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DEPARTMENTS FEATURES DECEMBER 2017 8
2 First Things 12 The 1960 Ford 641-L
Numbers tell stories. LP Workmaster tractor stands out in a crowd.
Bill Vossler
4 Letters
6 What-Is-It? 22 Treasures Preserve
Can you name these
gizmos and gadgets?
Family’s Heritage 26
1919 Twin City tractor and 1928 Chevy
8 Let’s Talk truck are proud survivors.
Rusty Iron Leslie C. McManus
The enduring Corliss
steam engine. 26 Hidden in the Shed
Sam Moore A pair of mint-condition snowmobiles
find a new home.
18 Tales from Wales
British collector builds a
Rachel Gingell
12
tractor collection around
American heritage.
30 Barbed Wire
The inanimate object that won the West.
Josephine Roberts
Clell G. Ballard
34 Holiday Preview
Great ideas for gift giving.
40 It’s All Trew
Tracking the essentials
in the panhandle.
Delbert Trew 30
44 Classifieds

On the cover:
Ben Hughes’
34
McCormick-Deering
W-4 is part of his 22
tightly focused
collection of
American-made
classics.
– Submitted photo.
 First Things

Richard Backus
Leslie C. McManus
Editor-in-Chief
Senior Editor
Numbers tell stories
I
Landon Hall Managing Editor
Arthur Hur Associate Editor/Online n this issue of Farm Collector, Del- City – where my grandparents then
Karen Rooman Art Director bert Trew reflects on the stories told lived. That first outbreak, in March
Terry Price Prepress by a ranch ledger book covering 1918, was fairly short-lived and con-
Kirsten Martinez Prepress 1947-57. Through little more than tained to the fort. But with World War
Anita Fisher Advertising Coordinator numbers, the ledger quietly reports a I troop movements all over the globe,
life-changing event on the ranch – but the virus returned to Kansas that fall
Web and Digital Content no spoiler here! You can read about it with a vengeance and spread rapidly,
Kristin Dean Digital Strategist on Page 40. resulting in hundreds of deaths.
Kellsey Trimble Digital Content Manager Other numbers in the ledger tell the As an educator, my grandfather
Convergent Media story of good years and bad. But it takes spent his workdays surrounded by stu-
Josh Brewer, Editor jbrewer@ogdenpubs.com a bit of reading between dents, teachers and staff,
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Customer Care: (866) 624-9388 1923. The ledgers account during the worst of the
for what appears to be al- epidemic in Kansas, after
most every purchase, with a period of three weeks
tallies for daily totals, for without a single entry in
“Mr.,” “Mrs.,” and each of my grandfather’s column,
two children (the firstborn’s comes this: “$10, doctor.”
Bill Uhler Publisher account opens with an entry for “hos- At the time when a doctor’s visit cost
Oscar H. Will, III Editorial Director pital and doctor”; apparently the sec- $10, toothpaste sold for 30 cents. The
Cherilyn Olmsted Circulation & ond was born at home). telephone bill was $1.20. Some quan-
Marketing Director The ledgers contained monthly and tity of steak was bought for 40 cents;
Bob Cucciniello Newsstand & annual summaries, summaries by cat- liver for 20 cents. During my grandfa-
Production Director egory and – even though this family ther’s illness, there were several pur-
Bob Legault Sales Director of four lived in town – summaries for chases of broth. Following payment
Carolyn Lang Group Art Director poultry accounts, including egg pro- of the doctor’s bill, my grandfather
Andrew Perkins Merchandise & duction, chickens and eggs consumed, splurged on a 55-cent haircut, his first
Event Director feed and straw accounts, egg sale rev- in a month. Numbers tell stories – in
Information enues and equipment expenditures. this case, a story of survival. FC
Tim Swietek
Technology Director Numbers tell stories. The deadly
Spanish flu epidemic of 1918-19,
Ross Hammond Finance &
Accounting Director which caused 15-30 million deaths
worldwide, is traced to Ft. Riley, Kan- Leslie C. McManus
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 Letters to
the Editor

“We get it: Nice job!”

In response to the article in the October
2016 issue of Farm Collector (“Restoring
a Wooden Thresher”): Our family has
been established in Wanatah, Indiana,
for more than 150 years at the same
farmstead. Collecting farm equipment
has been a longtime passion.
After seeing this article, we wished
to respond and say that there are other
threshers out there. We have a direct
“cousin” of the same size (22-38)
featured in the October 2016 article.
Ours was manufactured by International
Harvester Co. as an International
Harvester product.
We appreciate the work these
gentlemen did to this great piece of
vintage farm history, as we have restored
our share of equipment, too. The time and energy, sweat and blood, that goes
into this equipment is most always unappreciated by those not involved, and
easily passed by with a few seconds’ glance. But we get it. Nice job done by
these two men. Our response is only to let you know there are more. Maybe
we’ll talk about it some day.
Eric E. Kalwitz, Wanatah, Indiana

Honoring the past with functionality Supercharged corn dryer

I just stumbled across your September I have a corn dryer that is different from those men-
2010 online article, “Hay Carrier and Lift tioned in the letter to the editor in the September
Pulley Display,” which I enjoyed reading. 2017 issue of Farm Collector. Mine is a 10 hp Briggs
I’m an ex-farm boy who never lost sight & Stratton engine attached to a supercharger
of the fact that his roots are in the soil. blower from a B-29. It blows air into a circle of
Haying time and hog killings were two of perforated metal tubing laid around the bottom of
my favorite events, probably because of a bin. The tubing is 6 inches in diameter. I still have
the social aspects and great home cookin’ it, but haven’t used it in years. It was demonstrated
associated with these activities. at the Kansas State Fair attached to a barrel of milo.
In the mid-1980s I was affiliated with Regarding the cartoon in the September 2017
a country church that built a worship issue, that could be me. I am 95 years old and
sanctuary on the site of a former dairy helped make hay that way many times.
farm. A huge barn on the site was Harold Jehle, Baldwin, Kansas
converted into a youth activities center,
and the expansive hayloft became a
basketball court.
Two entrance foyers needed lighting. Correcting a caption in
The pastor knew that I was an avid the October 2017 issue
antique tool collector and a tinkerer. In
keeping with the site’s original history, The caption for Photo 4 on Page 13 of the
he wanted fixtures made from some of October 2017 issue of Farm Collector incorrectly
the barn’s original operating equipment, identifies the image. In fact, Photo 4 shows
and directed me to a rusting pile of junk in the milk house. I immediately the crosshead for the piston and the enclosed
recognized a hay fork, very similar to the one used on our farm 50 years governor.
earlier. It was manufactured by Ney Mfg. Co., Canton, Ohio.
In one fixture, I centered a four-lamp cluster within the hay fork. In the
second fixture, for symmetry, I fastened another four-lamp cluster on a
Send letters to: Farm Collector Editorial, 1503 SW
section of barn beam that featured the trolley hanging from a section
of overhead track that had been removed from the gables. Total cost: 42nd St., Topeka, KS 66609 – fax: (785) 274-
About $35, a real bargain for preserving a piece of farm history with new 4385 email: editor@farmcollector.com; online at:
functionality. www.farmcollector.com
Dick Hepner, Mooresville, North Carolina

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 What Is It?

WANTED:
T
he genius of pioneer inventors can confound us.
Countless contraptions that revolutionized farming
in the 19th and early 20th centuries have become

GADGETS, GIZMOS contemporary curiosities, or even mysteries. Here are

six sent in by readers. Do you know what they are?

& CONTRAPTIONS
Answers to the December 2017 items will appear in the February 2018 issue.
Answers for new items in this issue must be received by Dec. 8, 2017.

DECEMBER MYSTERY TOOLS

A. B.

A. Tool measures about 3 feet long. No markings. The

C. D. head rotates 360 degrees. There is a flat clamp near
the winged portion and a round clamp where the
lever is near the handle.
B. Marked “Mueller Decatur Ill. Pat’d June 21, 1898
50076.”
C. Gear-operated tool has no markings.
D. Iron tool with adjustable parts. Weighs 5 pounds, 30
inches tall.
E. Measures 14-3/8 inches long on top edge; 13-3/4
inches long on bottom. Base measures 13-3/4 by
5-3/4 inches, and is pierced by 12 holes, each 1/2
inch in diameter. Handles on sides are formed of cast
iron.
F. Measures about 32 inches long. Metal rod hinges
and chain hooks on small wooden rod. No markings.

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• Photos should be taken in a well-lit area against a plain
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Send answers (with your name and address) to Farm
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Answers for new items shown in this issue must
be received by Dec. 8, 2017.

