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Russell & Company of Massillon, Ohio, are best known for manufacturing farm and railroad machinery in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. They built 18,000 steam tractors and stationary engines and 22,000 threshing machines. [1] [2] [3]
Daily demonstrations include wheat threshing, straw baling, sawmill, a shingle mill, farm plowing, and machinery parades with covered grandstand seating for spectators. Other highlights include antique tractor and steam engine pulling displays, hill climb, engineer skills contests, evening spark shows, pony brake horsepower testing, Baker fans ...
The first Rough and Tumble reunion was held in 1948 on the grounds of Arthur S. Young's farm equipment dealership south of U.S. Route 30 at the east end of Kinzers, Pennsylvania, about eight miles (13 km) east of the city of Lancaster. Young and his father had maintained a number of steam traction engines, and Young served as an officer of the ...
Crawford Antique Farm Machinery Association dates back 40 years. The tractor club had its beginning in 1984 as an informal organization with a meeting at the courthouse.
The Advance-Rumely Company of La Porte, Indiana was an American pioneering producer of many types of agricultural machinery, most notably threshing machines and large tractors. Started in 1853 manufacturing threshers and later moved on to steam engines. Allis-Chalmers Manufacturing Co. purchased Advance-Rumley in 1931. The company's main works ...
In 1890, the Case Company expanded to South America, opening a factory in Argentina. In 1891, the company's founder died. By this time the Case company produced portable steam engines to power the threshing machines, and later went into the steam traction engine business. By the start of the 20th century, Case was the most prolific North ...
Richard Hornsby & Sons grew into a major manufacturer of agricultural machinery at their Spittle Gate Works. [citation needed] The firm went on to produce steam engines used to drive threshing machines, and other equipment such as traction engines: their portable steam engine was one of their most important products and the market leader.
American Farm Bureau Federation (9 P) C. Commodity checkoff programs (20 P) Agriculture companies of the United States (14 C, 128 P) F. Farms in the United States (9 ...