Tag: antiques
Use it or lose it
Antique values are not "ever rising." They peak and then backslide as the people who have a collective memory of that item fall away.
Restored 1880s wagon gains new life
Jim Bates of Salem, Ohio, restored his great-grandmother's 1880s wagon. Mary Eliza Filson Shaw was a one-room schoolhouse teacher in Columbiana County.
Ohio John Deere expo features two-cylinder tractors
The John Deere two-cylinder show continues through Saturday at the Wayne County Fairgrounds.
The trials and tribulations of a thresherman
Years ago, I bought a big stack of American Thresherman magazines from 1924 through 1932. The paper was started by Bascom B. Clarke in 1898, to cater to the many professional thresherman in the country.
The Happy Farmer tractor was anything but happy
The Happy Farmer tractor did not exactly live up to its name.
Who invented the motorcycle? Well, let’s see…
After supper on a recent hot Saturday night, I was sitting on my front porch nursing a cold glass of Pinot Grigio and watching...
Manchester Farms Pennsylvania farm spans 213 years
Historic western Pa. farm fighting to survive, surrounded by longwall mining.
Technology has dramatically changed the planting season for farmers
According to the last Farm and Dairy, 79 percent of Ohio’s corn is planted, way ahead of last year (Marlin Clark said that last...
Crawford Antique Farm Machinery Association show will spotlight Ohio’s manufacturers
BUCYRUS, Ohio — The Crawford Antique Farm Machinery Association (CAFMA) will be hosting the Ohio/Regional Yesteryear Brand Farm Machinery Show. The show...
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...
