On a sunny Sunday afternoon, I braked as I came upon a tractor pulling two wagons full of just-harvested crops. I had no choice but to follow as the tractor crawled up a hill at 5 mph. The scenario is ...

This 1941 Model HNH is featured in the Art of the John Deere Tractor. This narrow configuration model based on the Model H and was produced for less than a year from March 11, 1941 to January 23, 1942 ...

MOLINE, Ill. — As the ground begins to rouse from its winter slumber, it’s time for farmers to climb onto — or into — their tractors to pull plows, planters, sprayers and other tools of their ...

Ten years in the making -- A call to arms -- Blacksmiths and craftsmen: the first John Deere tractors -- The foundation: letter series tractors -- The art of refinement: numbered two-cylinder machines ...

LOOMIS — The collection of old tractors — John Deere, Farmall, Oliver, Allis-Chalmers, Minneapolis Moline — in a huge red building and smaller shed at Linder Stock Farms on the east edge of Loomis was ...

This 1969 Model 1020 was featured in the book Art of the John Deere Tractor and is narrower than the standard 1020 and has a hard nose and lights mounted beside the engine instead of on the fenders.

A central Illinois man thought he was just donating two old tractors to benefit a Taylorville school. He was partially right. One donated tractor was the vintage farm machinery find of a lifetime — a ...