Popeye Vertefeuille moved through a roped-off area at the Brooklyn Fair on Aug. 27. He was doing what he’s been doing for the last 10 years at the fair, working a collection of gas engines that ...

What’s a DoodleBug? It’s a poor man’s improvisational tractor, usually made from an old Ford. A really old Ford, like 1932 or older. During the Great Depression, when no one had any money, one of the ...

ROCKLAND, Wis. — When you drive into the well-tended farm yard of Kurt and Kathy Flock, you probably won’t notice the 80 wagon wheels that Kathy has collected over the years. But they are there — ...

Agriculture in Wisconsin was undergoing a mechanized revolution in the 1920s that would extend into the 1950s. It was a revolution that had farmers converting from draft horse field operations to a ...

Tractors now sport tracks instead of wheels. The WD Allis Chalmers that I steered down the corn rows was devoid of any kind ...

GENTRY -- It was time once again to crank up those old engines and get those antique tractors running. After a year of canceled shows due to the covid-19 pandemic, the 2021 Spring Show of the Tired ...

For more than 50 years, drivers coming to Waunakee from the east on Hwy. 19 have been greeted by Carl F. Statz & Sons, Inc., the farm implement, lawn and garden equipment and recreational vehicle ...