Heritage Iron Issue #41 - Digital Copy

Heritage Iron Issue #41 Sept/Oct 2015 - Digital Copy

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• FEAUTURING: Massey-Ferguson 1155, Second Generation V-8. As the trend turned to more power in the Ag world, Massey jumped in with the world's first V-8 row crop tractor, the 1150. In 1971, the Massey line was given a facelift as well as a boost in power, and the second generation of the V-8 Perkins-powered tractor was born as part of the 05 series. Feature tractor owner: Greg Lucas - Blackstone, IL.

• The Ford 611 Combine: An Inside Story. Agricultural mechanization was evolving quickly in the 1950s. Comines were revolutionary machines that combined cutting the crop with threshing. To advance the process another step, combines were becoming self-propelled self-propelled. Ford decided to approach Oliver about building a machine for them that could be marked as a Ford. 
  

• Machinery Milestones: The tractor scene from 30, 40, and 50 years ago.

• Signs of the Times: International Harvester in the '70s and '80s, Part 1. After the introduction of the 66 series in 1971, IH was looking to update corporate logo and look to take the company "... through the '70s and beyond."

• Field Queen Incorporated: A Look at the Machines. Field Queen's mission to build heavy-duty, rugged harvesting machines that were easy to work on and service earned them the reputation as being built "hell for stout."

• Mini Muscle: Kelly Mutschler's Farm Life on a Smaller Scale.

• John Deere's Little ad Big Hay Packages. Prior to the 1960s, the harvesting or "putting up" of hay and feeding it was very labor intensive. Read about John Deere's 425 Hay Cuber, 200/300 Stack Wagon, 300 Stack Mover, and more.