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  • A vintage De Laval milking machine on display. (DTN photo by Russ Quinn)
    by Russ Quinn , DTN Staff Reporter

    A birthday party in a friend's dad's farm shop led to an interesting discovery: a vintage De Laval portable milking machine from the 1920s. This small engine allowed dairy farmers to milk cows, separate cream and even run light in their dairy barns with the use of equipment for the first time.

  • We may have solved the mystery of what this seat was off of. (Photo courtesy of Fred Knop)
    by Russ Quinn , DTN Staff Reporter

    In this month's edition of Russ' Vintage Iron we have perhaps solved the mystery of what implement a vintage cast iron seat came off of. In addition, we also look at vintage iron listings on Facebook Marketplace.

  • Russ Quinn remembers acts of kindness his uncle Dennis Plambeck specialized in, such as helping feed Russ' cattle when Russ broke both his wrists. (DTN cattle photo by Russ Quinn)
    by Russ Quinn , DTN Staff Reporter

    DTN Staff Reporter Russ Quinn pays tribute to his uncle who passed away this fall and shares some memories of him.

  • Do you recognize this vintage implement seat? If so, you could solve a mystery for an Iowa Farmer. (Photo courtesy of Fred Knop)
    by Russ Quinn , DTN Staff Reporter

    Most farmers and ranchers are not ones to waste things, which might be why some farmers have a steady supply of "items" and sometimes they might not know what exactly they have. One Iowa farmers asks for help identifying a vintage implement seat he found in a building on his farm.

  • Ford Tractor dealers were supposed to have at least one Select-O-Speed demonstrator tractor painted gold on hand as a sales tool. (Photo by dave_7, CC BY 2.0)
    by Russ Quinn , DTN Staff Reporter

    Ford Tractor Company, as part of an ad campaign, tried to pump up sales of its new Select-O-Speed transmissions in 1959; Ford Tractor dealers were supposed to paint at least one of their tractors gold. Russ Quinn asks if anyone owns, or has stories about, these rare golden tractors. 

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  2. Another View
  3. Ask the Taxman
  4. By the Numbers
  5. Cash Market Moves
  6. Farm Family Business
  7. Letters to the Editor
  8. Russ' Vintage Iron
  9. Washington Insider
  10. Find more columns on MyDTN™

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