Vintage Ads

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Ad for a David Shearer PTO powered harvester behing a Chamberlain Countryman tractor.

The crop being harvested is white millet according to the ad. I think this is also called pearl millet and is used mostly for human consumption.

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Ad for John Deere 95 combine from 1961.

Good to see the operator is wearing boots - unlike the IH ad I recently posted.

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Ad for John Deere 95 combine from 1961.

Good to see the operator is wearing boots - unlike the IH ad I recently posted.

About ten years earlier the 55 was the biggest combine available from JD. Here is a page from their early fifties brochure showing the pull type windrower . Interesting to see they still advertised a binder as I don't think many were using that method to harvest anymore. My Dad bought a new tractor powered JD binder in the late fourties.

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Another ad for John Deere combines from the 1960s.

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This is an ad from 1960s for a clover seed harvester made by Horward Bagshaw in Australia.

I have previously posted ads and photos of these harvesters. This ad provides a rear view of the harvester.

These machines were made to harvest clover seed produced by annual clovers. These clovers set their seed in a burr and as the plant dies in early summer, the burrs containing the seed are buried in the ground.

The seeds remain in the ground until rain falls in the next autumn (fall) / early winter when they germinate and the plants grow through the winter and spring.

These annual clovers are know as sub-clover, with the name coming from the burrs being burried into the subteraneum.

These clovers together with rye grasses, play an important part in dryland pastures and the clover seed is usually in demand and valuable.

The ad shows the pickup at the rear of the harvester and it vacuums up the burrs from the ground. The machine then seperates the seeds out.

As the ad shows this is a dirty job with lots of dirt and dust being seperated and blown out of the harvester.

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Have I posted this ad before? Its the biggest John Deere pull type available in 1968. The model 106. Actually that is comparable to my 7721 , at least in cylinder width.

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Ad for Allis Chalmers Gleaner combine from 1960s.

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This is an ad for a bag lifting attachment often fitted to trucks.

These were common in Australia into the 1970s before bulk handling of grain took over.

Until then, much of the Australian crop was stored in 3 bushell jute bags with the grain being unloaded from the harvester into bags. The bags were left in the field and the tops sewn up. The bags were then loaded onto trucks/wagons and taken from the field to be stacked in huge stacks in railway yards. The bags were later railed to the ports.

The stackers were used to lift the bags onto the trucks. As bulk handling came in, the bags were left unsewn and then lifted and tipped into the bin on the truck.

Handling grain in bags must have been a lot of hard work.

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An ad for the "new" Perkins 6.354 engine from the 1960s.

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Busy with the harvest but it is a frosty damp morning here. So here is an ad for the legendary Loadstar from April of 62.

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A pair of ads for Massey Ferguson 35 and 65 tractors from the 60s.

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The Massey Ferguson Multi-Power was a step up for MF but always confusing that it only had engine braking in high.

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The Massey Ferguson dyna balance mower was a much nicer mower than those with a pitman arm drive.

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The Massey Ferguson dyna balance mower was a much nicer mower than those with a pitman arm drive.

I have a New Holland 455 mower with almost the identical knife drive. Wonder who had the patent on that? They are an improvement on the old wood pitman mowers but when the going gets tough, give me a haybine. Cuts through anything without a problem.

Here is another piece of machinery from 1962. The mighty Cockshutt 1900 tractor. I don't think the local Cockshutt dealer sold a lot of these. Too big for most small farmers around here at the time.

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This is not a Cockshutt 1900 but close enough.

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Another Oliver ad from the 1960s.

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And another Oliver ad.

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This is not a Cockshutt 1900 but close enough.

Nice ads. Those tractors were Olivers but we rarely saw them in Oliver paint and decals. Maybe Cockshutt had a bigger dealer network in this area. Same with the 431 combines. Very popular here but never saw one in green paint that I can recall.

Here is some red paint from the same era. Spring of 62 IH offered their biggest model, the 660.

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Look at the price on these All crop harvesters from Allis Chalmers in 1955.

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Ad for Case equipment from 1961.

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Cat D4 ad from 1960s.

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Cat D4 ad from 1960s.

I could sure make use of the D4 Cat on the farm. Or even the 1000 Terramatic Case.

Here is an ad for a unique piece of machinery, a Claas combine with a baler attachment. I don't know how well they worked if at all but it is a good idea.

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A pair of ads for Fordson Dexta tractors from the 1960s.

The focus on the performance of the hydraulic system was presumably because the Dexta was in the same market as the Massey Ferguson 35 tractors fitted with the Ferguson system.

The Dexta tractors were powered by 3 cylinder Perkins diesels.

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Ads for the Fordson Super Major from the 60s.

The second ad shows the price for the tractor as 1236 Australian pounds. Australia converted to $s in the late 60s and 1 pound converted to 2 dollars.

These tractors were made in England and exported in knock-down-form and assembled in Australia. The bars on the grill were fitted to Fordson Super Majors exported from England.

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Ads for the Fordson Super Major from the 60s.

The second ad shows the price for the tractor as 1236 Australian pounds. Australia converted to $s in the late 60s and 1 pound converted to 2 dollars.

These tractors were made in England and exported in knock-down-form and assembled in Australia. The bars on the grill were fitted to Fordson Super Majors exported from England.

Those old Majors hadn''t changed much in ten years. Back in 55 they advertised this diesel at $2665.