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Nearly a month to go til seeding time. Back in 1950 this is the type of seed drill we might have been pulling if you lived near an Oliver dealer. Surprising to see steel wheels still available in 1950. 

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On March 18, 2017 at 8:43 PM, Loadstar said:

Notice the auctioneers don't stop their truck in front of the swathers when they go to auction them . Just in case the driver is not familiar with the controls. 

I'm  going to throw in this other 7721  combine ad just because it is in  the file folder . It was when the 7721 was introduced to replace the 7701. (Which had been advertised as the world's biggest pull type combine). 

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Was in Killarney on Sunday and drove through dealer lots. A very nice newer 9000 series pull type sitting at the end of the lineup at the jd dealer.

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3 hours ago, dale560 said:

Was in Killarney on Sunday and drove through dealer lots. A very nice newer 9000 series pull type sitting at the end of the lineup at the jd dealer.

That would be the 9501, the last pull type combine John Deere made. Good machines but they came along at the end of the popularity of pull types and never sold in numbers like the older ones did. There is a nice 9501 coming up for auction right here in Sask. this summer.  I get the feeling I've already posted this pic but here it is again. 

And here is an ad for the older 7701 back in the late 70s. 

 

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Back in the days before big four wheel drive tractors were available, the alternative was a crawler tractor. And IH had a good selection to choose from. I don't think crawlers ever caught on for field work here but they were popular in road construction and land clearing. Not sure what model this one is but its from 1950. 

 

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Crawlers were common in "The Big Sky Country " ,several farmers from there came up here to farm and brought them along . (Cats mostly )

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12 hours ago, IKS said:

Crawlers were common in "The Big Sky Country " ,several farmers from there came up here to farm and brought them along . (Cats mostly )

I guess they did better where there were more straight lines and open country. I used to see the ads in the Country Guide for cats farming. 

Like this one from 1952. 

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3 hours ago, bakerg said:

Ralph, if you sent in the coupon, do you think they would still send you the free illustrated book?:D

That thought crossed my mind as well. I'd actually like to own one of those brochures. They would be worth a bit now. 

This 1938 Cletrac ad came to the surface while I was looking through my ads so thought I'd post it as they advertise it as a farm tractor. 

 

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Another ad from 1951 shows Cat tractors on the job here in Sask. pulling various implements. They even had one on the belt powering a threshing machine. 

 

 

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I don't suppose they are much in demand these days, but back in 1972 after market cabs were a good selling product for many dealers. Like this Hinson on an IH tractor. 

 

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18 minutes ago, Loadstar said:

I don't suppose they are much in demand these days, but back in 1972 after market cabs were a good selling product for many dealers. Like this Hinson on an IH tractor. 

 

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Were those a regional thing?  I don't know that I have seen many compared to other aftermarket cabs.

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1 hour ago, Sledgehammer said:

Were those a regional thing?  I don't know that I have seen many compared to other aftermarket cabs.

They were not as common here but I think Hinson was a big name in cabs. They made cabs for  the 20 series JD tractors at some point. Possibly IH too. Here we had Fibro making cabs right in Sask. and they were one of the most common in this area. Prairie cabs from Winkler, Manitoba were good cabs. There were other names I've forgotten now too. 

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This is a fresh find. I came across a 1903 issue of the "Albion Journal" which was a publication of the people of the county and their assets (including dogs :)). Albion is the town I grew up in and 3 miles east of where I currently live.  Painter & Frankland Hardware closed in 1996. I loved that place as a kid and would ride my bike there when I needed "supplies" for some childhood project. They had a rolling ladder along one side of the store running on the wooden floor and a sandstone set of steps leading into the building. I spent hours staring at the knives in the oak/glass showcase. The proprietor would sell me anything from a single nail/screw on up and seemed to take joy in helping a kid like me explore building things. 

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9 hours ago, Sledgehammer said:

We see Hiniker and Year-A-Round (sp) here some but for the most part things were open station when new and left that way. 

Same where I grew up, We mostly saw Hiniker and Year-A-Round too, at least until '72.

After the Deere soundgards came out, I almost never saw an open station Deere bigger than a 4030, and not many of them.

 

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Here is another from the same 1903 publication. The 1899 and 1900 editions had no adds. I don't know about this place but they had several product lines. 

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7 hours ago, Sledgehammer said:

This is a fresh find. I came across a 1903 issue of the "Albion Journal" which was a publication of the people of the county and their assets (including dogs :)). Albion is the town I grew up in and 3 miles east of where I currently live.  Painter & Frankland Hardware closed in 1996. I loved that place as a kid and would ride my bike there when I needed "supplies" for some childhood project. They had a rolling ladder along one side of the store running on the wooden floor and a sandstone set of steps leading into the building. I spent hours staring at the knives in the oak/glass showcase. The proprietor would sell me anything from a single nail/screw on up and seemed to take joy in helping a kid like me explore building things. 

That is a real prize to find a magazine that age still in good enough condition to scan and save. I only have a few from the early 1900s and have posted a few somewhere way back in this thread. It looks like your Painter and Frankland Hardware store was a real General store with a bit of everything in it. 

I'll just throw this one in to add to the Hinson cab subject. This was a 1969 Hinson Weather Master cab sold by Robinson Alamo. 

 

69 Hinson cabs.jpg

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Here is the last one I grabbed a picture of from the 1903 publication. Browns IL is another 3 miles East of Albion.  This even had a picture which was probably pretty special for 1903.  

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28 minutes ago, Sledgehammer said:

Here is the last one I grabbed a picture of from the 1903 publication. Browns IL is another 3 miles East of Albion.  This even had a picture which was probably pretty special for 1903.  

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Interesting piece of machinery but I sure can't imagine it working well on the mower. I found that even the tractor powered mowers had a hard enough time keeping the cutter bar cleared, especially in short or leaning crops. Hope the hydraulic lift and reverse was working well on those horse powered mowers. :-)

 

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1 hour ago, Loadstar said:

Interesting piece of machinery but I sure can't imagine it working well on the mower. I found that even the tractor powered mowers had a hard enough time keeping the cutter bar cleared, especially in short or leaning crops. Hope the hydraulic lift and reverse was working well on those horse powered mowers. :-)

 

I don't think there were ever many implements like that around. The horses here had pretty poor hydraulic systems on them at the time....;)

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1 minute ago, Sledgehammer said:

I don't think there were ever many implements like that around. The horses here had pretty poor hydraulic systems on them at the time....;)

In 1947 you could still buy a ground drive , horse pulled mower from Massey Harris. 5 or 6 foot cut. Boy, that old iron "cheese grater" seat just looks painful. Maybe the cast iron seats were better but all I have seen are thin pressed steel. 

 

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23 minutes ago, Loadstar said:

In 1947 you could still buy a ground drive , horse pulled mower from Massey Harris. 5 or 6 foot cut. Boy, that old iron "cheese grater" seat just looks painful. Maybe the cast iron seats were better but all I have seen are thin pressed steel. 

 

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I'm on baby duty right now but if I get a few minutes I will see if I can grab a pic of a cast one or two I have. They look far better than the stamped ones but I've not put many hours in either type personally. 

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well, i've not put any time on a implement behind a horse, so i don't know of their hydraulic systems, but the farmall A & B had an exhaust gas lift system , maybe that's  what the horse system was.   just connect that bottom  hose------never mind

 

Image result for farmall exhaust lift manual

 

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