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Ten Agricultural Inventions that Changed the Face of Farming in …
Jun 23, 2022 · An agricultural inventions timeline of the most significant agricultural inventions during the 19th and the first half of the 20th centuries. Ten years ago this month, the first issue of Farm Collector hit the mail-boxes of the first subscribers, so it seems appropriate to do a “Ten Most” column about the history of farming machinery in celebration.
How a Threshing Machine Works - Farm Collector
Feb 9, 2011 · How a Threshing Machine Works. The first threshing methods involved beating grain by hand with a flail, or trampling it by animal hooves. An early threshing machine, patented in 1837 by Hiram A. and John A. Pitts, Winthrop, Maine, was powered by horses walking on a treadmill. Improvements were made to the original machine until late in the 1800s.
Pumped Up: Preserving Antique Pumps - Farm Collector
Oct 8, 2019 · Kelly prefers powered pumps, specifically Flint & Walling products manufactured in nearby Kendallville, Indiana. A Flint & Walling pump in their collection built between 1915 and 1917 has a capacity of 1,200 gallons per hour; when new, it sold for $205. Besides pumps, the collection includes fittings, tools, and gauges.
The Tough International Harvester Cub Cadet Compact Garden …
Apr 1, 2004 · A 1960 Cub Cadet field-test tractor with serial no. 516 in original condition, owned by Herb Kroger, of Deputy, Ind. The tractor is one of 25 sent out for testing by IH before regular production began in 1961. Marketing materials for the Cub Cadet targeted women in suburbia. A 1972 Cub Cadet Model 109 owned by Kate Will, of Whittier, Calif.
How It Works: Cream Separator - Farm Collector
Mar 23, 2012 · The pans were placed in a cool, clean room for 36 hours, allowing the cream to rise to the top. At that point, it was skimmed by hand with a tool called a cream skimmer. This method made it difficult to handle large amounts of milk. …
Plenty to Pick From: 10 Rare 1/16-Scale Toys - Farm Collector
Aug 1, 2008 · Plenty to Pick From: 10 Rare 1/16-Scale Toys. Top: This John Deere 430 tractor comes with or without a 3-point hitch. Bottom: The John Deere A with molded-in driver and aluminum wheels was one of the first toys produced by Fred Ertl Sr. The most common farm toy scale, 1/16, covers thousands of toys, making this list highly subjective.
Wooden Wagon Construction - Farm Collector
Dec 23, 2021 · Wooden Wagon Construction. Let's Talk Rusty Iron: Revisiting the nomenclature of the wooden wagon and its parts. Most readers of Farm Collector probably aren’t familiar with the nomenclature of the wooden wagons found on nearly every American farm until the mid-1950s. Early man acquired knowledge of friction when he tried to move a large rock ...
Building a Gristmill: How Does a Mill Work? - Farm Collector
Aug 4, 2022 · Positioned on a hill, the mill building rises 10 feet to the eaves on the sides of the building. “The roof is fairly steep,” Bob says. “It’s a 45-degree angle.”. Made of red oak, the mill’s water wheel measures 18 feet in diameter by 2 feet wide; the shaft is 18 inches in diameter by 10 feet long. “The guys cut the shaft at the ...
Ready to Roll: 10 Rare Antique Pedal Tractors - Farm Collector
Aug 1, 2008 · Also a GR product, this toy pedal tractor has a grid grille. 9. Farmall M. This 1953 Eska model has a closed grille and cast-in axles. The variety with axles bolted on is almost as hard to find. 10. Case 400. Eska made this narrow-front model pedal tractor in 1955. A list of ten rare and valuable antique pedal tractors.