After reading Bill Vossler’s article on the Rosenthal husker/shredder (Farm Collector, May 2011), I thought I should send a photo of the one I bought in 2005 at an Amish farm sale in Dover, Del.

It has four husking rolls and works well. “Rosenthal” is painted on the top of the ear corn elevator, but there is a decal on the back from Frick Co., Waynesboro, Pa. There’s no model number, just a serial number (19879). What was the connection between Rosenthal of Milwaukee, Wis., and Frick of Waynesboro, Pa.?

The photo above is of a Cobey wagon gear. The plate on the back reads “Cobey Hi Speed Wagon Gears/Series 1WI #425/product of Perfection Steel Body Co., Galion, Ohio, USA.” I cannot find a speck of paint on it. Do any readers know what color they were painted at the factory?

David Becker, Elizabethtown, Pa.; (717) 475-3820. 

My friend, Bill Shields, Nampa, Idaho, found this corn planter in Missouri on a recent trip. He would like to have it identified. The castings are marked with numbers but no letters. The drive wheels are just flat iron with spokes riveted on. It is a neat piece, but who made it? Any help will be greatly appreciated. Maybe the design on the lid tells something.

P.T. Rathbone, 6767 Pershall Rd., Marsing, ID 83639; phone: (208) 896-4478; fax: (208) 896-4490; e-mail: lsr@rluckystarranch.com; www.rluckystarranch.com. 

Reader David Macri is looking for more information about this 300lb Risdon water pressure gauge. If you have any information you can provide him, please contact him at macridavid@yahoo.com or leave a Comment here.