Farm Collector

Farm Collector is a monthly publication celebrating vintage farm equipment. Since 1998, Farm Collector has featured unique collections, extensive renovation projects, early farm practices and related attractions. Enthusiasts also turn to Farm Collector for previews of notable shows and auctions, and extensive classified advertising

Farm Collector

Real Rustic Family

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

Blessings to our friends and family

SPROUTS • Farm Collector is pleased to receive Sprouts pictures from the budding artists in our readers’ families. Please send your original submissions drawn on plain white paper to Farm Collector, 1503 S.W. 42nd St., Topeka, KS 66609. Also, please enclose the artist’s name, age and hometown, and a recent snapshot of the artist. A Farm Collector T-shirt will be sent to each artist whose work is published.

WANTED: GADGETS, GIZMOS & CONTRAPTIONS

THRESHING MEMORIES • Looking back at harvest time

PROJECT ROOTED IN NOSTALGIA • THREE GENERATIONS WORK TO RESTORE VETERAN’S JOHN DEERE MODEL B

THE FARM’S NEW WAGON • RESTORING AN 1890S SURREY TO ORIGINAL USE

THE AMERICAN TRACTOR MUSEUM • A UNIQUE COLLECTION OF FULLY FUNCTIONAL PIECES OF HISTORICALLY PROMINENT AGRICULTURAL MACHINERY

THE LOW-TENSION MAGNETO

THE LITTLE ENGINES THAT COULD • FEATURED SMALL ENGINES AT THE 2024 MIDWEST OLD THRESHERS REUNION

SCALE MODEL GEHL TRACTOR • THE PRECISION-CRAFTED MODELS OF TOM BRUNNER

GEHL GEHL

A SQUARE PEG IN A ROUND HOLE • HOW AND WHY MY LOVE AFFAIR WITH OLD TRACTORS BEGAN

PUTTING THE CAR TO WORK – AS A COMBINE • CRAFTING A MODEL OF A 1920 INVENTION BRINGS KANSAS INVENTOR’S IDEA BACK TO LIFE

SHOWS & SPECIAL EVENTS