Current Issue: November 2008
Building an Empire
Empire building is a real challenge. Great Britain may have been the greatest empire builder of all time. With at least one colony in every continent, England could, at one time, rightfully claim that the sun never set on the British Empire.
Also this Month:
Mechanizing the Farm: Part 1 of 3
In this article, the first segment of a three-part series on hay equipment, the focus is on mowers. Farmers who still cut hay with sickles or scythes well into the mid-1800s were quick to embrace new technology. One of the most labor-intensive chores a farmer faced, the harvest and storage of hay was hard, hot and dusty work. Mowers were the first step toward making that job less brutal and more productive.
Ready to Work
In anyone else’s hands, the 1948 Farmall C restored by Steve Janisch and his son, Kenny, would have been nothing more than a donor. “The engine was seized when we got it,” Steve recalls. “It had sat for eight years and water had run down the exhaust. The fenders had fallen off and the grille was caved in. Most people would have said it was a parts tractor.”