The evolution of the sawmill industry
Since their early days, American sawmills have come a long way.
Bonanza farms were a huge undertaking
Spring planting had to be completed quickly to take advantage of the best seeding time and to avoid a big variation in the time the crop was ready to cut.
Allis Chalmers’ roots stretch to 1847
Allis-Chalmers (the name wasn't adopted until 1901) was an old company when tractors came along, having begun in 1847 as Decker & Seville to manufacture buhr mills in Milwaukee.
Farm news: Some things haven’t changed in the last 70 years
As some of you may have gathered, I have an extensive collection of old farm magazines from the 1930s, '40s, and '50s. I like...
The Harris family made a big impact on Salem
Several generations of Salem High School students bought school supplies at the Harris Printing Co. store across North Lincoln and up a few doors...
Let’s Talk Rusty Iron: Catalog from 1894 gave advice to farm owners
I have a reprint of The Country Gentleman's Catalogue for 1894. Published in England, it was meant not for the English yeoman farmer who actually did the work, but for the "gentlemen" who owned those farms and estates.
A thing of the past: Check row planters
Learn more about planting corn in checkrows.
I don’t care if they aren’t cool, I love white walls
It was a hot night a few weeks ago and, after a supper of corn on the cob and sweet Nancy's delicious Swiss steak,...
1881 study looked at elephant’s milk
Sam Moore recalls a story about milk from the Scientific American Supplement No. 288, dated July 9, 1881, On the Composition of Elephants’ Milk.
Animal power was a progression in time
Before the internal combustion engine was perfected or steam power became popular, animals were used to supplement human brawn as a power source.
