Boom times for farmers a century ago were good for equipment makers, too

It’s one thing about farming that hasn’t changed 
with time. It’s one thing about farming that hasn’t changed with time

Last year was a pretty good one for most Prairie grain farmers — but things were hopping a century ago, too.
This 1912 photo of the American Able Company storage yard in Winnipeg is proof not only of good times, but that farmers of that age — like their modern counterparts — were quick to pour[...]



Producer Cars In The Horse-Powered Era

It’s a showpiece of Prairie ingenuity – and proof that farmers’ interest in producer cars dates back more than a century.While going through a circa 1906 edition of the Canadian Thresherman and Farmermagazine, Manitoba Agricultural Museum director Alex Campbell found an ad for a “portable elevator” built by the Carberry Wood and Iron Works company.[...]


Down Under Plow Found In Museum Boneyard

While researching the Cockshutt engine plows used to set the recent plowing record at the Manitoba Agricultural Museum, much information on the Cockshutt company was unearthed.Cockshutt not only sold plows in Canada but also in the U.S., England, Scotland, Australia and other countries. A twin-bottom walking plow, the “Kid Kangaroo,” was built for the Australian[...]