Fledgling tractor and draft horse show a success
In this day and age, many of the old established steam and tractor shows are struggling with declining attendance and, in some cases, the...
The dreaded parlor stove makes its return again
Folks in the latter half of the 19th century went through an unpleasant ritual along about this time of year, or probably a little earlier in Northern climes, called “putting up the parlor stove.”
Deere & Company weathered Great Depression
Not too many of we oldtimers are still around who can say that we lived through the Great Depression of the early 1930s.
Young life
In...
Have we lost ancestors’ adventurous spirit?
We owe a lot to these rugged and adventuresome men and women, who through their sacrifices and hard work built this country and made life better for us.
Fixin’ mud hens for Thanksgiving
In the November 1928 issue of The American Thresherman magazine “Aunt Malinda” wrote of a recent Thanksgiving with she and “Uncle Silas.”
Let’s Talk Rusty Iron: Taking a look at the life of a farmer 50...
What were you doing 50 years ago? Our fathers and grandfathers, and maybe even we ourselves, were settling down after supper with the October issue of Farm Journal to find out what was going on.
Old farm publications create trips back in time
My column two weeks ago about Cyclone seeders brought a couple of interesting responses (I love email - it's so fast and easy to...
Fascinated by tales from Cletrac ‘mechanic’
Sam Moore details the early career of William Hazlett Upson, the author of the Alexander Botts adventures, published from the 1920s into the '60s.
Fordson collection is a fortunate find
I spent July 12 at the Ashtabula County Antique Engine Club's 33rd annual show, at their well-developed grounds along Route 322.
Nothing stays the same
Erma Dickey Wonstetler was appointed assistant Postmaster of the tiny U.S. Post Office in Signal, Ohio, in 1906, at the same time as her...