6 December 2017 Farm Collector

 ANSWERS TO E. Car, truck or tractor tire
OCTOBER
chain repair tool, with jaws
to open and close links. Tool
still available today. “The beaklooking side
MYSTERY TOOLS is used to crimp the cross chain hook ends
to the side chains,” says Tom Clark, Lone
B. Possibly a handle Pine, Calif. “The wedge-shape overlapping
for an unidentified item. side is used to separate the cross link ends
Gary and Terri Studebaker, from side chains, or to widen the end link so
Larwill, Ind., believe it as to be able to hook to side chains.”
A. Unidentified. Identified by Robert E. Monroe,
Photo submitted by may be a handle from a
two-man cross-cut saw. Williamstown, W. Va.; Dave Meyer, Edmond,
Ron Nahrwold, New Okla.; Orv Lofdahl, Ferndale, Wash.; Wendell
Haven, Ind. Photo submitted by Henry
Beckman, Loretto, Tenn. Davison, Mount Tabor, Vt.; Doug Russell,
White Sulphur Springs, Mont.; Marty
Mansfield, Westchester, Wis.; Arnie Amrhein,
The tool is about
C. Unidentified. Wayne Yeoman, Orangeville, Ill.; Minnetonka, Minn.; Arlan J. Miller, Lincoln,
3 feet long, says
Dean Delavan, Cincinnatus, N.Y.; and John Bikowsky, Neb.; Wilbur Weaver, Latrobe, Pa.; Tom Clark;
Tom Clark. One
Madison, N.Y., believe it to be a sulfuric acid dispenser Donald Ferree, Red Lion, Pa.; Lew Payne,
handle end is
used in conjunction with a Babcock Butterfat Tester. Remsen, N.Y.; Dennis Egdorf, Boyden, Iowa;
flat, allowing it
“The bottle was partially filled with sulfuric acid,” Gerald McCool, Minden, Iowa;
to be put on the
Dean says. “To measure the proper amount for a Maynard E. Kehr, Gowanda, N.Y.; Donald
floor or ground
sample test tube, the bottle was swiveled until the Klehm, Forrest, Ill.; Marvin Hopf, Orient,
to help stabilize
side tube was full, then swung back straight, and the Iowa; Al Malin; George Fuller, Haverhill, Iowa;
the tool while
proper amount was left in the tube, with a glass Jon Axthelm, Cardington, Ohio; Bernie Miller,
applying force
valve at the end for insertion into the test tube.” Dakota City, Iowa; Larry Spina, Cedar Rapids,
on the other
Photo submitted by Stan Koehn, Wichita, Kan. Iowa; William H. Dykhuis, Hallock, Minn.;
handle to crimp
Gary and Terri Studebaker; Leo H. Smith, Red
or widen cross
Oak, Iowa; Bill Cusick, Coopersville, Mich.;
chain ends.
D. No positive Victor Schutz, Elwood, Neb.; Lynden
Photo courtesy
identification. Al Jenkins, Freedom, Wyo.; William Rust,
Tom Clark.
Malin, Westby, Wis., Gorham, Maine; Dean McIlravy, Norwalk,
thinks it might be a Iowa; Eugene McMillan, Huron, S.D.; Richard
tool used to take sucker Bader, Middletown, N.Y.; Roger M. Billings Sr., Wellsville, N.Y.; Fred
rods apart when pulling wells. Briehl, Penobscot, Maine; Charlie Curtis, Perry, Maine; Gary L.
Photo submitted by Gordon Guslick, Grafton, Wis. Anderson, Dunnell, Minn.; Everett W. Demeritt, Wolcott, Vt.; Gene
Haley, Wales, Mich.; Larry Balvanz, New Providence, Iowa; David
Hall, Gerry, N.Y.; and John Bikowsky. Photo submitted by Nancy
REMEMBER THIS? Kimmel via email.

Edwin Fibikar, Boone, Iowa, takes exception

to part of the identification of Item
B, July 2016. We identified it as a
100-foot steel tape measure. “It
looked like one I used when I was
measuring farmland and set-aside
for the government,” he says, “and
mine was 66 feet long.” He’d multiply
chains and links by chains and links, and after
moving the decimal point one notch he arrived
at the number of acres. “There were 100 links
to a chain, and that equaled 66 feet,” he
recalls. “They’d give me an aerial map, and I
had to show my calculations on it.”
Item D from the August
2017 issue of Farm Collector:
Harold Kaufman, Porterfield, Wis.,
found an illustration of a “starting lever” – a
logging tool used to start a log roll (usually
equipped with a 5- or 6-foot handle) in a
tool dictionary, resolving an incomplete
identification.
From the April 2017 issue of Farm
Collector: Harold Kaufman – who’s been
working overtime for us! – correctly
identifies Item D from the April issue as a
grocer’s fork, used to help remove dried
fruit from a barrel.
F. Crosley Icy Ball. Used as a refrigeration device
where electricity was not available. Consists of two
receptacles, one a generator-absorber, containing a
fluid such as water, and an evaporator-condenser,
containing a suitable refrigerant, such as ammonia,
with connections between. Identified by Gordon
Hawkins, Atwood, Kan.; Buster Brown, Yuma, Ariz.;
Robert Simon, Urbandale, Iowa; Dierre Smith,
Fredericksburg, Texas; Mel
Dearing, Helena, Ala.; and
Gary and Terri Studebaker.
“It works on the principle of a gas refrigerator, using
heat to expand gas,” Gordon says. “After heating the
vaned ball, it was placed with the smooth ball inside a
cabinet, with milk, butter, etc., around it. The hole in
the smooth ball accepted a small ice cube tray. It was
advertised to make ice for seven days. It was a great
tool before electricity came to the farm.” And from
Robert Simon: “My mother acquired one of these in
about 1936 from a family who lost the farm in the
Depression and moved to California. Most of them
Patent disappeared in the World War II scrap drives.” See
1,740,737: patent 1,740,737. Photo submitted
Refrigerating by Steve Grisbee, Cheyenne, Wyo.
device. Patent
awarded to
David Forbes
A cabinet with a Crosley icy
Keith, Toronto, ball on display in the Dale
Ontario,
and Martha Hawk Museum,
Canada, Dec. Wolford, N.D. Photo courtesy
24, 1929. Buster Brown.
 Let’s Talk Rusty Iron
Sam Moore
THE ENDURING
Corliss steam engine
I
n my travels to various steam shows over
the past 25 or 30 years, I’ve often seen
large stationary steam engines (usually
at shows that have their own permanent
grounds) with the name “Corliss” on them.
I never thought much about what that name meant until
Farm Collector Editor Leslie C. McManus asked me about it.
There’s a very good reason so many engines made by various
manufacturers bear the name Corliss tacked on behind the
builder’s name, and it’s an interesting story.
George Henry Corliss was born in Easton, New York, on
June 2, 1817. His father was a doctor and moved the family
to Greenwich, New York, where George attended school and
then worked as a clerk in a cotton factory before going to
Castleton Academy in Vermont for three years. In 1838 he
opened a general store in Greenwich.
Corliss found himself more and more interested in solv-
ing mechanical problems and invented a machine to sew
leather shoes and harness, although he had no money to de-
velop his invention. Undeterred, Corliss, who had also been
thinking about the inefficiency of the steam engines of the
day, moved to Providence, Rhode Island, in 1844 and went
to work as a draftsman for Bancroft, Nightingale & Co., a
manufacturer of steam engines and boilers.
There he developed rotary intake and exhaust valves
that could be set to operate variably and allowed steam to
quickly pressurize a piston, moving it back and forth before
the steam could condense. He also created a governor-con-
trolled wrist plate that would control the steam and exhaust
8 December 2017
Left: A contemporary woodcut of the
Corliss Centennial engine as set up in
Machinery Hall. From Appleton’s 1885
Cyclopaedia of Applied Mechanics.
Below: George H. Corliss.
Bottom: A Bates-Corliss horizontal
engine. The Corliss valve gear can be
seen on the side of the cylinder at the
right of the engraving. Note the two
round dash-pots on the base beside the
cylinder supports.
valves separately from each other, unlike the common slide
valves in use at the time. His variable valves reduced wasted
heat and allowed the engine to operate with more uniform
motion, while lowering fuel costs. By 1848, Corliss had be-
come a partner in the firm and felt the improved engine was
ready for prime time, so manufacture of what was to evolve
into the Corliss engine began.
Equipping the Monitor for battle
In 1857 the engine had become so popular that the com-
pany was renamed Corliss Steam Engine Co., although
George continued to refine his engine. By 1859, all of the
key features of the Corliss engines we see today were in
place.
In 1862 the famous Union warship, the U.S.S. Monitor,
was being built at the Brooklyn Navy Yard according to the
designs of John Ericsson, and it was found that none of the
New York factories had the ability to machine the large ring
bearing upon which the Monitor’s gun turret was to revolve.
However, the Corliss shop did, so the ring was transport-
ed by rail to Providence, where it was finished in a single
Farm Collector
day, hastily returned to Brooklyn and installed, allowing
the Monitor to soon meet the Confederate ironclad Virginia
in the Battle of Hampton Roads. While the battle itself was
inconclusive (actually the Virginia seemed the winner), it
marked the doom of wooden warships.
The steam engines produced by Corliss were popular for
many industrial applications in this country and abroad. A
number of cotton mills in Scotland imported the engines
and a second factory was opened in England; eventually
Corliss Engines were found all over the world.
A 1920 history of Rhode Island notes that, at the time of
Corliss’ death in 1888, his factory floor area covered some
5 acres and he employed “over a thousand hands,” quite a
large manufactory in the 1880s.
Powering the Exposition of 1876
Although George Corliss won many awards all over the
world for his engines and valve gear, his finest hour was
probably at the Great Philadelphia Exposition of 1876. As
the 100th anniversary of the founding of the U.S. coincided
with the height of the Industrial Revolution, Expo planners
designed a 588,440-square-foot Machinery Hall to spotlight
modern machines and new industries, eventually housing
some 1,900 exhibitors from all over the world.
Of course all that machinery required power, and lots of it.
George Corliss came to the rescue, proposing construction
of a giant pair of engines to run the whole shebang! Several
prominent engineers of the day insisted the thing wouldn’t
work, but Corliss persevered and won the approval, and the
financial backing, of the Expo committee.
The double engine he erected in Machinery Hall was
huge: more than 40 feet high and weighing some 600 tons,
while producing 1,500 hp. Each cylinder had a diameter of
40 inches and a stroke of 10 feet, and each drove a walk-
ing beam that was 25 feet long and weighed 11 tons. The
56-ton flywheel made 36 revolutions per minute, was just
under 30 feet in diameter and drove a nearly 10-foot pin-
ion gear that weighed 8-1/2 tons. The Corliss engine drove
some 5 miles (accounts vary) of overhead line shafting that
ran throughout the hall and provided power to an estimated
8,000 machines.
Grant and Emperor Dom Pedro II each threw a lever. Steam
hissed into the cylinders, the floor shook, the flywheel be-
gan to slowly turn and the walking beams started to move.
As the engine delivered its power to the line shaft, ma-
chinery all through the hall got busy, sewing clothes, print-
ing newspapers, sawing lumber and doing a thousand other
jobs. Meanwhile, the lone engine attendant sat in a chair on
the platform and read a newspaper!
Corliss’ big engine “that wouldn’t work” ran flawlessly
and efficiently throughout the six months of the Exposi-
tion and afterward was sold to the George Pullman factory,
where it operated for 30 more years.
Many others made improvements to various parts of the
Corliss valve gear, but his basic principle remained the same
and most of these engines carried the Corliss name as well
as that of the maker.
Wonders of a new age
Interestingly, two products that are still produced today
– Heinz Ketchup and Hires Root Beer – were introduced at
the Expo, as well as Kudzu, a Japanese plant that was then
touted as an ornamental shrub and great for erosion control,
but today is usually considered a noxious weed.
Other wonderful inventions shown for the first time were
Alexander Graham Bell’s telephone (Emperor Dom Pedro II
is said to have picked up the receiver, put it up to his ear and
hurriedly dropped it, exclaiming, “It talks!”), Remington’s
“typographic machine” (typewriter) and a Wallace-Farmer
dynamo that powered several arc lights, and which is said to
have inspired Thomas Edison in his work on incandescent
lighting.
George Corliss died Feb. 21, 1888, and in 1900 his compa-
ny was sold to International Power Co. Several further sales
and mergers virtually obliterated all traces of Corliss Steam
Engine Co., but the Corliss name lives on among steam en-
gine buffs. FC
Sam Moore grew up on a farm in western Pennsylvania.
He now lives in Salem, Ohio, and collects antique tractors,
implements and related items. Contact Sam by email at
letstalkrustyiron@att.net.

