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 ...

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 ...

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 — ...

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 ...

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

For more than 50 years, drivers coming to Waunakee from the east on Hwy. 19 have been greeted by Carl F. Statz & Sons, Inc., the farm implement, lawn and garden equipment and recreational vehicle ...

GENTRY -- It was time once again to crank up those old engines and get those antique tractors running. After a year of canceled shows due to the covid-19 pandemic, the 2021 Spring Show of the Tired ...