John Deere Triumph Farm Wagon (circa 1900) with International Harvester Seed Spreader The John Deere Triumph Farm Wagon on display at Nagel Farms is a typical example of one of the 30,000 wagons that John Deere Co. was producing during their peak production years. In 1919, power to pull these wagons (and other farm implements) […]
1948 John Deere Model A Tractor Acquired August 2013 This Model A is pictured hitched to a John Deere Model 52 “rope trip” 2 bottom trailer plow with optional rubber tires on steel rims. The Two-Cylinder Letter Series Model A John Deere tractors were produced from 1934 to 1952 at the Waterloo, Iowa factory. Total […]
1949 John Deere Model M Tractor Acquired August 2013 Produced from 1947-1952 the Two-Cylinder Letter Series Model “M” Tractor was new from the ground up and featured an innovative integrated farming systems approach. A total of 45,799, gasoline, 2-cylinder models were built. The M had been in development for several years during World War II […]
1958 John Deere 620 Tractor Acquired July 2014 Pictured here with a John Deere Model H Series 47 Manure Spreader. Produced from 1956 to 1958 this, Two-Cylinder 20 Series Row-Crop tractor was powered by the famous JD 2-cylinder 4-valve liquid-cooled engine delivering 53 HP. Factory: Waterloo, Iowa, USA. Total built: 20,848 The 620 was the […]
End Spring Square Box Buggy Ken acquired this End Spring Square Box Buggy from Frank Coffman, his neighbor. Frank had been using it as a show piece in his front yard. Frank bought the buggy from a party in Sheridan Ill. Ken had the buggy restored in 2013. The seats and folding top are new. […]
Four Passenger Four Wheel Phaeton Carriage The Four Passenger Four Wheel Phaeton Carriage on display in Ken’s collection was acquired by Ken around 1976 from a restaurant owner in Plano, IL who used it as a lawn display in front of his restaurant. At one time Ken had a driving horse that he used to […]
John Deere Model 52 “rope trip” 2 bottom trailer plow Pictured is a John Deere 50 Series plow. It appears to be a Model 52 “rope trip” 2 bottom trailer plow with optional rubber tires on steel rims.
John Deere Model H Series 47 Manure Spreader The Model H Manure Spreader was in production from 1939 to 1951. The style pictured here is circa post WW II 1945. The beautifully restored example is painted in the standard JD green paint with yellow accents. The steel spoke wheels with rubber tires power the conveyor […]
John Deere Shaker Potato Plow This restored John Deere Shaker Potato Plow was shown in a 1926 John Deere Plow Company catalog. It is possibly a circa 1923 model. An ideal implement for a limited area of potatoes. It is designed to be a horse drawn walk behind plow. Its operation is extremely simple and […]
Portland Door Cutter Sleigh, (circa 1900) Cutters are considered light sleighs, usually pulled by one horse. It is a distinctly American term that does not appear to have been used prior to 1800. The Cutter on display is a Portland style with two doors. Doors are unusual in Cutters and were a very late development, […]