Marvel of Exposition engineering

On opening day for the Expo, many notables
were on hand, including U.S. President Ulysses Left: A sectional view of a Corliss double-
S. Grant and his guest, Emperor Dom Pedro II acting steam cylinder. The two steam
of Brazil. As the moment for starting the engine inlet valves are at the top and the exhaust
approached, the large crowd fell silent; President valves are at the bottom. Incoming steam
is let into the cylinder through valve A
(valve B is closed), forcing the piston P
to the right and expelling spent steam
through valve D (valve C is closed). On the
next cycle the incoming steam is admitted
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The 1960 Ford 641-L

LP Workmaster tractor stands out in a crowd

G
Article and photos by Bill Vossler

eorge Heinrich was all of 6 years old when

he fell in love with tractors. “Driving a Ford 2N
tractor in the hay field, I always had my
older brother with me as he and Dad did
the hay using a hay loader,” he recalls. “It was my
job to make sure the tractor straddled the windrow.
I was so small I couldn’t shift, so I’d stand on the
2
clutch to stop the tractor. When they were ready to
go again, I’d step off the clutch and sit on the seat and
drive it. It was so much fun. I really enjoyed it. I was a
little kid doing a big person’s job.”
Years later, George’s older brother, Melvin, started farming with a Ford 9N,
and George worked with him, using that tractor. George was attracted
to Ford tractors early on. He used them as he farmed and enjoyed
working on them.

Finding a 641-L Workmaster

When George and his wife, Evey, drove to visit her sister
near New Vienna, Iowa, George spied an unusual-looking
600 series Ford tractor. “Every time we went by, it had never
moved,” he says. “A few years later, I stopped and talked
to the owner and asked if he wanted to sell it. But he
wanted quite a bit of money, so I said I was going to
pass.”
The unusual tractor was a 1959 Ford 641-L Work-
master propane tractor. The Heinrichs continued to
pass the tractor on their trips to New Vienna. George
stopped in one more time to ask if the owner would
consider selling the tractor. “He said he would, but
he’d raised his price,” George says. “I told him I’d
give him the original price, and he settled for that.”

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 Once George had the tractor back on his “Glass bubbles are hollow, strong but light- 1. The grille on
farm near Hastings, Minnesota, he realized the weight spheres. They range from about 2 George Heinrich’s
amount of work he would have to do to get it microns to 10 microns in diameter. A strand 1960 Ford 641-L
in running shape. “It was rusty and had been of human hair is about 10 microns in diam- Workmaster tractor
sitting outside for years, and had water in the eter.” shows the painstaking
crankcase,” he says. “The propane system was So he chipped away at the tractor resto- work that the owner
in pretty bad shape, although the engine was ration. First, he split the 641 to change the put into restoring it.
free and would run. So I cleaned up the engine starter ring gear on the flywheel and inspect
on the outside and took care of a lot of the rust, the clutch. The clutch worked well and was 2. View of the
as well as some bodywork.” Starting in 2015, it in good condition. “The front oil seal on the operator’s area
took him about two years to get it completely crankshaft was leaking, so I replaced that,” on the Ford 641-L
restored. he says, “and because the engine had a little Workmaster.
bit of water in it, I drained the oil and put
Restoration underway new oil in. Then I cleaned the outside of the 3. George Heinrich.
Having grown up on a farm and farming engine.”
with his brother all his life, George figured he’d He wasn’t worried about water in the pro- 4. George’s
be able to get the tractor back into good shape. pane, as that fuel in the tank is always under Workmaster tractor
He had plenty of experience from previous pressure, with no chance of water or any- was in rough shape
projects, including Ford tractors. Time was the thing else getting into the system. But the when he got it – but
bigger issue: He was still working full time as propane regulator was worn and needed a it would start and
a lab technician at 3M in St. Paul, Minnesota. lot of work, so he consulted a propane dis- run.
“I worked on various things there, including tributor, who suggested replacement of the
glass bubbles to be used in body fillers, as well regulator with a modern unit from a forklift 5. This view of
as paint, cosmetics and explosives,” he says. truck. “I put that in, and it works really nice. George’s Workmaster
tractor helps show
how well it was
painted using the
“rattle-can” method.

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That’s the only item on the tractor that isn’t stock,” he says.
“But you can’t notice that unless you’re really looking for
it. People will never notice the difference.”
Mastering the rattle can
Next was the body. “The front of the hood had a big hole
in it where it had run into something,” he says, “so I had to
pound that out as good as I could to get it to match what
it would look like when it was new.” That required heat-
ing the metal, pounding it out and welding in some sheet
metal. Then he made it as smooth as he could, using auto
body filler. He sandblasted the remaining rust and finished
with primer and paint.
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Left: Cold winter
temperatures would make
an LP tractor like George’s
impractical in northern
climes.
Lower left: The propane
tank on George’s 1960 Ford
641-L Workmaster signals
that it’s a very rare tractor.
“I did a little bit at a time,
and basically used a rattle
can and it turned out pret-
ty good,” he says. “With
a little practice, a person
can get pretty good with a
rattle can. But it’s the kind
of work that if it has to be
done, I’ll do it. I’m almost
80 years old now, and have
lived through quite a bit of experiences with sheet metal
and painting, engine and transmission work, so now that
stuff basically comes quite naturally. Just dive in and do it.”
The sheet metal work was the most difficult part of the
two-year project, George says. “I wanted to get all the rust
out, down to bare metal, so it won’t rust again,” he says. “I
did it so it will last many years.”
The challenge of tackling something different made it all
worthwhile. “Getting to know how the propane works, and
just setting it up so that the engine ran well, along with the
engine work, too,” he says. “Those were my favorite parts of
the job.”
Not designed for northern climes
His 1959 Ford 641-L Workmaster propane tractor is a rare
one, George says, especially up in the colder northland.
“Down south, they probably sold a lot more of them,” he
says, “but up here, I’ve never seen another one, though I’ve
seen pictures of them on the Internet.”
Fuel transfer was the big problem, he says. “In order to get
propane into the tractor’s tank, you had to have a pump on
the farm and get the propane from a bigger tank,” he says,
“or go to town with the tractor, or wherever someone had a
pump to get the fuel into the tractor.”
Further complicating the matter, the pumps were expen-
sive. Few farmers had one, especially in the early 1960s,
when on-farm crop driers (complete with a large propane
tank) were uncommon.
Easy to fill in the summer
Another way to fill the fuel tank on the tractor is by using
basic physics. Under the law of gasses, additional pressure
is created by raising the temperature of the gas (or liquefied
propane).
The opposite occurs by lowering the temperature, so the
pressure is decreased. “I cool the tank on the tractor by run-
ning cold water on it,” George says. “By lowering the tem-
perature of the tank on the tractor, fuel will flow into it.”
That method works but it is slow – creating yet another ob-
stacle for farmers whose time is limited, especially during
certain seasons of the year.
Farm Collector
 “The temperature of the propane in the large tank isn’t a
problem in the summer,” George says. “The large tank has
two ports, for liquid or for gas, and I always use the liq-
uid one, which takes the propane from the bottom of the
large tank. With the temperature differential, the liquid
propane will flow smoothly into the tractor tank. During
warmer months this method will work, but imagine trying
to do that during the winter up here. How can you get the
large tank warmer than the small tank? In winter it would be
impossible. So you couldn’t use the temperature differential
method to fill it, although you could use the pump, which
would be slow.”
Not looking for more projects
Besides the 641, George’s collection includes a 640, two
961s, an 881, two Majors (one restored and one not), a 4000
SU utility that he still uses on the farm, a 4200 row crop
tricycle and a 7710 – his newest tractor – that he uses on
the farm.
For now, that’s enough. George says he isn’t actively look-
ing for any other Ford tractors. “I have enough to do right
now until I’m 100 years old plus,” he says with a laugh.
“The only possibility would be if some really scarce Ford
tractor becomes available that would catch my attention.
But that would be the only possibility.” FC

Propane pros and cons For more information: George Heinrich, 525 E. Minnesota
A unit of propane does not contain as much energy as the 17th St., Hastings, MN 55033.
same amount of gasoline, although propane is less expen- Bill Vossler is a freelance writer and author of
sive than gasoline, George says. He’s also found that starting several books on antique farm tractors and toys. Hastings

a propane tractor is less of a problem than starting some Contact him at Box 372, 400 Caroline Ln., Rockville, ✭
gasoline tractors. MN 56369; email: wdvossler@outlook.com.
“When you start the propane tractor, you choke it and
as soon as it starts, it keeps running and never misfires,” he
says. “It acts like a diesel, no hesitation at all. Power-wise
the propane might be just a little less, but it‘s not much. I
put the 641 on the dynamometer and found it had 32 hp,
while with a gasoline tractor it‘s 33 or 34 hp, so not much
difference.” Propane is a very clean fuel, so the oil in the
crankcase stays clean.
After acquiring the 641 in 2015, George took the unre-
stored tractor to the Rice County Steam & Gas Engine Show
in Minnesota, and got a few comments from show visitors.
Since then, after a complete restoration, he gets a lot more.
“Most people aren’t too aware of the differences between
the 641 and other tractors, even though the propane tank
on top is quite obvious,” he says. “Most people don’t realize
how rare a tractor this is. Minneapolis-Moline was a propo-
nent of propane tractors, and John Deere and International
had a few, but Ford had very, very few. More than anything,
it was that rarity that caught my eye. I just have it for show
and to run it in parades.“

Above right: George says

restoring the sheet metal was
the most difficult part of the
two-year restoration.

