OHIO COLLECTOR NEEDS CORN SHELLER INFORMATION
I recently acquired a single-hole corn sheller. It was made by Hocking Valley Manufacturing Co. in Lancaster, Ohio, I believe. It is in good shape structurally, except for a little rust, and is in need of a paint job. It shows some nice scroll-type design in places on the legs where it has not gotten worn away.
I want to restore this sheller and would be grateful for any information, or I would like to contact someone with some knowledge about this sheller, its paint scheme and the value of it.
-Dave Walker, 3490 Verner Rd. Kent, OH 44240; (330) 673-4386
COLLECTOR'S GIFT NEEDS EXPLANATION
-Donald Hentges,45719 263rd St.,Humboldt, SD 57035
MYSTERY SOLVED FOR OKLAHOMA MUSEUM?
In response to the letter in the February 2001 Farm Collector ("Unusual Museum Piece Resembles A Thresher"): the machine you have is the main unit of a pull-type combine. My father bought an Avery combine in 1937 that was built in Peoria, Ill. Your picture has a lot of resemblance to the one we ran for 25 years, but quite a few differences also. Ours was a 12-foot machine on rubber tires, with a Hercules motor that sat on top of the front wheel. There was a pulley on the rear that drove a flat belt. The header had an elevator on the end that stuck into the feeder house, which is the opening you see between the front and back wheels. When moving on the road, a trailer was backed under it, and pulled long ways. The feeder house has a platform on top for a man to stand and operate the machine. The fan position and some other parts look different, but I don't remember any other machine with a single front wheel.
-Virden H. Smith, 7871 TR 255, Findlay, OH 45840