tractor is now electric and has a crank start only. Shaw claims it runs well and starts up right away. There are no […]
1955 Allis Chalmers WD 45
Owned by Ed Pardee, Albion, Pa.
Ed Pardee purchased this 1955 Allis Chalmers WD 45 in Saegertown, Pa., at John Newhard’s Wholesale Tractor Auction in 2005. Soon after, Ed’s friend, Willis Stoll of Saegertown, started to tear her apart to restore it. After a lot of elbow grease, the Allis was on […]
1949 Allis Chalmers WD
Owned by Alfred Hall, Springboro, Pa. (formerly of North Jackson, Ohio)
Al Hall bought this Allis Chalmers WD from James Austin of Conneautville, Pa., who had worked about two years to restore the tractor. The photograph, incidentally, is of Al taking his first drive after getting her home from Austin. A “great lover” […]
1948 Allis Chalmers WD
Owned and restored by Jim Gay, Atwater, Ohio
James Gay of Atwater, Ohio, bought this 1948 Allis Chalmers WD on Oct. 8, 1948, and he sent along a copy of the purchase receipt from the Paul G. Mills Farm Equipment Co. in Ravenna to prove it. The purchase price: $1,715! It was the […]
1947 Cockshutt 30
Owned by Clifford Jones, Jeromesville, Ohio
Clifford Jones bought this Cockshutt 30 brand new in 1947 and used it on his farm near Jeromesville, Ohio, for many years. In 2007, after rusting in a field for nearly 10 years, the tractor was completely restored by his son, Mark Jones.
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1953 Co-op E3
Owned by Wade Shisler of Austintown, Ohio, and his son Pete
AFTER RESTORATION
Wade Schisler of Austintown, Ohio, and his son, Pete, bought this 1953 Co-op E3 at the farm auction of Wade’s brother Lamont. Lamont had bought it new from the Mahoning Farm Bureau Co-op in Canfield, where both brothers worked. Last summer, Pete […]
New Idea Corn Shredder
Owned and restored by Don Glenn, Chester, W.Va.
Don Glenn bought the shredder rusty and not running in New Bedford, Ohio. He worked several years to restore it to running condition. He also has a corn binder he uses to cut corn for the demonstrations he does at the local fair and antique […]
1948 E Model Gibson
Owned by Bill and Judy Johnson, Oakwood Village, Ohio
This tractor was snagged up by the current owners in 1999 after they saw it listed in an estate auction ad that ran in Farm and Dairy. It took the couple 2 1/2 years to restore it to the condition seen above.
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