By Shannon Medley
The mid-western United States has been home to many community and local "threshing shows" for a good number of years. However, the interest in collecting and refurbishing antique farm tractors didn't begin to prosper until the 1980's. This in turn, sparked even more interest and generated more devoted followers of antique farm tractor and antique farm equipment.
For example, a collector could be a devotee of Farm tractor and only collect and refurbish antique Farm tractor. Another person may be interested only in Massey-Harris tractors or John Deere tractors. National organizations began to evolve devoted to the different makes or brands of farm tractor, i.e., an organization devoted to just John Deere collectors and an organization devoted entirely to antique Ford tractor collectors.
Consequently, the magazine named Wild Harvest was devoted to Massey-Harris tractors and farm equipment, Green magazine and Two Cylinder magazine were all about John Deere tractors and Red Power was devoted to International Harvester farm equipment. Neglected in the magazines of the antique farm tractor was the equipment produced by the varied smaller farm equipment companies. In addition, no regular, formal clubs were created for the lovers of the farm tractor constructed by the smaller manufacturers.
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