Nebraska Cowman (Howard Raymond) is back this week with another machine.  This 1951 Ferguson belonged to his father.  I will let him tell you the full story.

The TO in the designation stands for "Tractor Overseas" as Harry Ferguson's main production was in England and the American version was built in Detroit, MI. This particular Ferguson belonged to my late father and he gave it to me about 10 years ago as he no longer needed it. I have used it raking hay and plowing and for getting out cedar logs. It is a very handy tractor. This spring I fixed up a 2 row dempster lister planter and used it to plant sweet corn and several acres of open-pollinated field corn. The tractor and planter were displayed at the Platte Valley Antique show at Ayr in July as they were featuring Massey and Ferguson this year. The 14, 15, & 16th of September this tractor will be at Husker Harvest Days in Grand Island in the Antique Power Display and we will also be plowing and working some ground to demonstrate the old ways and to add interest to our display. Anyone with vintage tractors and or tillage tools is encouraged to participate. Contact Howard Raymond at 308-367-4687 or email howster@nebnet.net
I am happy to see Steiner Tractor sponsoring the Tractor of the week blog and want to let people know that if they are in the Curtis area that I am the local dealer for Steiner Tractor Parts and put in a stock order every week. 

Thanks Howard! Nice to know you are the local dealer. Steiner has good quality parts and we are very happy to have them sponsoring us. Thanks to all of you who read our blog each week. Please send us your tractor to the address above.  Just include a brief description and photos. - Joe

Russ Barth of Doniphan is back with us again with a very rare and collectible Allis Chalmers Model A.  Russ has always been a devout Allis collector and he sought out this week's machine to add to his collection.

The story on this tractor all started from Russ getting a phone call about an old AC power unit used on a local irrigation well.  The owner wanted to know if Russ was interested in buying the power unit. It ran just fine. Russ identified it as being the same motor that was used in the "A" and bought it. 

He contacted a friend in Minnesota who is an antique tractor buyer and told him to please find him an A to match his motor.  According to Russ, only 1300 Model A's were made in 1937. The production runs were from '36 to '42.  About 300 to 400 wound up in the bottom of the Atalantic Ocean during Lend-Lease in WWII, sunk by a German U-Boat. 

The tractor buyer found one on an antique tractor sale in New Mexico and bought it for him. Russ says all the tractor was at that time was a rear-end and a lot of parts! After some TLC, here is how the tractor works now.  A picture is included from the Antique Tractor Show in Ravenna last June. Thanks for letting us share this very cool tractor, Russ!

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This week's tractor is a very rare 1937 CO-OP No. 2 tractor from Russ Barth of Doniphan, Nebraska.  Russ is collector of rare Allis-Chalmers tractors but he couldn't resist adding this gem to his collection.

Russ tells me this tractor belonged to a Mr. Woodward from near Wichita, Kansas.  He bought it new and used it to pull logs to his sawmill because it has such a high road gear.  More on that later.

These tractors, according to Russ, were made up of mostly Chrysler truck parts.  The company was started by Farmers Cooperative Insurance, Co. and built in Battle Creek, Michigan.  They are not to be confused with the Canadian Co-Op tractors. Only about 3,500 of this particular model were sold.  The motor, tranny, etc was made by Chrysler which is why it has a high road gear speed of 45 m.p.h!  I saw Russ take it up to close to that speed in June at the Annevar Antique Tractor Show.

Click on the pictures below for a closer look. Russ is driving the No. 2 in the second photo.  Don't forget to send us your tractors!  Send at least on picture and a description to the addresses above.

Another "Meadow Green" tractor is our entry for this week. A big thanks to Lisa Kennicutt for submitting a tractor for her father-in-law Melvin Kennicutt from Arapahoe, Nebraska 

This beauty was restored by Melvin who bought it at a farm sale in Lexington a couple of years ago. Melvin's son, Ryan, did the paint job. 

Lisa tells us Marvin has several of these tractors that would work for our blog.  Keep 'em coming, Lisa! Click on the photo below for a closer look.

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Thanks to DeAnna Anderbery from Axtell for sending us this week's tractor. It was restored by her son, Heath, which you can see in some of the pictures. The original owner was Herb Oline, formerly of Axtell, who now lives in the nursing home in Minden.  He is also in a couple of the pictures below.

Richard Anderbery purchased the tractor at Herb's farm sale in the 1980's. Heath recently restored the tractor and did a very nice job. Heath will be a senior at Axtell High this fall.  You can tell by the look on Herb's face how proud he is to see his tractor has found a good home.  Click on the pictures below for a closer look. 

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