Right: The propane regulator is

the only non-stock part on this
tractor.

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British collector
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 Ben has been a fan of old tractors since an early age. As a
young lad, he and his father used to tinker with a Fordson
E27N that they named Trevor. However, Trevor was high-
ly unreliable and in dire need of restoration, so the father
and son sold him. Since then, Ben’s eye has been caught by
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but to us, they are exotic!
Doing his homework
These days there is a definite theme to Ben’s tractor col-
lection. He has a real passion for old American tractors, par-
ticularly those dating to the 1940s and ’50s. As he is always
on the lookout for something different to add, his collection
is constantly evolving.
“When it comes to tractors, I like the thrill of the chase,”
Ben admits. He enjoys researching and sourcing various trac-
tor makes and models, and then he tries to source what he’s
looking for. Being based in the U.K., he sometimes finds that
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little limited.
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also known as L&L Vintage Tractors of West Wales. Lyn has a
vast array of American tractors and an ever-changing lineup
4
of recently imported machines for sale. Lyn’s place is a para-
dise for any local fan of American tractors. Ben is frequently
in contact with Lyn, and just as often tempted by many of
the exciting finds Lyn has tracked down and imported.
Ben’s tractor collection is a work in progress. If he’s owned
a certain tractor for a time and feels he’s had his fun with
it, he will look for something to replace it with. Recently he
sold a couple of Farmall tractors in order to make space for a
couple of Cockshutt tractors, as they are a bit more unusual
here in the U.K.
The American-built alternative
There are plenty of American tractors over here, but whilst
certain makes are relatively commonplace, others are virtu-
ally unheard of. It’s the relatively unheard-of-examples that
whet Ben’s appetite the most. Many American tractors dat-
ing to the early 1940s were sent here as part of the World
War II lend-lease program. Others have since been imported
by collectors, but if you want a particularly unusual model,
you will have to consider importing it yourself.
1. One of Ben Hughes’ past tractors: an
Allis-Chalmers D272. The name might
be American, but this tractor was built in
Lincolnshire, England.
2. Ben’s first tractor: a very temperamental
E27N.
3. Ben on a Massey-Harris 22 he once owned.
4. Ben’s very understanding wife, Stephanie,
with the couple’s son, Finley.
5. Some of Ben’s tractors, past and present.
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At times (when the exchange rate is favorable to us) it
doesn’t work out to be too ridiculously expensive to bring
a small tractor over from Canada or the U.S. In fact, it can
even be less costly than buying a British rarity. Many British
tractors have become increasingly expensive and barn finds,
bargains and hedge tractors are ever harder to track down. In
some ways, it is no wonder that the avid collector, looking
for something different to take to shows, has begun to look
overseas for inspiration.
For Ben, the American tractor passion began when he
bought a 1940 Case V. After enjoying this tractor for a spell,
he decided to sell it, as his eye had been caught by other
rare imports. The obsession had started to take hold and Ben
couldn’t stop searching for his dream tractor. Finally it came
along in the shape of a McCormick W-4, which Ben still
owns today – along with five other tractors.
Far left: The McCormick-Deering W-4
is a workmanlike tractor with no frills,
just a handsome machine that still
looks capable of a good day’s work.
Top left: Ben’s favourite tractor of
the six in his collection is his 1946
McCormick-Deering WD-9. Not only
is it an unusual sight here in the U.K.,
but it is also quite a beast of a tractor,
fast on the roads, with an engine that
runs sweetly. Beautiful to drive, with
nice light steering and it starts easily:
What’s not to like?
Bottom left: A Cockshutt 30 is the
most recent addition to the Hughes
stable. Ben saw it on eBay for sale at
a reasonable price and decided that
it was far too interesting to pass up.
There’s a striking and attractive con-
trast between the tractor’s worn pa-
tina and its sleek, streamlined shape.
1952 McCormick-Deering W-4
Built by International Harvester at their Farmall Works in
Rock Island, Illinois, towards the end of the model’s produc-
tion run, Ben’s tractor is one of 2,385 tractors built in 1952.
Based on the serial number, he reckons the tractor was built
in September.
The W-4 is the regular or standard-tread version of the
Farmall H. Some 24,377 W-4 tractors were built from 1940
to 1953. The W-4 is powered by International’s own C-152,
2.5 litre, 4-cylinder, overhead valve, straight petrol engine of
approximately 24 hp and is fitted with a 5-speed transmis-
sion, drawbar, PTO, lights, electric starter and belt pulley.
“The belt pulley on this tractor is not standard and is
some 11.5 inches in diameter,” Ben says. “Plus, it also has
an unusual petrol tank sight gauge, fitted to the cap on the
petrol tank.”
Left: When the Cockshutt 70 came along, Ben was attracted
by its unusual look.
Below: One thing Ben’s American tractor collection lacked
was a bit of green. Recently he sold his McCormick-Deering
W-6, replacing it with this 1944 John Deere B.
 During World War II, various types of American tractors
were sent to Britain via the lend-lease agreement, and many
of these tractors were fitted with a petrol/TVO engine, due to
the higher price of petrol in the U.K. Tractor Vapourising Oil
(TVO) was a popular (and less costly) alternative in the U.K.
In 1940, for instance, a gallon of petrol cost the equivalent of
£0.11p in America; that same gallon cost £0.24p in the U.K.,
more than double the price. Since Ben only uses his tractors
for shows and the occasional working day or jaunt, the extra
cost of running a straight petrol tractor is not an issue.
1946 McCormick WD-9
Built at International’s Milwaukee Works, Ben’s WD-9 was
one of 5,425 tractors built at the factory in 1946. The WD-9
– the diesel version of the W-9 – was built from 1940 to 1953
with some 67,397 machines built in total (including the W-9,
WD-9, WR-9, WDR-9, I-9 and ID-9 models). The WD-9 is
powered by International’s D-335, 5.5 litre, 4-cylinder, over-
head-valve engine offering approximately 50 hp.
The engine starts on petrol and switches to diesel once it is
warm. “It’s a clever system involving valves in the head that
close and alter the compression ratio, shut off the sparking
side of the engine and open the diesel pump,” Ben explains.
“It was a pioneering system, developed by IH in the 1930s,
and it meant that there was no need for a separate ‘donkey’
engine. The tractor could be started on a low-voltage (6- or
12-volt) battery.”
The tractor is fitted with a 5-speed transmission, swinging
drawbar, PTO and belt pulley, but no lights or electric starter,
although those options were available at the time.
The price of the basic tractor in 1941 was $1,945 (about
$32,350 in today’s terms), which Ben tells me was slightly
more than the average yearly wage in America at the time,
and about half the price of a house.
Ben doesn’t know how long the tractor has been in the U.K.
According to his research, few WD-9 tractors actually arrived
in the U.K. as part of the lend-lease agreement, because the
vessel carrying most of them was torpedoed by German U-
boats. “That is the rumour anyway,” he says. If the rumour
is true, then no doubt there are several WD-9 tractors resting
on the sea floor. The WD-9 is Ben’s current favourite tractor.
Top left: The only
British-built tractor in
Ben’s collection is this
1969 Massey Ferguson
165. Ben finds it a useful
tractor (he’s used it to
tow other tractors to
shows), but he feels that
it lacks the character
of the old American
machines.
Bottom left: Ben
Hughes tends to alter
his tractor collection
regularly, but whilst
other tractors have
come and gone, he’s
hung onto this 1952
McCormick-Deering
W-4. Ben loves the
unrestored look of this
tractor, as he feels the
faded paint adds to
its character and tells
something of the life it’s
had.
“It’s a real beast of a machine,” he says, “and quite fast on
the road!”
Cockshutts stand out from the pack
Ben has only fairly recently moved into the realm of
Cockshutt tractors, being drawn in by the fact that they are
an unusual sight here in the U.K. Built by Oliver at a factory
in Charles City, Iowa, the Cockshutt is an uncommon sight
on British soil. His 1941 Cockshutt 70 gets its name (70) from
the octane rating of the gasoline it was designed to burn, Ben
says. “Today in the U.K., we typically have an octane rating
of 95.”
The tractor is powered by a high-compression, 3.3 litre,
6-cylinder, overhead valve petrol engine made for Oliver by
Continental, giving approximately 28 hp at the drawbar. It
is fitted with a 6-speed transmission, drawbar, PTO, electric
starter, lights and belt pulley.
Ben recently spotted a 1947 Cockshutt 30 on eBay, and he
felt it was just too interesting and affordable to turn down.
It’s a beautifully shaped tractor, with a lovely weathered pa-
tina. Built in Brantford, Ontario, this was Canada’s first pro-
duction tractor, with some 37,328 examples built between
1946 and 1957.
Powered by a 4-cylinder 2.5-litre petrol engine offering ap-
proximately 30 hp, the Cockshutt 30 was also available with
a diesel engine. The tractor comes with a 4-speed gearbox,
drawbar, PTO, electric starter, lights and a belt pulley, and was
the first production tractor to feature an independent PTO. It
was available with both a wide front and as a row crop tractor.
One domestic tractor – for now
Ben frequently uses his only British-built tractor – a 1969
Massey Ferguson 165 – to tow his other tractors to shows and
events. Built in Banner Lane, Coventry, England, the 165
was launched in 1964 as part of Massey Ferguson’s 100 Se-
ries, which included the models 130, 135, 145, 148, 150, 165,
168, 175, 178, 180, 185 and 188. The tractor is powered by a
Perkins A4.212, 3.5-litre, 4-cylinder diesel engine of approxi-
mately 48 hp.
The price of a tractor like this new in 1975 was £2,800 (the
average yearly wage in Britain at the time) or approximately
£21,500 in today’s money (about $28,000). One suspects that,
at some stage, Ben will get seduced by yet another American
tractor, and the Massey Ferguson will be off down the road.
I’m only thinking this because Ben has already hinted at the
fact that he’s got his eye on a Minneapolis Moline …
For Ben there is just something special about American
tractors. They make a refreshing change from the common-
place British tractors we see at shows here, but Ben also re-
ally likes their workmanship and styling. “To me, American
tractors are a lot more pleasing to the eye than their British
counterparts,” he says, “especially those that are in original
condition.”
Ben tends to cap his collection at about six tractors, but
he occasionally spots something unusual (by U.K. standards)
that he can’t resist. If that happens, he usually sells a tractor
to make room for the newbie. “It’s pretty much on a ‘one in,
one out’ basis now,” he says with a laugh. He
and his wife, Stephanie, have a growing young
family, but so far, he’s managing to juggle fa-
therhood with a fairly demanding tractor ob-
session! FC
Josephine Roberts lives on an old-fashioned North
Wales
smallholding in Snowdonia, North Wales, and ✭
Snowdonia
has a passion for all things vintage. Email her at
pheenie@talktalk.net. Great
Britain
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Treasures Preserve
Family’s Heritage
1919 TWIN CITY TRACTOR AND 1928
CHEVY TRUCK ARE PROUD SURVIVORS

