A.T. Ferrell treadle-powered Clipper Seed and Grain Cleaner
If you grew up on a farm, spring probably makes you homesick with nostalgia. (Not to worry – one really hot day in July will cure you!) Nostalgia may be part of what is fueling the popularity of farm-related objects at auction. And the best part about collecting farm equipment is that you get all of gadgets and none of the work!
Of course, some of the biggest prices in the farm equipment arena are commanded by antique tractors, like a 1913 Case Model 30-60 that brought over $400,000 at auction, and the folk-art appeal of figural animal windmill weights makes them popular (my favorite is the squirrel). There are still nifty tools to be had at affordable prices, though, like hand-cranked corn shellers or the treadle-powered seed and grain cleaner pictured here. It’s enough to make you feel like heading out to plow the back forty, and we’ve even got a plow or two to choose from!
-Hollie Davis, Senior Editor, p4A.com
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