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

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 John Deere newsprint advertisements, and see how these ads reflect the company's own manufacturing ...

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

The Field Marshall range of tractors, made by Marshall, Sons & Co. of Gainsborough, England, began in 1945. The tractors featured a stylish design of tinwork painted a smart Brunswick Green. Peter ...

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 ...

This Pastime washer, showing the firstvariant construction, is in remarkablygood original condition. Learn about Pastime Maytag washer history facts, the story behind Maytag’s first clothes washer, ...

Far right: large dibbers used to plant corn, beans and any of the larger vegetable seeds. To the left of the dibbers are the potato forks and sifters. The balls on the ends of the tines eliminate ...

A junior-size press like this would have been capable of producing up to 150 gallons of apple juice per day. When retired high school teacher Joe Wurth learned of a vintage cider press tucked away in ...

Leaders in preserving agricultural history in Crawford County, Ohio: Mike Hoffman, Vocational Agriculture teacher and FFA advisor at Wynford Local Schools; Mike McCracken, president of the Crawford ...

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 ...

Perry Coziahr with some of his 60 Marx wind-up climbing toys. For years, Louis Marx & Co. toys were imprinted with the slogan “One of the many Marx toys, have you all of them?” Toys cherished during ...