T
By Leslie C. McManus

he area surrounding Wagon

Mound, New Mexico, about 70
miles south of the Colorado line in
northeastern New Mexico, gets less
than 20 inches of rainfall a year. Today, no
one would consider it farm country. But JD
Schmidt recalls a time when a few stubborn,
gritty men did.
“I was born in Newton, Kansas,” he says, “but years ago,
my dad and my uncle were looking for a place to make a liv-
ing. They went to the Texas panhandle for a little while, but
when I was 3, in 1930, my folks came to Wagon Mound and
I’ve been here ever since.”
Among his keepsakes are a 1919 Twin City 12-20 tractor sisted in trying to raise wheat near Wagon Mound. Perhaps
and a 1928 Chevrolet truck that were important parts of his motivated by the presence of a family-owned Holt combine,
family’s farming operation in those years. And, until about Simon did everything he could to eke out a crop.
17 years ago, he still had the Holt combine his dad bought “This country is not good farming country,” JD says. “The
as a young man. only farming done here now is where streams run out of
Now 89, JD has clear memories of growing up in rural the mountains and they grow hay.” Seventy-five years ago,
New Mexico. Just 9 when his dad died, he was raised in part Simon attempted to grow summer fallow wheat. “He’d try to
by his uncle, Simon Schmidt, the father of two sons. “Me use two years’ rain to grow one crop,” JD says. “He wouldn’t
and my brother and our cousins were raised like four broth- graze cattle on that wheat in the winter. His theory was to let
ers,” he says. the wheat grow as much as it would. If you didn’t and you
In the 1930s, during the Dust Bowl and the Great Depres- had a dry winter, when the spring winds came, you’d have
sion, “people were literally starving out of this country,” JD a dust storm on your hands. And once that started, you’ve
says. But a decade later, some – Simon among them – per- got nothing.”

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Top left: “My uncle was a mechanic, and he was a very
particular kind of guy. When he worked on something, it
didn’t go together until everything was just right,” JD Schmidt
says. “That’s why some of this stuff is still going.” Shown here:
the 1928 Chevrolet truck.
Above: JD at the wheel of his John Deere Model R, presiding
as grand marshal over Wagon Mound’s 104th Bean Day
Parade.
Left: JD (at 21 months) aboard his dad’s Twin City 17-28, a
tractor all but identical to his uncle’s 1919 Twin City 12-20.
Growing up on the harvest crew
The Holt combine was used equipment when JD’s dad, Ed-
win Schmidt, bought it in Texas. Dating to the late 1920s or
early 1930s, the pull-type unit had a 15-foot header. “Those
old combines were pretty maintenance-intensive,” JD recalls.
“Since the tractor sat outside all the time, and it was hand
crank, not electric, usually the carburetor would have to be
taken off to get it ready for harvest, because it would get a lit-
tle bit of rust in it. You could get going, but it wouldn’t idle.
As a little boy, JD hung around during harvest season. “A
couple of times, I’d find a loose bolt and call it to my uncle’s
attention,” he says, “and he appreciated that.”
A single flat belt stretched from the Holt’s engine back to
the works. Fans, shakers and screens were run by link chains
that required nearly continuous oiling. “Those screens were
continually vibrating, and there were no sealed ball bearings
on the shafts. All that had to be greased at least once a day,
preferably twice a day,” JD recalls. “Just as quick as I got big
enough, I was involved in all that.”
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As he got older, JD was given more demanding jobs. “One
season, I drove the tractor,” he says. “My uncle was very
fussy. When there was one more row to pick up, you better
not miss it, and when that row ran out, you’d better get to
next one, because the other end of the header should pick
up all it can.”
Very clean grain
The combine’s engine – a 4-cylinder water-cooled flathead
Wisconsin – was prone to overloading. “If you got too much
wheat in there, that was a problem,” he says. “It also de-
pended on how low you had to go to get all the heads on the
wheat. If some was way tall and some was way low, you’d
get a lot of straw. Then you’d overload the machine and the
engine would overload and just stop. And it was hard to get
it going again with all that wheat in there.”
Grain and straw went onto a screen, and with a fan blow-
ing up through the screen, the straw was blown out the back
of the combine. When the grain got to the bottom, it was
picked up and returned to the machine’s re-cleaner.
“If a guy knew how to get them adjusted right, those com-
bines would provide very clean grain,” JD says. “There was
no straw or anything in it. Actually, I think all those early
combines were just old threshing machines with a header
stuck off the side and a tractor to pull it.”
In the photos accompanying this article, a pickup attach-
ment is visible over the combine’s header. But JD never saw
it. “I guess the pickup was abandoned because the wheat
would get so dry, that in the process of picking it up, you’d
lose some of it on the ground,” he says. “You’d go behind
the combine and count the grains on the ground. If there
were very many, that guy didn’t know how to adjust that
combine, or it was overloaded.”
In the early days, the crop was cut and laid on the ground
in windrows. “I think the reason for that was those old com-
bines – at least that one – couldn’t handle wheat if it was
the least bit damp, so they would cut it and leave it to dry.”
Driver kept his ear tuned
Moisture – however rare – caused other problems as well.
Early combines, headers and swathers used canvas to trans-
port the grain. “That canvas was made of cotton,” JD ex-
plains. “If you let it get wet and it shrunk, you’d have a heck
of a time. If it looked like rain, you’d try to get the last of the
wheat before the rain, but you also had to get that canvas to
a dry place so it wouldn’t get wet.”
“When I got to where I drove the tractor, my uncle was
very particular,” he says. “If you did something he didn’t
like, you knew about it right quick like. I never really oper-
ated the combine, but there wasn’t much to it. The tractor
driver controlled how fast it was pulled, and he had to keep
his ear tuned to that combine engine. If it slowed down, he
had to slow down.”
Simon used the Holt until self-propelled combines had
been widely adopted. “He was old school,” JD says. “He’d
use those old tractors with iron wheels and lugs. He said,
‘Those rubber tires are no good; they’ll just pack the soil
down.’” As his uncle grew older, JD bought the combine but
has since sold it.
‘Give me a couple hours …’
“The Twin City 12-20 is somewhat unusual in this area,”
JD says. “My uncle bought it brand new in 1919 when he
and my dad went to the Texas panhandle. They broke out a
section of sod with that tractor.”
The tractor’s crankshaft bearing surfaces are round. “My
uncle probably went through three sets of sleeves and pis-
tons,” JD says. “He would pull the pan off and adjust the rod
December 2017 23

