{"product_id":"heritage-iron-issue-105-digital-issue-copy","title":"Heritage Iron Issue #107 - Digital Issue","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eHeritage Iron Issue #107 September\/October  2026 - Digital Issue\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThis listing is a digital download\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"public-DraftStyleDefault-block public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e**You MUST provide your email address to receive the digital file and download instructions. One download per purchase. No refunds or returns on digital items.**\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv dir=\"auto\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv dir=\"auto\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFeature Tractor: Massey Ferguson 4900  - Feature Tractor Owner: Marty Ritchie \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eRead about:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTriple I Farm Show \u003c\/strong\u003e- A Kansas Legacy.\u003cspan lang=\"EN-US\" class=\"TextRun SCXW244344737 BCX4\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW244344737 BCX4\"\u003eThe\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW244344737 BCX4\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW244344737 BCX4\"\u003esaying\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW244344737 BCX4\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW244344737 BCX4\"\u003e“all\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW244344737 BCX4\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW244344737 BCX4\"\u003egood\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW244344737 BCX4\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW244344737 BCX4\"\u003ethings\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW244344737 BCX4\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW244344737 BCX4\"\u003emust\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW244344737 BCX4\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW244344737 BCX4\"\u003ecome\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW244344737 BCX4\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW244344737 BCX4\"\u003eto\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW244344737 BCX4\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW244344737 BCX4\"\u003ean\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW244344737 BCX4\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW244344737 BCX4\"\u003eend”\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW244344737 BCX4\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW244344737 BCX4\"\u003eis\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW244344737 BCX4\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW244344737 BCX4\"\u003eoften\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW244344737 BCX4\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW244344737 BCX4\"\u003etossed\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW244344737 BCX4\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW244344737 BCX4\"\u003earound,\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW244344737 BCX4\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW244344737 BCX4\"\u003ebut\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW244344737 BCX4\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW244344737 BCX4\"\u003ein\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW244344737 BCX4\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW244344737 BCX4\"\u003ethe\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW244344737 BCX4\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW244344737 BCX4\"\u003ecase\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW244344737 BCX4\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW244344737 BCX4\"\u003eof\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW244344737 BCX4\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW244344737 BCX4\"\u003ethe Triple I Farm Show, it truly rings bittersweet. For more than 70 years, the show brought innovation,\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW244344737 BCX4\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW244344737 BCX4\"\u003eindustry,\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW244344737 BCX4\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW244344737 BCX4\"\u003eand\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW244344737 BCX4\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW244344737 BCX4\"\u003ethousands\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW244344737 BCX4\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW244344737 BCX4\"\u003eof\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW244344737 BCX4\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW244344737 BCX4\"\u003espectators\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW244344737 BCX4\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW244344737 BCX4\"\u003eto\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW244344737 BCX4\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW244344737 BCX4\"\u003eWestern\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW244344737 BCX4\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW244344737 BCX4\"\u003eKansas—\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW244344737 BCX4\"\u003eshowcasing\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW244344737 BCX4\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW244344737 BCX4\"\u003ethe\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW244344737 BCX4\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW244344737 BCX4\"\u003eregion’s resilience and progress.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"EOP Selected SCXW244344737 BCX4\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eIt's a Long Way to the Top \u003c\/strong\u003e- if you don't have a good blower! \u003cspan lang=\"EN-US\" class=\"TextRun SCXW153937180 BCX4\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW153937180 BCX4\"\u003eWhere does it go\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW153937180 BCX4\"\u003e?  \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW153937180 BCX4\"\u003eSummer comes in with a rush of work\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW153937180 BCX4\"\u003e.  \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW153937180 BCX4\"\u003eThere’s spraying, side dressing, haying, grain to haul and then back to spraying\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW153937180 BCX4\"\u003e.  \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW153937180 BCX4\"\u003eThe cycle repeats, the county fair comes, and next thing you know, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW153937180 BCX4\"\u003eit’s\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW153937180 BCX4\"\u003e shorter days and a cool feel to the air in the evening\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW153937180 BCX4\"\u003e.  \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW153937180 BCX4\"\u003eThe corn is \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun ContextualSpellingAndGrammarErrorV2Themed SCXW153937180 BCX4\"\u003edented\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW153937180 BCX4\"\u003e and the milk line is moving down – corn silage is coming.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"EOP Selected SCXW153937180 BCX4\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eCrop Fox Blower - the easy way to unload hay and silage.