The VerHages use this 1977 Deutz D 8006 on the feed cart in their Holstein operation at VerHage Holsteins. Learn how one Michigan family maintains their antique tractor collection in active use as a ...

Dennis Rinehart’s 1939 Ford 9N (Serial No. 8235). The Ford 9N, the Ferguson 3-point system and the brilliant mind of a production executive left a lasting mark on the Willys-Overland farm jeep. My ...

The Case 20-40 is undeniably big. “When I’m hauling it, it’s right at the limit of what I can put on my trailer size-wise,” Andrew Ebling says, “and the high cab is within a foot of power lines.” ...

A 1963 CJ5 equipped with a 1946 Newgren hydraulic lift. Eighty years ago, a new kind of vehicle drove into the world. Months before the U.S. entered into World War II, military leaders had a plan to ...

This circa 1870s advertising chromolithograph for the Champion mowing machine captures the romance, if not the reality, of farming with horses. Note the details in the background: a steam locomotive ...

Someone sent me the following email: ‘I was just reading an old ad, circa 1928, for the J.I. Case Threshing Machine Co. of Racine, Wis. In fine print at the bottom is this disclaimer: ‘We want the ...

It’s not a normal occurrence, in the 21st century, to drive past a cornfield and see a farmer combining with a small, orange New Idea Uni-Harvester. But ever since I can remember, my father has been a ...

State and county fairs have long been a popular venue for tractor manufacturers to show off the latest and greatest. This Oliver 88 – a 1948 model – came along well after 1937, when the Oliver Farm ...

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 ...

“Buck rake” and “bull rake” are a couple of the more common names for an implement officially known as a sweep rake. Developed during the latter half of the 19th century, the first ones were called ...

The Selectamatic, owned by Geraint Jones, won the trophy for Best Tractor at the David Brown Tractor Club's 50th anniversary event. Looking at my articles, readers might be mistaken in thinking that ...

A circa-1920 Norman Rockwell magazine cover illustration depicting a puzzled inventor trying to perfect a perpetual motion machine. Remember the little glass “drinking birds” that were a craze during ...