and main bearings. That’s the secret to keeping the crank-
shaft round instead of letting it get egg-shaped.”
Early air cleaners were not very efficient. “They’d get a fair
amount of dust in the oil, so pistons and rings just didn’t
last that long,” JD says. “The pre-cleaner on our late mod-
el equipment is probably more efficient than the main air
cleaner on an old tractor.”
JD bought the 12-20 from his uncle and it’s been in a
closed building ever since. “It hasn’t been run for a while,
but give me a couple hours and it’d probably run, because
my uncle was very particular,” he says.
Bias ply tires with cotton cords
As a teenager working on the harvest crew, JD used the
1928 Chevrolet truck to haul wheat from the combine.
Long stored indoors, the Chevy still has its original wood
spoke factory wheels, and a bed Simon built. Like the Twin
City, it too is in running condition.
“It would probably be rated a little more than today’s
half-ton truck in load-carrying capacity,” he says. “It doesn’t
have dual wheels and the rims aren’t drop center. After the
rim and tire assembly were removed, you’d use a special tool
to collapse the jointed rim and remove the tire and tube. If
you didn’t know how to do that, you’d be lost. And those
tires, my guess is they’re still the old bias ply tires with cot-
ton cords. And they still hold air.
“I don’t think either the truck or tractor ever saw an ounce
of antifreeze,” he adds. “Back in those days, antifreeze was
too expensive. We just drained the water.”
“We did everything by hand”
JD worked as a heavy equipment contractor most of his
life. “Early on, I worked as a mechanic until I came to the
conclusion that the people who needed mechanical work
done had no money to pay for it,” he says, “and those with
the money just bought new vehicles.
“I’ve done a lot of mechanical work myself,” JD says. “I’m
an engine nut. When I work on an engine, I almost always
tear it completely down. There’s just no telling how much
crud is in it or what condition it’s in, and if you try to get it
going without doing that, your problems are going to snow-
ball.
“I still have one or two one-lung engines with the water
hopper on top,” he says. “Where I was raised, we didn’t get
electricity until 1951; we had a pretty small operation. We
didn’t have engines. We just did everything by hand.”
It was a way of life barely comprehensible now. “When
you don’t have a refrigerator, you eat chicken all summer,
because when you butcher one, it’ll last two days,” he says.
“We had chicken every day because there was no way to
keep pork or beef.”
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Left: JD’s dad, Edwin Schmidt, bought this
Holt combine in Texas shortly before mov-
ing to New Mexico. “He would have had to
hire someone to haul it to New Mexico,” JD
says. “It was too big for that little truck (the
1928 Chevrolet).”
Below: “The combine (shown here with
the 1919 Twin City tractor) was unloaded
on the fly,” JD says. “It’s up to the truck
driver to stay under the tube where the
wheat comes out and then take the grain
to the granary. We had an elevator to get it
up into our granary.”
A car that would move
Every year in early September, with assistance from his
grandson and great-grandson, JD readies three tractors (a
Minneapolis-Moline G6, a John Deere Model R and the 12-
20 Twin City), the 1928 Chevy truck and two cars for entry
in Wagon Mound’s annual Bean Day parade. Held on what
is known elsewhere in the U.S. as Labor Day weekend, the
event honors local heritage. “More than 100 years ago, this
was big pinto bean country,” JD says. “Now we have to im-
port our beans from southwest Colorado.
“On any other day, our population here – if you count
dogs and cats, too – is about 300,” he says. “On Bean Day,
at the free barbecue, we serve anywhere from 3,000 to 3,500
people.”
JD’s parade entries include a 1979 Lincoln Town Car he
refers to as “the last of big boats,” and a 1967 small body
style Olds F-85. “Mom bought that car brand new,” he says.
“She liked to have a car that would move.”
Olds offered a Turnpike Cruiser Kit. “It had a 400 engine,”
he says, “built to cruise down the highway at good speed.”
The kit was only available by special order. By the time his
mother ordered the car, it was at the end of the production
year. “The only way they would put in the 400 engine at
that point was on police cruisers,” he says. “So she bought a
police cruiser that was never in police service, and it moves.
It’s got 37,000 original miles. If I was to get rid of that car,
my grandson would kill me.” FC
For more information: JD Schmidt, P.O. Box 68,
Wagon Mound, NM 87752; (575) 447-7218; email: ✭
Wagon Mound
jdschmidt@nnmt.net.
New Mexico
Leslie C. McManus is the senior editor of Farm
Collector. Contact her at LMcManus@ogdenpubs.
com.
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By Rachel Gingell

U
ntil early this year, a small,
weather-worn shed in an Iowa
field held a collector’s dream: a
pair of mint-condition John Deere
snowmobiles, untouched since 1975.

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1. Original
tags remain
intact on
one of the
snowmobile
suits bought
by the Hintzes.

2. This pair of
snowmobiles
was purchased
new in 1975
by Richard and
Andra Hintz
during an
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4 was used so
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4. Andra
and the late
Richard Hintz.

5. Rear
view of the
snowmobiles.

The story starts in the winter of 1975, when a mid-win-
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Holstein, stranded for seven days. They were the lucky
ones. The Great Storm of 1975 killed more than 50 people.
After being snowed in with no way to care for their live-
stock (cattle and hogs), Richard and Andra vowed, “never
again.” Once they dug themselves out, the couple went to
their local John Deere dealership to buy the snowmobile
they would need to keep their promise: a John Deere 600.
The date was Feb. 10, 1975.
The winter of 1975 was especially long and hard. A
month after purchasing the 600, Richard and Andra bought
a second snowmobile so that Andra could help with the
outdoor farm work. Andra’s pick was the slightly smaller
John Deere 300, purchased on March 12 (she still has the
original receipts). The couple also outfitted themselves in
John Deere snowmobile suits and helmets.
Tools, not toys
Richard put 388 miles on his snowmobile that winter.
Andra rode hers less; by the time the couple purchased the
JD 300, spring was just around the corner. They never got
around to installing the odometer (it’s still in the box), but
Andra estimates the 300 has less than half the hours of her
husband’s machine.
Unlike many snowmobile owners, Richard and Andra
saw these snowmobiles as tools, not toys. Richard may
have learned this lesson the hard way. He went for a fun
ride with friends one winter day and came home with a
broken wrist. No damage was done to the snowmobile, but
that put an end to the fun for Richard. From then on, the
snowmobiles stayed in the “tool” category.
Never used again
When the snow finally melted in the spring of 1975,
Richard loaded the snowmobiles on a trailer, covered them
securely and backed the trailer into a shed.
The Hintz family was thankful to never face another win-
ter as brutal as that of 1975. Years went by without needing
the snowmobiles again. The trailer sat, loaded and ready,
for more than 40 years.
Richard died in 2015. His son, Randy, lives on the farm
now, and the land is rented out to a nearby farmer. Andra
sold the snowmobiles at an April 2017 auction alongside
her husband’s 1,000-piece John Deere toy tractor collec-
tion. The pair of snowmobiles (with trailer) sold as a pack-
age and fetched $23,000. “They are like sisters,” auctioneer
Ken Girard says. “They’ve been together for over 40 years,
and I would hate to be the one to split them up!” FC
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THE INANIMATE OBJECT
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By Clell G. Ballard

anching in the cowboy era of 2

the late 1800s and early 1900s has

become a fixture in American minds.
There are literally thousands of books
written about that phenomenon. It doesn’t
seem to make much difference if the book is
fiction or non-fiction, somewhere in its pages
will be a statement like, “the (fill in the blank)
won the West.”
You can insert the name of just about any kind of handgun
or rifle into that statement. Historic events like the Homestead
Act of 1862 and railroad expansion also complete the sentence,
and make fairly accurate statements.
However, it wasn’t until some method of keeping livestock
located in one general area was developed that lasting settle-
ment became a reality. The lowly barbed wire fence was the one
thing that made that possible. The lives of those of us who live
in the rural West have been influenced by barbed wire from the
time we were small children. Even today, physical movement
in the plains area and foothills of the mountains means regular
encounters with a barbed wire fence.

30 December 2017 Farm Collector

1. This old three-wire fence is held up with split cedar posts, once the posts of
choice because of their resistance to deterioration. Steel posts have been substi-
tuted when repairs were needed. Close examination of the photo reveals that
the wires have been spliced several times – understandably so, since the fence is
at least 80 years old.
2. The same fence, exhibiting one of many strange “posts” added over the years Enter at your own risk
as needed. Given the distance back to the ranch where replacement posts were A barbed wire fence is a divider be-
available, any available upright was utilized to contain the livestock. tween two pieces of land made up of
posts set into the ground at regular in-
3. Extensive displays of barbed wire can be found in Western museums and pri- tervals with several strands of twisted
vate collections. This display has 30 unique examples; the oldest are shown here. wire fastened to each. Short, almost
4. New barbed wire comes in rolls. Almost all is galvanized, and some razor-sharp projections are positioned
is advertised as “pre-stretched,” which makes building fence easier but at regular intervals along the length of
complicates repair. When a break occurs, the wire retracts to its original un- the wire. Because of the wire’s strength
stretched state, leaving a large gap. and the pain that results from contact
with the barbs, it is difficult for any liv-
ing thing larger than a rabbit to cross it.
Gates must be built to allow large
3
animals to go from one piece of land
to the next. If an average-size human is
extremely careful, he or she can crawl
under the bottom strand. Attempting
to climb between two strands of a well
maintained fence often results in pain
in both the back and crotch. A good
barbed wire fence comes pretty close to
keeping out anything not wanted in a
field, and keeping anything in that you
don’t want out. The vast open spaces in
much of America are divided by such
fences.

Sharp memories
remain clear
Should you accidentally come in
contact with a fence in the dark, that
memory will never fade. This author
had such an experience as a teenager
when playing hide-and-seek at our
4 church youth group sponsor’s ranch.
Unknown to me, a three-wire gate
stretched across one of the entrance
lanes – one we hadn’t used – that led
to the ranch house from the main road.
When running full bore in an at-
tempt to avoid capture, I ran square
into that gate. The next thing I knew,
I was sitting on the ground facing the
same way I had been going after hav-
ing gone head over heels caught in
the wire. The barbs were so caught in
my clothes that I was almost unable
to move. But moving by tearing my
clothes was necessary to stanch the
flow of blood from dozens of slashes.
Half a century later I still have scars
to remind me the barb wire fence did
exactly what it was designed to do: It
stopped me from going farther.

Rules of engagement
Barbed wire is sold in rolls 40 to 80
rods long. (A rod is a unit of measure
equal to 16.5 feet. An 80-rod spool cov-
ers about 1/4 mile.) Although dozens
of styles of barbed wire were produced
and sold since the mid-1850s, the de-
sign is standardized today.

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 An unusual sight:
a bumblebee
impaled on a
barbed wire

AN AMAZING fence.

