LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

Enlarge Image Image Gallery Picket fence-maker part

I would like information on a garden tractor for which I need parts. The description I have is: 'Roto Tiller, Model No. B-1-6, Serial No. 18288. Graham-Paige Motors Corp., Farm Equip. Division, Willow Run, Mich.' Any help would be appreciated.

Lester M. Gudgell, 28100 Crow Dr., Meadville, MO 64659; (660) 938-4325.

PICKET FENCE-MAKER PART

The Clarence Champlin  item in the October 'Letters' column is part of a machine used to make wood slats for a picket fence. We have four identical items, each with a patent date of March 2, 1897. I have carefully examined each patent issued on this date; the enclosed Patent No. 578 284, issued to Mortimer Cahill of Lawrence, Kan., is the only patent that resembles this item. Figure 2 on the patent drawing is closer to what the final tool looks like.

Jim Moffet, Modesto, IL 62667

HORSE TONIC POSTER HISTORY SOUGHT

I would like to ask your readers for any information on the enclosed poster, which advertises Wilbur's Stock Tonic.

It shows the Pabst Famous Blue Ribbon Winners. In the lower left hand corner, it states the team won first prize at the World's Fair in St. Louis in 1904 and first prize at the International Horse Show in Chicago in 1904. Fed on Wilbur's Stock Tonic daily, compliments of Wilbur Stock Food Co., Milwaukee, Wis. The emblem in the upper right hand corner reads Wilbur's Stock Tonic, and features a horse and cow's head and a chicken at the top and a pig at the bottom. Any history would be greatly appreciated.

Lynn Hiatt, 3071 Snowy Range Rd., Laramie, WY 82070; (307) 742-5525 .

UNUSUAL GOODIES THAT NEED TO BE IDENTIFIED

I need information on the disc plow with iron wheels and cultivator pictured above. Both are horse drawn, and the cultivator is adapted to cultivate two rows. I would like to know both the manufacturers and what color to paint them. I think they are very unusual.