History of Aultman & Taylor, Part IX

By Dr. Lorin E. Bixler
Published on March 1, 2002
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The Aultman & Taylor Starving Rooster
The Aultman & Taylor Starving Rooster
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The Whiting clover huller patent.
The Whiting clover huller patent.
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An example of an Allonas clover-hulling attachment patent for Aultman & Taylor
An example of an Allonas clover-hulling attachment patent for Aultman & Taylor
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Factory illustration of a ''Matchless'' double-cylinder clover huller from Aultman & Taylor.
Factory illustration of a ''Matchless'' double-cylinder clover huller from Aultman & Taylor.

This issue of the Iron-Men Album bring us to the ninth installment of Dr. Bixler’s history of the Aultman & Taylor Company, as edited by Dr. Robert T. Rhode. The Album is serializing Dr. Bixler’s book. Dr. Bixler, a professor at Muskingum College in New Concord, Ohio, passed away before he could publish the manuscript on which he had labored for many years. This installment continues Dr. Bixler’s descriptions of Aultman & Taylor machinery, including intriguing firsthand testimony.

Click here for part I of the history of Aultman & Taylor.
Click here for part II of the history of Aultman & Taylor.
Click here for part III of the history of Aultman & Taylor.
Click here for part IV of the history of Aultman & Taylor.
Click here for part V of the history of Aultman & Taylor.
Click here for part VI of the history of Aultman & Taylor.
Click here for part VII of the history of Aultman & Taylor.
Click here for part VIII of the history of Aultman & Taylor.

Chapter 9 Separator Attachments, Painting, Clover Hullers and Sawmills

To increase efficiency, reduce labor, and accomplish satisfactory work, a number of attachments were added to the Aultman & Taylor separators. The Aultman & Taylor Machinery Company manufactured the Galland, Netherly, and Sattley swinging stackers. They also added to their separators wind-stackers, self-feeders, measuring boxes, dust collectors, etc.

The Sattley Attached Stacker

One of the auxiliary attachments was the Sattley stacker. It possessed several features that were improvements over the old drag, or web, stacker. One of these was that it could oscillate between two points, so that the straw could be deposited at various places on the straw stack between these two points. The Aultman & Taylor Machinery Company presented the following description of the Sattley stacker:

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