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Farmers have come a long way from the time of the flail and the threshing floor, but the goal has never changed: Separate the oats grain from its stalk. Threshing day on Labor Day, September 5, 2022, brought back a lot of memories from my youth in the 1940s and ’50s on the 238-acre Scheckel farm outside of Seneca, in the heart of Crawford County, Wisconsin. Fortunately, there is a place to relive those youthful days. It’s on the Monsignor Michael Gorman farm off Highway 171 between Boaz and Rolling Ground, on the western side of Richland County. The 250-acre farm has been in the Gorman family since 1857, handed down through generations of Irish immigrants. It’s located in the Driftless Area, among God’s most beautiful creations. A farmer at…

Any other water motor collectors out there? I got this water motor pump at an auction a few years ago. It was built by National Regulator Co., Chicago and New York, and patented in 1912. I have seen a few water motors. One was used in the basement of an old house to pump cistern water to the second-floor bathroom. I wonder what other uses they had. Are there any other water motor collectors out there? Also, I would like a source for 4-inch leathers for the pistons. Bob Farris, Rochelle, Illinois; (815) 384-3715 Anyone recognize this corn sheller? I found this old corn sheller thrown out beside my neighbor’s barn. I would like to restore it, but unfortunately, there is not enough of the wood left to tell what…

“Come away with me, Lucille, in my merry Oldsmobile.” These words, from a popular song written in 1905 by Gus Edwards and Vincent Bryan, reflect the sudden popularity of the little curved-dash Oldsmobile, the first car in America to be produced in large (for the times) numbers. Yet, the long-running Oldsmobile line came to an end when the last Oldsmobile rolled off the assembly line in April 2004, at the same Lansing, Michigan, plant where they were built for nearly 100 years. While that event caused a stir in the press, most reports failed to mention that Ransom E. Olds, the company’s founder, left his mark on the farm as well as the American road, with products ranging from stationary gasoline engines to his famous automobiles. From humble beginnings Ransom…

The Old Threshers organization at Mount Pleasant, Iowa, stores my Rotary Reaper combine on an International Harvester Farmall F-20. I did not get around to checking it out in 2020, as there was no show that year. So, in July 2021, I went down to look at it. One rear tire on the F-20 had a history of a slow leak, but this time it was completely flat. In early August, I took an air compressor down and pumped it up the day before the Mount Pleasant crew began pulling machines out of storage in preparation for display at the upcoming show. The next day, my son-in-law, Larry Gugel, called to say the tire was flat before the tractor was pulled out. He and Norm Bushart found an air compressor…

Looking for a working show that doesn’t feel like a forced march? Check out the Antique Engine & Tractor Assn. (AE-TA) in Geneseo, Illinois. Occupying a compact footprint on showgrounds 8 miles north of Geneseo, the club’s annual working farm show in mid-September presents a dizzying array of demonstrations in an easily walkable space. Established in 1959, the group held shows at several locations before settling in on a 40-acre site donated in 2009 by Hillsdale residents June and Bill Cole in memory of their son, Kevin. The next year, the AE-TA was open for business with a new timber-frame barn, restroom and shower facilities, and a corncrib, sawmill and windmill moved from the club’s previous grounds. Gearing up for their 62nd annual show this September, the club prioritizes education.…

From what I have read, Thomas Edison envisioned using direct current (DC) for power. Thankfully, that never came to fruition, as DC does not travel long distances efficiently. Its main use today is in diesel electric locomotives, where it is a good fit. One day, while I was giving a group of ladies a tour of our museum, an older lady looked up at our Wincharger and said something to the effect that, when she was a kid, they could listen to “The Lone Ranger” after school only if the wind was blowing. If there was no wind, the battery would not stand the strain of the drain. There’d be too little energy left for Dad to hear the evening news with Gabriel Heatter! Wincharger was well-balanced The Wincharger pictured…