Antique Harvest

At the heart of tractor collecting is remembering and cheris For one southeast Iowa farmer, the hard work these iron beasts can do is the collection. I did t I happened to be a farmer on the seventh generation into farm. I have two sons that are farming with me today and we're keeping that heritage. They came from Germany, one to come to the new world and start farming. They kept moving west and t And so I guess it's a heritage that I'm just trying to preserve. These mac For the better part of a decade, Dave Kobler of Atomla, Iowa has cherished the land that seven generations of Fried in farming spills over onto the mac So each year toward the end of the harvest season, Kobler saves back 20 acres of crops for antique harvest days. Free of charge and open to the public, the event is a chance for people to read for themselves the chapter's antique farm mac The harvesting is spread out over a weekend filled with shocking, thres And well, these were the true inventors that started with not They had to come up with a tractor, the Waterloo Boy, they were trying to better themselves and lives and we just drive by t Stuff has gotten better over the years and bigger but they are the true inventors and the ideas are unbelievable what they came up with. Clamp the bolts down w Guests to the farm have the opportunity to learn how the equipment works, whether it's the hand crank shellers or keeping the Waterloo Boy running for the baler. Everyone gets a chance to take a turn learning first hand how these mac The love of these old machines DJ and Tyler represent the eighth generation working the land and the tractor bug flows through them as well. I Oh I think it's wonderful because the younger generation gets to see what's going on, how it used to be, it's not everything's big comm minds or anything, it's just what it used to be and I was telling dad that I A lot of people don't even know what a model A tractor is, it's just people don't even know t Hosts and guests a Well it demonstrates how t Richard Taylor of Molten, Iowa volunteers every year for a chance to harvest some important memories. W Yesterday for instance I was able to pick corn out here in the field on a tractor mounted picker and I used to enjoy that immensely but it was 1984 was the last time we did anything Remembering where you have come from is the essence of antique harvest days. For Dave Kobler watching the excitement on the faces of both young and old a The purpose of t Having had a purpose, I don't care what nationality, gender, international case, whatever, that's how t I guess what my purpose is to preserve that.