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 ...

The genius of pioneer inventors can confound us. Countless contraptions that revolutionized farming in the 19th and early ...

3An article of mine in the October 2022 issue of Farm Collector focused on how loaded farm trucks were a “block in the road” due to their slow travel. An explanation is necessary to define the ...

It seems everyone enjoys a good mystery. For proof, look no further than “What Is It,” one of the most popular monthly features in Farm Collector. Every issue, readers contribute photos of items for ...

This issue of the Iron-Men Album brings us to the 10th installment of Dr. Bixler’s history of the Aultman & Taylor Company, as edited by Dr. Robert T. Rhode. The Album is serializing Dr. Bixler’s book ...

Learn about the history of the round baler and the many men and companies that claimed to be the first to create a functional ...

The Rock Island Plow Co. dates back to 1855. They manufactured not only plows, but various horse-drawn implements, corn planters, tedder rakes, windrow loaders and even cream separators.

The Great Depression that caused so much trouble in the world during the 1930s ended only with the boom caused by World War II. For American farmers however, the downturn began shortly after World War ...

The use of a pretty face has a long and successful history in the field of commercial art. Here, the image of a sweet country girl is used to market cream separators. In an effort to compete with ...

Learn about the history, development, and legacy of the John Deere Model A tractor, and which market role this tractor was ...

This New Holland Model 320 is representative of later, more streamlined hay balers that used an in-line plunger. The New Holland Model 66, introduced in 1953, was the industry's first PTO-powered ...

An illustration of a typical Delco farm installation with the engine not only powering the generator but also belted to a line shaft, which in turn drives a churn, a cream separator and water pump.