In the May 2011 issue of Farm Collector, Jack Alexander shared some incredible vintage photos of the wheat harvest in Whitman County in the Palouse Country in eastern Washington. He shared some of the history of working with horses and mules in the hilly region, as well as some background on the Mayview Tram that moved sacks of grain to storage at the bottom of the Snake River canyon.

And while the photos told quite the story, we think these videos will be even more eye opening.

 
This silent film was digitzed and uploaded at Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections, Washington State University from a film held in the WSU Libraries (Pullman, Washington). It shows farming on the Palouse in 1938 using a horse-drawn combine.

 
This video, which was also digitzed by at the Washington State University Libraries's Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections (MASC) from film held there (MS2002-15), was originally created by Norman Longhurst. It shows the Mayview Tram in action in around 1935.

While the following videos of vintage hay presses are not the exact same as Dwight Yaeger's Kansas City Lightning Hay Press, they at least give an idea of how hay presses worked.

 
A mid-1910s McCormick-Deering hay press, powered by a 1915 6 hp Stover/Sandwich (double tagged), working at the Antique Tractor & Gas Engine show at Petersburg, Neb.

 
An International Harvester Hay Press No. 15 powered by a 1951 Farmall Cub.

 
An International Harvester Power Press powered by a Farmall M.

Wilbur Taylor purchased this throttle-governed 1917 6 HP Ingeco Worthington Type W in 2010. Wilbur is a hit-and-miss engine lover though, so he took some measures to make the engine into a hit-and-miss.

Here are some close-ups of the modified governor. To see more details about the changes Mr. Taylor made, please see the June/July issue of Gas Engine Magazine.

Here are some overhead shots of the now hit-and-miss Ingeco

Here is the Ingeco's Webster oscillating magneto:

Here is the cylinder head and valves; the upper valve (silver) is the intake valve, and the lower valve (black) is the exhaust. The rocker arm that actuates the valve and the pushrod on the side that actuates the rocker arm are also shown.