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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
LOOKING FOR TINKER CAST IRON PRODUCTS
I'm enjoying Farm Collector. Keep up the good work. My reason for writing: In the early 1800s, my ancestors built the first iron cupola in the state of Ohio near where I live in a place called Tinker's Hollow. There they made mowing machines, plow points, sled runners, stoves and various other things out of cast iron. My great-grandfather hauled the mowing machine around on a wagon and would stop and demonstrate it to the farmers.
Surely someone out there has a cast iron product with the Tinker name on it. I would like very much to hear from that person. Thank you.
-Harold Tinker, 3651 Creek Road, Kingsville, OH 44048
VICKSBURG HISTORICAL SOCIETY NEEDS INFORMATION ON THE KIMBALL-DENTLER
-Maggie Snyder, Vicksburg Historical Society, PO Box 103, Vicksburg, MI 49097; email: creekside2@ameritech.net
LOOKING FOR AVERY DRAWBAR HORSEPOWER
I wish somebody out there could tell me the drawbar horsepower of an Avery model V tractor. It was a one-plow tractor, 14"-16" bottom (one plow) only.
Also, is there anyone out there that has pictures, history etc., of Corbitt trucks. This was a heavy truck built in Henderson, N.C. 50 miles south of me. They went out of business in the 1950s, and I would like the history; also pictures of their first and last models. I had a cousin who worked for them, but I was not interested in collecting anything at the time. They only sold their trucks direct to customer: there were no dealers.
-Samuel W. Rash, 3589 Longview Drive, Kenbridge, VA 23944-9761.
HOW ABOUT A CONCRETE BLOCK MAKER?
We are looking for information on this concrete block making machine. It was made by the Ideal Concrete & Machinery Co., South Bend, Ind. The patent date is Aug. 11, 1903. Any information would be helpful.
-Richard Cimbricz, 4094 Moss Brook Rd., Friendship, NY 14739; email: ricm@eznet.net