VINTAGE JOHN DEERE CULTIVATOR

PHOTOS: Classic American machines on display at John Deere World HQ. It's not often that you visit a place to take in the history within its walls only to find that the walls themselves have historical significance as well. But that's exactly what you get at John Deere's stunning World Headquarters building in Moline ...

Jump-Start Cover Crops. The Irlbecks invested $2,500 to modify an old John Deere Model B Van Brunt drill to seed cover crops between 30-inch rows in young corn. "We dismantled it and kept the box," Brian said. "We mounted the box on a Noble row-crop cultivator bar, put three ...

User story: Old school power heads up cost conscious farming fleet. The drilling tractor features a John Deere GreenStar 2 1800 display and JD AutoTrac Universal steering system. Clamped to the steering wheel, the system uses motors to correct steering wheel movements and maintain a straight path along the field ...

Early Cover Crops in Corn. Their first planter was a modified corn cultivator toolbar. They removed the shanks and mounted old John Deere 71 plate planter units for the disk opener and a Valmar box for small seed. “Our idea was that the planter boxes would put in large seed, but ...

Cultivating history: Retired Ionia farmer donates 1850s wood-frame field cultivator to Marcus, Iowa museum. J.R. Pearson (left), owner of The Barns in Marcus, Iowa, recently received a donation of an 1850s G.W. Arnold field cultivator from a 93-year-old retired Ionia farmer, Bob Bennett (center). Bennett, who saw his grandfather purchase the cultivator at a ...

A thing of the past: Check row planters. The average width of a horse was considered to be 42 inches, and a horse had to fit between the rows of corn in order to pull a cultivator, so the rows were 42 inches apart. We used a John Deere 919, two-row planter, originally pulled by a team, then ...

Inside Forbidden Root brewpub, new in West Town. You'll see 41 rusted John Deere cultivator wheels hanging from the ceiling, each affixed with a glowing light bulb. WPA Wildflower pale ale, from left, Sublime Ginger, Forbidden Root, Gin and Juice, and Cherry Stem old ale are among the beer offerings....

Clayton's Farm. Even 20 mls of rain over night did not dampen the enthusiasm of the Clayton Farm Heritage Museum members as they prepared for their Vintage Plough Day on May 28. At 5pm on the Saturday, after (not quite vintage, but different). Some of the other ...

Local Man Has Uses For Old Farm Equipment. Over time, Sorensen acquired a collection of four walking plows and four John Deere plows. He also has six cultivators, each a different brand. Sorensen didn't pay much attention to the history of his equipment until his wife, Loretta, started writing ...