Sampling Of Stories Featured in the Current Issue of FARM SHOW Magazine:
Collector Restored Rare A-C Tractors
E.J. Croll says that locating a very old and very specific 100-year-old motor cultivator tractor for his Allis-Chalmers collection was like trying to find a needle in a haystack. After years of searching, he finally bought one at a Nebraska estate auction. Much to his surprise...
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ZTR Has A Golf Cart Roof
Larry Wood from Waldo, Ohio, wanted a roof for his Kubota ZD21 mower. He got a roof from a golf cart from a friend and decided to use it on his Kubota.
“I bolted the roof to the original tool bar. It turned out great,” says Wood. He noted that he saw used ones available online...
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Organ Meats Make Great Dog Treats
When the owners of a pet store for dogs saw the healthy, happy hounds at White Oak Pastures, they decided to call their new line of dog treats Farm Hounds. After all, Will Harris of White Oak (Vol. 37, No. 1) had suggested they start selling dehydrated organs and other body parts...
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Colorado Farmer Can’t Stop Trying New Things
Roy Pfaltzgraff just can’t stop innovating on his northeastern Colorado dryland farm. In an area where it can be hard to grow a good crop of wheat, he drills sunflowers, corn and as many as eight other crops on 12-in. centers (Vol. 47, No. 4). Next year, he plans to exper...
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Stilts Tractors Attract Attention
By Lorn Manthey, Contributing Editor
Ask a farm inventor what he’d build for practical purposes, parades or just showing off, and he just might say “a tractor on stilts.” Although human stilts have been recorded as far back as the 9th to 7th centuries BC, ...
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Made-It-Myself Ramp Lift
Larry Goodman, Ionia, Mich.: “I purchased a trailer to haul my mower, but the 4-ft. ramp was on too much of an angle to load. The mower deck was too low, so I installed a bracket on the ramp with a scissor jack to raise it.”
Using a battery-powered imp...
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