What’s a DoodleBug? It’s a poor man’s improvisational tractor, usually made from an old Ford. A really old Ford, like 1932 or older. During the Great Depression, when no one had any money, one of the ...

Tractors now sport tracks instead of wheels. The WD Allis Chalmers that I steered down the corn rows was devoid of any kind ...

ROCKLAND, Wis. — When you drive into the well-tended farm yard of Kurt and Kathy Flock, you probably won’t notice the 80 wagon wheels that Kathy has collected over the years. But they are there — ...

Agriculture in Wisconsin was undergoing a mechanized revolution in the 1920s that would extend into the 1950s. It was a revolution that had farmers converting from draft horse field operations to a ...

Of the more than 200 manufacturers of agricultural implements in the U. S., the greatest by far is the International Harvester Co. Another, far smaller, far less staunch, is the Advance-Rumely Co.

GENTRY -- It was time once again to crank up those old engines and get those antique tractors running. After a year of canceled shows due to the covid-19 pandemic, the 2021 Spring Show of the Tired ...

LA PORTE CITY - Gerald and Betty Brustkern celebrated their 45th wedding anniversary this weekend the old-fashioned way - with a display of old tractors and farm implements and a few cars. Gerald, 67, ...

Thrift Week was canceled due to lack of funds. Baking powders vied for the Little Rock market. A strong odor of spilled liquor pervaded City Hall. But Tractor School provided the juiciest stories in ...

Kris Folland grows corn, wheat and soybeans and raises cattle on 2,000 acres near Halma in the northwest corner of Minnesota, so his operation is far from small. But when he last bought a new tractor, ...