FENCE-LINE
DISCOVERY
People who deal with barbed wire
fences on a regular basis usually pay
little attention to them. One learns where
to expect them to be, how to cross them
and how to maintain them. Actual close
examination of any one at any point just
isn’t done.
However, in 1986, I actually did that
when crawling through a gate at an
abandoned farm once owned by a relative.
As the photo above shows, I discovered an
unbelievable sight. Right by my hand as I
pushed the wire down was a bumblebee
impaled on a barb.
Fortunately I had my camera with me
and I recorded what I discovered. As I
did, I asked myself what could possibly
have happened. Did a high wind force
the bee off course until it collided with
the barb? Were situations at home so
bad that he chose to commit suicide in
a bizarre manner? Was this an example of
“drinking and flying” with a tragic result?
Another series of questions arose. In
our somewhat isolated area, there are
thousands of miles of barbed wire fences,
all with three or four strands of wires. How
many million barbs are on those wires?
What are the odds that a bumblebee
would be impaled on one of them? How
was it possible that I was I was at the
very place way out in the country where
it happened? Since the bee wouldn’t stay
impaled there very long before falling off,
why did I come along at just the right time
to see him? I doubt even computers could
come up with answers to those questions.
As noted elsewhere in these pages,
barbed wire in the dry Western region
of the U.S. gets a skiff of rust on it and
doesn’t rust further. That is obvious on the
strand with the bee. In the background
is a piece of newer galvanized wire that
was one of the several making up the
gate. Note its gray color. The gate I was
crawling through had obviously been
repaired sometime in the fairly recent
past. – Clell G. Ballard

New wire is galvanized, making it silver when new and a
dull gray color as it weathers. It has been impossible to as-
certain when wire first became galvanized, but it must have
been fairly recently. Almost every barbed wire fence this au-
thor has ever seen consists of rusty colored wire. In typically
dry Western regions of the U.S., metal objects get a skiff of
rust on the surface but no additional rust forms. Thus those
wire fences, many of which are as much as 100 years old, are
still structurally strong.
For most of our history, the posts holding the wire – a
minimum of three strands, but more commonly four – were
wooden. Wire was attached using staples. (The wire was
placed on the side of the post where pressure from livestock
was most likely to result. A well-stapled fence was almost as
strong against pressure from the other side.) On the Great
Plains, wood posts were used for decades even though they
had to be sourced, sometimes from a great distance.
Even today, one occasionally runs across a fence con-
structed where regular posts were unavailable and a strange
collection of uprights support the wire. Big, dried tree roots,
pieces of crooked driftwood, dry willows of fairly small di-
ameter, broken wagon tongues and whatever else the fence
builder could come up with make such fence lines most pic-
turesque today.
Steel posts made brutal labor obsolete
Sometime in the 20th century, steel posts made their ap-
pearance. Building a fence with them usually was facilitat-
ed because there was an unending supply available, if you
could afford them. In addition, steel posts can be pounded
into many ground conditions, making it unnecessary to
dig post holes, a hugely taxing job. Wire is attached to steel
posts by wire clips in lieu of a hammer and staples.
Those of us who have dug thousands of post holes with
a post-hole digger have highly developed muscles on the
back of our upper arms due to the way the diggers work.
When enough soil material has been worked loose down in
the hole, the digger’s handles must be pulled apart with ex-
treme force to keep the material trapped between the blades
so it can be lifted. Depending on conditions, that process
has to be repeated dozens of times before each hole is deep
enough. Try doing that hour after hour in the hot sun!
A necessary evil
All barbed wire fences need to be maintained. Wooden
posts rot and have to be replaced, the wire breaks from harsh
weather conditions and, occasionally, as a result of animals
running into it. Sometimes a mountain stream changes
course during heavy spring run-off, washing out posts and
tangling the wire.
Because of the wire’s vicious nature, leather gloves are an
absolute necessity for fence fixers. Even then, accidental
contact with barbs results in torn clothing and occasional
minor injury. Good gloves rarely last over a couple of days
of fence repair before they disintegrate.
Skilled fence fixers enjoy much more success than ama-
teurs, but the work is basically unpleasant for anyone. Even
though almost no one reads about them in history books,
barbed wire fences are an example of one of mankind’s most
successful inventions. FC
A retired high school history teacher, Clell G.
Ballard has worked on farms since he was in grade
school, including 53 summers spent working on his
uncle’s dryland hay and grain ranch. He also is a
dealer of World War II-era military vehicles and
parts. Contact him at (208) 764-2313 (and bear in Idaho
mind the time difference with Mountain Standard Fairfield
✭
Time) or by email at cballard@northrim.net.

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Klein Bros. Hardware was started by Mike and PENCIL DRAWINGS
Karl Klein in 1986, when the brothers purchased Bob Smith began drawing pictures
Malinta Hardware, which had been in business of tractors, trucks and farm equip-
since the early 1900s. The store is located in ment at age 6. But after he left the
the middle of northwest Ohio’s rural heartland, family farm in northwest Iowa as a
housed in a century-old building that captures young man, the demands of life –
the essence of an old-time, small town hardware including family and a 32-year ca-
store. reer in the military – crowded out
In addition to a full hardware operation, that early hobby.
Klein Bros. offers Round House bib overalls In retirement, he made up for lost
made in the U.S. Overalls are available in the time. The result is a charming book
store and at www.kleinbros.com in every size of color pencil drawings of tractors,
and style (zip-fly, button fly, hickory stripe, cars, trucks and farm scenes from his
low back and heavy duty); engineer caps are youth. Each drawing is a carefully
available in child and adult sizes. executed valentine to a time now
Round House overalls, many sizes and styles, lost, full of affection and respect.
Klein Bros. Hardware, www.kleinbros.com. One drawing (Air Attack 1947) cap-
tures the resulting mayhem when
a local pilot buzzed farmers as they
concentrated on cultivating new
crops for the first time. The roar of
RECONSIDERING THE fast-approaching aircraft invariably
caused several hills of corn to be
HERITAGE OF THE FEED MILL plowed over. “Those that remember
In Down by the Feed Mill: The Past and Present agree it was a miracle the pilot wasn’t
of America’s Feed Mills and Grain Elevators, more shot down,” the caption notes.
than 240 fascinating photos bring to light the Astonishingly detailed and realis-
importance of feed mills to American towns- tic, Bob’s drawings are an interest-
people, economies and heritage. This wealth of ing blend of discipline and whimsy.
contemporary new photos, together with some Machinery is represented in almost
vintage images from museum collections, give a photographic precision; the people
visual record of a changing and passing Ameri- are from the school of American folk
can institution. art, with simple but wildly expres-
Covering a time frame of more than 150 years, sive faces. Short stories accompany-
Down by the Feed Mill explains what feed mills and ing the drawings expand on each
grain elevators do, how they work, the role they scene. This is a book like no other in
played in the American agricultural economy and your library, and it is guaranteed to
the relationship of these businesses to their farmer customers. make you smile!
By focusing on three mills in depth, author David Hanks shows the changing Bob Smith’s Tractor Art, 2017,
technological and economic conditions that shaped and sometimes destroyed Bob Smith, soft cover with spiral
mills. Evocative photos capture mills in the southern half of Michigan’s lower binding, 80 pages, 17x11 inches,
peninsula, chosen to be representative of U.S. mills as a whole in terms of their color, $50 (includes shipping and
variety, historic evolution and characteristics. handling),
Down by the Feed Mill: The Past and Present of America’s Feed Mills and www.smithtractorart.com. To order,
Grain Elevators, 2017, David Hanks, hardcover, 208 pages, black-and-white photo- write to Bob Smith at 802 S. Pleasant
graphs, $34.99, Schiffer Books, www.schifferbooks.com. St., Canton, SD 57013.

