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 ...

The mechanical hay press made loose-hay transportation a thing of the past.

Hear the story of a lesser-known but still successful tractor company of the crowded 1920s market — the Fageol Tractor ...

Learn about tractor history, starting at the birth of the power farming era in 1831 and ending at the introduction of the McCormick-Deering Farmall tractor in 1924.

Arcade toys enthralled generations of farm children with cast-iron Farmall Ms and Fordson model Fs.

The State Department expressed an interest in the tests, believing the use of jeeps in farm work could help improve the agricultural productivity of liberated countries until such time as tractor ...

Let’s Talk Rusty Iron: U.S. farmers faced high farm mortgages and big debts even before the Great Depression began, and the stock market crash and dust storms only made it worse.

From indicators to analyzers: Engine indicators, used to analyze the performance of an engine, have been around for more than 200 years.

This issue of the Iron-Men Album brings us to the 10th installment of Dr. Bixler’s history of the Aultman & Taylor Company, as edited by Dr. Robert T. Rhode. The Album is serializing Dr. Bixler’s book ...

The use of a pretty face has a long and successful history in the field of commercial art. Here, the image of a sweet country girl is used to market cream separators. In an effort to compete with ...

Jim Robinson’s (Derby, Conn.) well-preserved and fully functional HE Payloader dating to the early 1950s. The simple curves in the loader arms increased wheel clearance, allowed for larger carry loads ...

Learn about Daryl Yoder's impressive collection of vintage tractors, which focuses on International Harvester and includes ...