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eMassey Muscle \u003c\/b\u003e- The 4900. Massey's Largest Company-Built Tractor. \u003cspan lang=\"EN-US\" class=\"TextRun SCXW20423128 BCX4\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW20423128 BCX4\"\u003e“Bigger is better” seemed to be the theme in the late 1970s in the 4-wheel drive lineup\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW20423128 BCX4\"\u003e.  \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW20423128 BCX4\"\u003eEvery company was building a \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun ContextualSpellingAndGrammarErrorV2Themed SCXW20423128 BCX4\"\u003ehigh-horsepower\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW20423128 BCX4\"\u003e 4\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun ContextualSpellingAndGrammarErrorV2Themed SCXW20423128 BCX4\"\u003eWD\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW20423128 BCX4\"\u003e so the competition was heavy.  \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW20423128 BCX4\"\u003eWhile this would be Massey’s biggest tractor of that decade and one of the largest in the industry, it was all coming to an end.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW20423128 BCX4\"\u003e  \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"EOP Selected SCXW20423128 BCX4\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSwift Implement \u003c\/strong\u003e- Massey Dealer Who Left a Mark on MF \u0026amp; Steiger. \u003cspan lang=\"EN-US\" class=\"TextRun SCXW125766273 BCX4\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW125766273 BCX4\"\u003eIt has long been assumed that the infamous picture of the red\/white\/blue truck loaded with \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW125766273 BCX4\"\u003ered\/white\/blue\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW125766273 BCX4\"\u003eSteigers was the first load of painted bicentennial Steigers\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW125766273 BCX4\"\u003e.  \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW125766273 BCX4\"\u003eWhile it was the first “load\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW125766273 BCX4\"\u003e”,\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW125766273 BCX4\"\u003e it \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW125766273 BCX4\"\u003ewasn’t\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW125766273 BCX4\"\u003e the first one painted\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW125766273 BCX4\"\u003e.  \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW125766273 BCX4\"\u003eAfter traveling to the home of Swift Implement, we now know more of the story\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW125766273 BCX4\"\u003e.  \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"EOP Selected SCXW125766273 BCX4\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eIH's \"Other\" Fast Hitch - \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-US\" class=\"TextRun SCXW51360777 BCX4\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW51360777 BCX4\"\u003ePeople instantly associate the term “Fast-Hitch” with International Harvester’s 2-point fast-hitch that the company developed and marketed in the early- to mid- 1950s, on the letter series tractors\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW51360777 BCX4\"\u003e.  \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW51360777 BCX4\"\u003eIt was produced\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW51360777 BCX4\"\u003e all the way into the mid- 1970s, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun ContextualSpellingAndGrammarErrorV2Themed SCXW51360777 BCX4\"\u003eon\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW51360777 BCX4\"\u003e the 66 series. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"EOP Selected SCXW51360777 BCX4\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAcremaster to Big Bud \u003c\/strong\u003e- They Farm Big in Australia! \u003cspan lang=\"EN-US\" class=\"TextRun SCXW48443230 BCX4\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW48443230 BCX4\"\u003eLaurie Phillips\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW48443230 BCX4\"\u003e,\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW48443230 BCX4\"\u003e the designer and constructor of the \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SpellingErrorV2Themed SCXW48443230 BCX4\"\u003eAcremaster\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW48443230 BCX4\"\u003etractor\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW48443230 BCX4\"\u003e,\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW48443230 BCX4\"\u003e once told me that Australian farming is like farming \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW48443230 BCX4\"\u003enowhere\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW48443230 BCX4\"\u003e else in the world; the farms are so big that they cover enormous acreages\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW48443230 BCX4\"\u003e,\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW48443230 BCX4\"\u003e often 50,000 acres plus\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW48443230 BCX4\"\u003e and \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW48443230 BCX4\"\u003eare commonly\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW48443230 BCX4\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW48443230 BCX4\"\u003ereferred to\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW48443230 BCX4\"\u003e as \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW48443230 BCX4\"\u003edryland \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW48443230 BCX4\"\u003eBroadacre Farm\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW48443230 BCX4\"\u003es\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW48443230 BCX4\"\u003e. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW48443230 BCX4\"\u003eIt is here that farmers\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW48443230 BCX4\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW48443230 BCX4\"\u003erequire\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW48443230 BCX4\"\u003e machines that are tough\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW48443230 BCX4\"\u003e, simple to \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW48443230 BCX4\"\u003eoperate\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW48443230 BCX4\"\u003e, simple to\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW48443230 BCX4\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW48443230 BCX4\"\u003emaintain\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW48443230 BCX4\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun ContextualSpellingAndGrammarErrorV2Themed SCXW48443230 BCX4\"\u003eand\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW48443230 BCX4\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW48443230 BCX4\"\u003eabove all, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW48443230 BCX4\"\u003ereliable\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW48443230 BCX4\"\u003e to work the land\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW48443230 BCX4\"\u003e 24 hours a day\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW48443230 BCX4\"\u003e. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"EOP Selected SCXW48443230 BCX4\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"3 Point Ink LLC (Heritage Iron\/Oliver Heritage)","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43306874732753,"sku":null,"price":5.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0574\/0933\/9601\/files\/HI107_0bf263d5-b6c4-41b2-9d0d-50b958821b34.png?v=1789488206","url":"https:\/\/3pointink.com\/products\/heritage-iron-issue-105-digital-issue-copy","provider":"3 Point Ink LLC (Heritage Iron\/Oliver Heritage)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}