Indholdsfortegnelse for July 2023 i Farm Collector

At Farm Collector, we are dedicated to the preservation of antique farm equipment and all things pertaining to antique farm equipment, which, by clear and obvious extension, includes ice cream. What, after all, would a tractor show be without at least one ice cream stand? Typically held in warm weather, tractor shows and ice cream go together like hot fudge and a scoop of vanilla. While it cannot be denied that an unsupervised errand to a far corner of the showgrounds has been known to offer the opportunity to enjoy a simple pleasure safe from disapproving looks, that does not diminish the essential wholesomeness of ice cream. In fact, one may even experience a certain sense of kinship and camaraderie with others on similar missions (or at least it often…

The genius of pioneer inventors can confound us. Countless contraptions that revolutionized farming in the 19th and early 20th centuries have become contemporary curiosities, or even mysteries. Here are six sent in by readers. Do you know what they are? Answers to the July 2023 items will appear in the September 2023 issue.  Answers for new items in this issue must be received by July 7, 2023. JULY MYSTERY TOOLS A. Tool measures 6 inches long. Marked Pat Pend Black Panther No 65 - Phila. PA USA. B. Tool measures 2 feet long by 14 inches at the fork spread. No markings. C. Made of brass and marked Milwaukee and Other pats pending Oct. 8 1912, Apr. 3 1917, Nov. 16 1920, Nov. 30 1920. D. Tool measures 11 inches…

Dating to the 1850s, Temple Pump Co. was a long-established company in Chicago when it entered the stationary engine business in 1901, but a struggle with market headwinds led to its demise. In September 1911, U.S. Engine Works entered the stationary engine market in Chicago, advertising engines similar to those produced by Temple. Temple went on the offensive, selling its mammoth factory in 1913 and building a new facility in nearby Cicero. Meanwhile, several longtime Temple leaders – then in their mid-seventies – retired, taking decades of experience with them. In April 1914, new leaders were introduced. Just two months later, the company’s ads disappeared and Temple products were advertised by U.S. Engine Works. U.S. Engine Works extended what the company proclaimed as the “Greatest Engine Offer” ever made. But…

The wildly popular short story series, Alexander Botts and the Earthworm Tractor, from The Saturday Evening Post is back in print! In this excerpt from the 5th volume, Botts joins the U.S. Army and ships off to Europe! He needs to find fuel for a tractor in France before the Ally invasion. Will he sacrifice a French family’s prized Calvados, their 100-year-old apple liqueur? Calvados was too heavenly to use in the tractor. But I had to have fuel, and the only answer was the schnapps in the taproom of the hotel. All I had to do was sneak up and grab the stuff. I would be bold, but I would also be cunning. I would leave another cask in place of the one I removed, so the Germans would not…

Dairy centrifuge had a water motor This centrifuge shown on Page 4 of the April 2023 issue of Farm Collector is not steam-powered as suggested by the owner. It is water-powered. What you see on top is a water motor. Mike Baltozer, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania Interested in history of the Belle City line On Page 21 of the March 2023 issue of Farm Collector, the advertisement for the Belle City New Racine got my attention. We used to have a 28x48 Belle City thresher. I would really enjoy an in-depth complete history of the company, including the Fordson connection and other machines produced by Belle City. I only know of the threshers. Learning something new in every issue! Russell Schaefer, Marshfield, Wisconsin Editor’s note: That’s a great idea, Russell: We’ll see what we…

In the old days, we milked cows, separated the milk and took the cream to town on Saturday. We sold the cream and took that money and bought groceries for the week. I do not know where Dad got this particular cow, but it was a registered milking short horn. The cow was 1 foot longer than a normal cow and weighed 2,000 pounds. In the barn we had a trough to catch bodily functions. This cow, being so long, had to stand in the trough. One winter in the 1940s or ’50s, we had a blizzard. The snow piled up 5 to 6 feet deep. The cows had to stay in the barn. We fed them hay and a little corn. The cows would lay down on their sides.…

“I’ve no muscle to weary, no heart to decay No bones to be ‘laid on the shelf.’ And soon I intend you may ‘go and play’ While I manage the world myself. But harness me down with your iron bands Be sure of your curb and rein, For I scorn the strength of your puny hands, As a tempest scorns a chain.” The “Song of Steam” was written in 1849 by George W. Cutter of Covington, Kentucky, to celebrate the exciting new source of seemingly unlimited power then sweeping the industrial world. By that time, small steam engines were rapidly coming into use to drive factory machinery, while steam-powered trains criss-crossed the eastern part of the country hauling passengers and freight at unheard-of speeds. The agricultural use of steam power…

Temple Pump Co. was a long-established Chicago manufacturer when it began building gasoline engines in the early 1900s. With a reputation for quality and innovation, Temple quickly became a manufacturing powerhouse, marketing engines throughout the U.S. and beyond. Temple’s 1911 catalog proudly proclaimed the company’s 58th year in business. The mighty factory of Temple was shown on the first page. The factory was bounded on the north by 15th Street and on the south by 15th Place (formerly Meagher). The eastern edge was bordered by railroad tracks, and the west was a short distance from Canal Street. The plant’s overall footprint measured 175 by 225 feet. The four-story main building, built of brick, was 52 feet tall. Two 75hp steam engines provided the power for a dynamo and ran machinery…

Two stories in Farm Collector about creeping around on top of an empty silo, helping put up the blower pipe, remind me of a silo story my father, Edgar Stout, told me of a similar experience he’d had. He was helping a neighbor of his father’s. His diary notes that on September 13, 1928, “helped Andy (Farrier) fill silo, On this silo, there was a wide masonry edge all around the top, and the doors stopped below the top. My son, Eric, said Dad told him that when they filled the silo, they took care of the silage settlement by putting two heights of woven wire around the top to extend the silo fill, probably with paper lining the wire. The other helpers on top went down where there were…

ALLEN DETWILER IS OUR FEATURED ARTIST FOR JULY! Allen Detwiler, the son of Adam and Rebecca Detwiler, Atlantic, Pennsylvania, is this month’s featured artist. Allen will receive a Farm Collector T-shirt: Congratulations, Allen! Have a budding artist in your family? Send your kids’ or grandkids’ farm-related artwork to Farm Collector, and we’ll send a T-shirt to the monthly winner. Send submissions to Farm Collector, 1503 SW 42nd St., Topeka, KS 66609-1265. Please include the artist’s name, age and hometown and a recent photograph. A release form will be sent to the parents of each artist whose work is selected for publication; the release must be signed and returned to Farm Collector before the artist’s photo can be published. For more information, contact us at editor@farmcollector.com.…

In this comprehensive book, tractor historian Robert Pripps provides a detailed and complete account of Ford tractors, from the earliest Fordsons to the Ford-Fergusons, the Ford N Series, and the Ford “World” tractors manufactured into the 1970s. Amply illustrated, the book also offers extensive information on the numerous options and accessories, implements, and variations that came out of Dearborn, Sherman Bros., and the great Funk Bros. hot rod conversions that could make each of these popular machines utterly unique. In between, the book traces year-to-year model changes within each series. With content from Pripps’ previous best-selling books, The Complete Book of Ford Tractors is supplemented with new text, data-packed specification boxes, and a largely new selection of incredible color photography and period advertising. This title is available at Store.FarmCollector.com or…