The development of horse-drawn hay mowers and reapers by Cyrus McCormick and others revolutionized agriculture production in the mid-1800s. Here is an example of a mower housed in the museum at Tyden Farm #6
The F-20 was built beginning in 1932 by International Harvester in Rock Island, IL. When production finally ended in 1939, a total of 148,960 F-20 tractors had been built, breaking all previous records. Subsequent Farmall models included the famous…
Early model McCormick-Deering tractors were originally painted gray with red wheels. In fact, all model 15-30’s and 22-36’s left the factory in these colors. On November 1, 1936, International Harvester discontinued the use of tractor gray moving to…