It was called pony drilling and the name pony referred to the small drill used. You could turn the soil over and seed it all at the same time. Very efficient! My Dad had 2 pony drill outfits. One was ...
MACKINAW — Antique tractors dotted a harvested corn field Sunday as far as the eye could see. Running behind each other in rows, the old but still very reliable machines plowed the soil on the ...
Twin grails that changed U.S. history—a pair of steel, moldboard plows crafted in the flesh by the hands of John Deere and bought directly from the American titan’s Illinois shop in 1839 and 1840—sit ...