Popeye Vertefeuille moved through a roped-off area at the Brooklyn Fair on Aug. 27. He was doing what he’s been doing for the last 10 years at the fair, working a collection of gas engines that ...

Tractors now sport tracks instead of wheels. The WD Allis Chalmers that I steered down the corn rows was devoid of any kind ...

What’s a DoodleBug? It’s a poor man’s improvisational tractor, usually made from an old Ford. A really old Ford, like 1932 or older. During the Great Depression, when no one had any money, one of the ...

What started as a piece of old farm equipment set next to a windmill has turned into an impressive collection of mule-driven and steel-wheel farm equipment in Gastonburg. Claude Strother has been ...

ROCKLAND, Wis. — When you drive into the well-tended farm yard of Kurt and Kathy Flock, you probably won’t notice the 80 wagon wheels that Kathy has collected over the years. But they are there — ...

Seven Days is 30, and we need your help to celebrate. With your donation, we’ll stay on track, delivering rigorous reporting on Vermont news and culture. A tractor at the Connecticut River Antique ...

ALTA VISTA — A few years after farmer Everett Zimmerman retired in the mid-1990s, he began collecting anything that preserved the agricultural heritage of Kansas. Within five years, he and his wife, ...

Agriculture in Wisconsin was undergoing a mechanized revolution in the 1920s that would extend into the 1950s. It was a revolution that had farmers converting from draft horse field operations to a ...

Thrift Week was canceled due to lack of funds. Baking powders vied for the Little Rock market. A strong odor of spilled liquor pervaded City Hall. But Tractor School provided the juiciest stories in ...