One of the more famous names among rusty iron enthusiasts is that of the Hart-Parr Co., which has more than one claim to fame. Hart-Parr built the first practical internal combustion tractor engine, ...

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

This 1902 advertisement from The Ohio Farmer indicates that John Deere-built plows have been the standard quality for 65 years. Collecting vintage farm tractors and equipment remains a popular hobby.

Hear the story of how Heinrich Johann Herickhoff became Henry John, proud to be an American, with his John Deere collection ...

Learn about the history of the hay press, with a special focus on those presses that went to work before engines were a ...

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 ...

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 ...

So, What Is an Indicator and How Does It Work? The indicator simply records, on a piece of paper, the pressure in one end of a steam cylinder as the piston of the engine moves from one end of its ...

Edward Rumely, the man who brought the company into the modern age, encouraged development of the popular OilPull tractor line. A mighty Rumely 30-60 Oilpull Tractor gains fame for the company as it ...

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

The John Deere Waterloo Boy Model N tractor had a 2-speed transmission, and most had automotive-type steering. It was sold until 1924, when Deere’s Model D was launched. In the early days of power ...