Farm Collector September 2023 Table of Contents
Fire at the Factory
Once common in wood-frame factory buildings, fires were devastating to early manufacturers and neighbors.
Barry Tuller
Steaming Tobacco Beds
Using a grueling process, growers once relied on steam engines to kill weed seeds and insects.
Billy M. Byrd
How Did They Do It?
Oiling windmills was not for the faint of heart.
Jim Lacey
A Growing Collection
Landscape architect is surrounded by gardening tools of the past.
Sara Jordan-Heintz
First Things
How did they do it?
Letters
What Is It?
Can you name these gizmos and gadgets?
Let’s Talk Rusty Iron
Technology eased the load on farmers’ backs.
Sam Moore
Tales from Wales
Jo Roberts meets a farm family heirloom of the Ferguson variety.
Josephine Roberts
