Indholdsfortegnelse for September 2023 i Farm Collector

I nasmuch as there were at one time a couple hundred windmill makers in the U.S., I’m only going to talk about a few of the more common ones, their similarities and differences. Windmills have been around for a very long time, but self-oiling units are, in the whole scheme of things, fairly recent arrivals on the scene. For a long time, oiling was accomplished by owners or employees climbing up the tower and physically filling either the oil reservoirs (consisting of a cast iron area above the bearing in question, filled with cotton waste. Oil was poured onto the cotton waste, the theory being that oil would slowly run down and keep the babbitt at least slightly lubricated) or the grease cups (which were filled with “hard” oil, the…

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Author of Marvin Mill articles thrilled to find memorabilia from the fire at the mill While I was doing research for future projects, I recently had a surprise discovery. I came across a real picture postcard that showed firemen fighting a fire in Fayette, Iowa. On the back of the card, the fire was identified as being at Marvin Mill on Nov. 6, 1909. The card was postmarked Nov. 11. The Marvin Mill was featured in articles in the July and August 2022 issues of Farm Collector. The articles told the story of rebuilding the mill at the Midwest Old Threshers Reunion in Mt. Pleasant, Iowa. The fire happened on a Saturday morning at start-up and quickly spread throughout the mill. The mill was located just across the Volga River…

SEPTEMBER MYSTERY TOOLS 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 September 2023 items will appear in the November 2023 issue. Answers for new items in this issue must be received by Sept. 13, 2023. A. Tool measures 4 inches long. No markings other than those (0-100) on the dial. B. Solid brass handle. Measures 9 inches long with a 1-5/16-inch shaft hole and a 3/8-inch square keyway. The slot is 3 inches long and ½ inch wide. It measures just under 3/4-inch thick in the flat area. No markings except for some green paint on the…

Landscape architect Mark K. Morrison is a pioneer in the green roof and infrastructure industry. Through his work, he has cultivated a passion for antique garden tools, amassing a collection of thousands of pieces. Mark was born in Iowa, but his family relocated to Wisconsin soon after. He has resided in New York and Connecticut for the last 50 years. While he didn’t grow up on a farm, rural life influenced his interests. “I used to visit my grandmother in Illinois and we would frequently visit Ellis Conklin’s farm between Wyanet and Princeton in the western part of the state,” he remembers. “My uncles had pig farms and my cousins showed pigs and sheep at county and state fairs, so I was exposed to farm life as a boy”. His family…

When I was a kid on the farm, dozens of everyday jobs required a strong back and a lot of muscle. This strenuous physical labor took a heavy toll on many farmers over the years. I remember a few of the old-timers around the neighborhood who were permanently bent almost double from a lifetime of punishing their bodies. Neither my father nor my uncle were large men, and probably never weighed as much as 150 pounds each, yet they, like so many others, did most of this hard work themselves, with the help of an occasional hired hand. I don’t know that they ever did permanent damage to their backs, but I do remember periodic bouts with what we then called “lumbago”. One of the many back-breaking jobs on almost…

I was born in Adams, Tennessee, in Robertson County, which is the heart of the tobacco growing country, both air-cured and dark-fired. There are large tobacco markets located at Springfield and Clarksville, Tennessee, and at Hopkinsville, Kentucky, all within a radius of 30 miles. Tobacco plant beds were either burned or steamed. When one was to be burned, the ground was cleared off. Brush and small logs were then cut and piled up several feet high and burned to kill the weed seeds and insects. There was also a device called a burner. It had a set of wheels on one end and handles on the other. It was about 8 feet long and 3 feet wide, and consisted of a pan-like piece of metal with an opening on the…

Connecticut Goshen Flywheel & Tractor, Inc. Antique Tractor Show. September 15-17, 2023. Goshen Agricultural Society Fairgrounds, Goshen, CT. Displays and Vendors wanted. Hands on demos, family friendly, cider press, pick your own pumpkins, Saturday tractor pull. Antique construction equipment, heavy duty truck show, slowest truck race, food truck fest. Contact: Dan Belmonte 860-307-3473, bells8127461@gmail.com Indiana 28th Annual Franklin County Antique Machinery Show Sept. 28-Oct. 1 Brookville Features: Lesser known classics and Ford, Fordson, and Ford-Ferguson, plus Fairbanks-Morse engines. Directions: 11225 County Park Road, zip code 47102. Contact: General information, 765-265-2882; email: fcamcinc@yahoo.com Flea market, 765-265-6245. www.fcamc.org Facebook: fcamc Kansas Sept. 23th-24th, 2023: Meriden Fall Festival & Swap Meet Show. Meriden, KS. Meriden Antique Engine & Threshers Association, 8275 K-4 Highway. Sorghum, apple butter & cider making, sawmilling, various demonstrations, all…