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 ...

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 ...

Barn finds make for great stories. Rescues have a slightly different flavor. Such is the rescue story of the only RD6 side-seat with Trailer Patrol known to exist. The town of Fortescue, Missouri, had ...

A “dozen soup plate” disc harrow that’s similar to the one our poet waxes so enthusiastic over. Not long ago, someone asked about the early history of disc harrows. I’d never thought much about it, ...

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 New Holland Model 73 automatic pick-up baler was the first self-tying machine of its type to take hay baling to the field. A cut-away display of a Hesston by Massey Ferguson small rectangular ...

Born in Massachusetts in 1825, Asahel Huntington Patch was an early pioneer in America’s farm implement industry. His struggle to successfully operate an implement factory paid off late in life when ...

Our picturesque small town of Fairfield, Idaho, is shown here photographed in the fall. The paved highway is at the bottom and the paved road perpendicular to it goes through the middle of town. Other ...

When it comes to lawn work, today’s homeowner barely breaks a sweat. Lawn work has become a highly mechanized activity, complete with self-propelled power lawn mowers, lawn tractors and an endless ...

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 ...

Farm applications were just a few of the ways the Willys marketing department envisioned Jeeps in use in the post-war 1940s. Illustrations in this 1946 ad present the Jeep as a freight hauler, ...

This John Blue Co. G-1000 tractor was priced at $10,250. Well, a while back, I bought another tractor, even though I had planned to cut back my collection. I found this one by accident while driving ...