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SAVE THE DATE WITH THESE CAN’T-MISS CALENDARS
Launched in 1990, John Harvey’s The Original Classic Farm Tractors Cal-
endar has showcased more than 520 brands and models of farm tractors and
machinery. The 2018 calendar – the 29th edition – continues that tradition. The
tractors featured span more than a half-century of agricultural history in the U.S.
and Canada. And all are making their debut in the 2018 calendar: None of the
specific models have ever appeared in previous editions.
The 2018 crop includes a 1916 Case Model 20-40, 1956 Oliver Super 55 Diesel,
1969 IH 1256 Wheatland All-Wheel Drive, 1962 Ford 501 Workmaster Offset,
1949 Norseman Models N and O, 1965 John Deere 1010 Industrial, 1940 John
Deere B, 1930 Massey-Harris GP 15/22, 1920 LaCrosse Line Drive Model M, 1974
Lamborghini R904DT, 1944 Case Model LAI and 1954 Ferguson Pony.
The calendar also features an exclusive pictorial on the 25th annual Orange
Spectacular in Hutchinson, Minnesota. A full-length companion DVD, “History
in Motion,” contains in-depth interviews with owners of each featured tractor,
focusing on the history, background and heritage of their tractors.
Also available: Classic Garden Tractors 2018 Calendar, packed with photos
of a 1970 John Deere 120, 1927 Centaur 2G, 1965 Ford T-1000, 1961 David Brad-
ley Suburban, 1974 Montgomery Ward 16, 1961 Keen Kutter, 1965 Colt Rancher,
1965 Squire Applegate 1000, 1974 Thomas-bilt, 1972 Wheel Horse Raider 12,
1963 Massey Ferguson Executive 7E and a 1957 Beaver HW.
John Harvey’s The Original Classic Farm Tractors Calendar and “History in SCRAPBOOK PAPERS FOR
Motion” DVD, and Classic Garden Tractors 2018 Calendar, full color, 14-by-10
inches, available at www.ClassicTractorFever.farm or by calling (800) 888-8979.
THE OLD IRON ENTHUSIAST
Photographer Pam Olson blends
passions for old iron and photogra-
phy to produce custom scrapbook
papers. When she and her husband
AND WHY ARE BARNS RED? attend antique tractor shows – espe-
How did barns change with west- cially those featuring International
ward expansion? How did immigration Harvester tractors and equipment –
impact American barn styles? How did Pam takes hundreds of photos of dis-
barn architecture vary by region? What plays and demonstrations.
elements of style emerged on barns? Then came her husband’s IH tractor
What is a “poetry barn”? And why are restoration project. When Pam began
barns red? to compile a scrapbook document-
Answers to intriguing questions like ing the restoration, she couldn’t find
those – and much more – are found in brand-friendly background paper.
BARN: Form and Function of an American Long story short, she is now a licensed
Icon. Delve into the fascinating history provider of IH scrapbook papers.
of the most iconic American structures, Today Pam sells more than 100
and you’ll never see barns the same patterns of scrapbook paper at trac-
way again. tor shows and via her website, www.
Author Susan Carol Hauser reveals the iowasubtleimagery.com. To see her
compelling history of barns, examining selection of custom papers (including
how immigrants adapted traditional de- tion, barns in pop culture and mythol- IH and other tractors and machinery,
signs from their home countries to the ogy, elements of barn style and barn rustic designs and landscape) – and
American landscape. The book guides construction. view scrapbook accessories, visit her
the reader on a tour of various kinds of BARN: Form and Function of an website or her Iowa Subtle Imagery
barns, showing how construction mate- American Icon, 2017, Susan Carol page on Facebook.
rials, cultural influences, function and Hauser, hardcover, 160 pages, color Iowa Subtle Imagery, custom
style have given rise to their extraordi- photographs, $30, Voyageur Press, scrapbook paper,
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 IN-DEPTH STUDY OF ONE REGION’S BARNS
For anyone who has ever admired a barn on an
old country lane, The Historic Barns of Southeastern
Pennsylvania tells the story of that barn and many
others in southeastern Pennsylvania, or, specifi-
cally, “the hearth,” the area east of the Susquehan-
na River and South of the Blue Mountains. This
11-county region of the Keystone State is home to
20,000 standing barns, in various states of repair,
built from the mid-1700s on.
Historian and author Greg Huber covers the pri-
mary factors determining the fundamental struc-
tures and appearances of the six great barn classifi-
THE FINAL WORD ON 4WD TRACTORS
The story of the 4-wheel drive
tractors built by Steiger, Interna-
tional Harvester, Case, and Case
IH is told in dramatic fashion in
this new authoritative guide. Start-
ing with the development of early
4-wheel drive systems at Interna-
tional Harvester, Red 4WD Tractors
traces the evolution and design of
some of the most powerful and ca-
pable tractors of the 20th century.
Learn the complete story of Stei-
ger tractors, which were designed and built in the barn of John,
Douglass and Maurice Steiger near Red Lake Falls, Minnesota. Dig
deep into the 4-wheel drives built by International Harvester, from
the newly discovered first machine built in 1912 to the final series
of Super 70 models of which only a very few were produced.
This volume features heavy research and coverage of Interna-
tional Harvester 4WDs, including newly uncovered details about
why the 4300 Series failed, how the Steiger-built IH 66 Series was
designed in a secret garage, and why the 2+2 Series was abandoned
in 1985. J.I. Case offered an interesting line of 4WD tractors as
well, and the colorful history of those powerful machines is traced
in detail, including photos of all the orange-and-white 4WD Case
tractors.
Written by Lee Klancher and the same team that created the
award-winning books Red Tractors 1958-2013 and Red Combines
1915-2015, this book is a must-have for any tractor and farming
history enthusiast. All the 4WD models from International Har-
vester, Case, Steiger, and Case IH are shown. The book includes the
design and development history of the tractors, with first-hand
accounts from the engineers and other product-development spe-
cialists at IH and Case IH who brought them to life.
Red 4WD Tractors: High-Horsepower All-Wheel-Drive Tractors
from International Harvester, Steiger, J.I. Case & Case IH, Lee
Klancher, hardcover, 384 pages, color photographs, $75, Octane Press,
www.octanepress.com.
RED LETTER DAYS STAND OUT IN FARMALL CALENDAR
Are there enough superlatives for Octane Press products? Included in the 2018 calendar: International 5488 FWA,
As if three over-the-top tomes on red tractors, combines and McCormick-Deering Fairway 14, International AOS-6, Inter-
4WD tractors weren’t enough, the Oc-
tane crew also produces the handsome
Farmall Calendar 2018.
Featuring all-new photography of
some of “the biggest, baddest machines
from some of the world’s most incred-
ible collections,” Octane’s Farmall calen-
dar doesn’t overlook the beauty of rural
America as it captures exceptional col-
lectible tractors.
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cations, including forest resources. Other featured
topics are architectural aspects and regionalisms,
dates of construction, survival of 18th-century
examples, mysterious decorations and barn pres-
ervation. The book includes representative color
photographs, building plan sketches, charts con-
veying the prevalence of types and a glossary of
barn terms.
The Historic Barns of Southeastern
Pennsylvania, 2017, Greg Huber, hardcover, 240
pages, color and black-and-white photographs and
charts, $50, Schiffer Books, www.schifferbooks.com.
EASLEY MEMOIRS VOL. 2
BOUND TO MAKE YOU LAUGH
The headline at the top of Page 7 in Alan Easley’s
second book of memoirs (It Sure ’Nuff Happened: I
Was There) reads, “Introduction.” It might just as
well say, “Warning,” for here’s what follows: “If you
don’t like me writing about something you did,
maybe you shouldn’t have done it in the first place,
because from dogs to kids to neighbors, nothing or
nobody, including myself, gets any special treat-
ment, because, ‘It sure ’nuff happened: I was there.’”
That pretty well sets the pace for a brisk romp
through a lifetime marked by laughter and orneri-
ness, squeezed in around work. From vivid memo-
ries of his grandparents, to the shivaree “hosted” by
friends and neighbors, to raising kids and grandkids,
to the kind of friendly (if ribald) ribbing that passes
between men who’ve known each other all their
lives, it’s all in black and white on these pages. How
he remembered even half of it is a miracle.
In a 2013 review of Alan’s first book, It Must Be
True: Paw-Paw Said So, we noted that the book con-
tained, “No words minced, no punches unpulled
and no shortage of plain old country cussin’.” Noth-
ing, I am relieved to tell you, has changed in Alan’s
style. He is both one of a kind, and the guy we all
know. And his latest book is
sure to make you laugh out loud
until your sides hurt.
It Sure ’Nuff Happened: I
Was There, 2017, Alan Easley,
hardcover, 270 pages, NukeWorks
Publishing; available for $20
plus $5 shipping/handling from
Alan Easley, 8300 East Turner
Farm Rd., Columbia, MO 65201;
(573) 999-3713.
national 7488 Serial No. 1, McCormick-
Deering WD-40 Diesel, International
B414, International 4166, International
7388, International 1066 FWA, Farmall
1206 Turbo, 1955 Farmall 300 and In-
ternational 660 FWA.
Farmall Calendar 2018 by Lee
Klancher, full color, 17-by-11-1/2 inches,
available through Octane Press, www.
octanepress.com; phone (512) 334-9441.
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FARM COLLECTOR SHOW
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FARM ENGINES AND HOW
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GAS ENGINE RESTORATION
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HOMEMADE CONTRIVANCES
The traditional American devices contained in
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Item # 8286 $14.95
COOLSPRING MUSEUM BOOK &
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Designated a Mechanical Engineering
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AMERICA’S RURAL YESTERDAY,
VOLUME 3: AT HOME & IN TOWN
This book, the third in the three-volume
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More than 120 photos show rural
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COOLSPRING MUSEUM BOOK
VOL. 1
For more than 25 years, the Coolspring
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Item # 5442 $19.95
FIELD GUIDE TO CLASSIC
FARM TRACTORS
In this photo-saturated guidebook, you’ll
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Item # 8252 $24.99
ACTION IN IH COUNTRY
A collection of magazine ads from 1964
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the story of the advertising for these ma-
chines. International Harvester did a lot of
advertising from the mid-1960s to the early
1980s. This collection provides a great
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Delbert Trew

TRACKING THE
Essentials This pocket
ledger is
representa-

M
tive of many
IN THE PANHANDLE distributed
to farmers
any of my columns in the as premiums
from leading
past have been based on manufacturers.
Now collect-
personal correspondence, ible items,
a diary, journal or album, pocket ledgers
were handy,
written or kept by a Panhandle resident. portable
notebooks with
Thanks to Bob and Becky Keel of ledger pages,
blank pages
Amarillo, Texas, this column will for notes and
basic reference
present excerpts from an accounts information.
ledger of a small family farm during Ledger books
like the one
the years 1947-57. Two ledger books referenced in
this article were
were found in an abandoned house; typically larger
with a hardback
no names will be mentioned to keep cover and rarely
left the house.
the deceased owner’s privacy.

The family owned 320 acres, of which some 200

acres was farmed in wheat and forage crops and the re-
mainder consisted of native grass. Milk cows, range cows, hogs
and poultry were raised, bought, sold and traded as needed
for expenses. The man often worked as a laborer when the op-
portunity presented itself. Of interest, the ledgers were neat,
written in detail in longhand with checks recorded in black ink
and cash payments recorded in red ink.
In 1947, the farm produced 4,500 bushels of wheat that sold
for an average of $2.10 per bushel. Weaner pigs sold for $8-10
each and cull hens sold for 21 cents per pound. The family
sold an annual total of 760 dozen eggs, bringing from 32 to 51
cents per dozen.
The home was heated with coal, using about 1,600 pounds
per year. They cooked with kerosene, using some 118 gal-
lons per year and purchased 200 pounds of carbide to fuel
their acetylene lights generator. Water from a windmill and
storage tank was piped inside the house for bathroom and
kitchen use.
Each year they purchased young hens from neighbors
and baby chicks from hatcheries. The bulk of farm expenses
came from purchasing livestock feed and minerals or ex-
penses related to farm equipment. Very little expense came
from personal expenditures.
On Jan. 30, 1950, they paid $4 for the inspection of their
newly wired house in order to receive electrical service for
their new Rural Electric Assn. A month later they added a
yard light on a tall pole and wired the milk shed for lights
and plug-ins.
A check to Montgomery Ward & Co. purchased a 100-foot
electrical extension cord and a trouble light. No doubt these
old-timers thought they had reached the height of luxury
with these purchases. The annual cost for carbide was elimi-
nated but the total annual cost of electricity for 1950 came
to $105.14.
There must have been a good hay crop in September 1951,
as several purchases of binder twine, hay hooks and gloves
were recorded. Substantial extra income was realized by the
man working for the neighbors, hauling and stacking hay.
Progress occurred again in 1954, when a 500-gallon pro-
pane tank, a bathroom gas heater and a “Warm Morning
Gas Heater” were purchased and installed. Although use of
coal and kerosene was curtailed, an occasional purchase of
propane was noted.
The family butchered its own beeves and hogs, but took
the quarters to the locker plant for cutting, wrapping and
frozen storage. I’m sure each of these things was done by all
the farm families in the Panhandle, but this is the first time
I’ve had access to the day-to-day costs. FC
✭
Delbert Trew is a freelance writer, retired rancher and Alanreed
supervisor of the Devil’s Rope Museum in McLean, Texas. Texas
Contact him at Trew Ranch, Box A, Alanreed, TX 79002;
(806) 779-3164; email: trewblue@centramedia.net.

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