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Check out these letters to the editor from Farm Collector readers about a donkey on a silo and Kansas farm equipment.

By Farm Collector readers
Published on March 30, 2022
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by Bob Gallagher

Was this ever produced?

I’ve kept this for many years but wondered if this machine was ever produced. Does anyone know?

Bob Gallagher, Onalaska, Wisconsin

Unique solution to a common problem

My granddad would ride his horse up to the gate, pull a pin and the gate would fly out of the pocket and swing the other way. He’d ride through and place the gate in the pocket by putting the pin back in place without getting off his horse.

He had three gates of this kind on the farm. They were used until 1946. The musket barrels still had the nipples in the barrels. Three muskets were destroyed. The cedar top pole was long and quite large. The pivot post was large and had an iron band around it to keep it from splitting. He kept putting rocks in the box until the gate was balanced. No patent was applied for. Ha! The gate was made by John Conner, Maurentown, Virginia.

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