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Farming before chemicals, I’m sure there are few students that were not told during grade school of the American Indian’s method of planting corn using decaying fish carcasses as fertilizer. I guess this could be considered an early form of using chemicals in farming.

Winter 2010 has been a winter we won't soon forget, and it isn't over yet. Just when you think spring should be on its way we recieve a powerful storm in the eastern states and the middle states get blasted with yet another round of blizzards, that serve as reminder that we still have another month or more of this stuff and winter is not about to leave peacefully.

Don’t Throw Away Opportunity.

In the past couple of years there has been a growing demand for used farm equipment. Where equipment is part of a new, used, cycle; one area of agriculture that cannot be replaced once it has been used up is farmland. Just as used equipment has become hot in the market so has tillable farmland. With subdivisions and industry gobbling up farmland at a fast pace the price of tillable land continues to grow at a staggering rate. Proof of this is evidenced by anyone attending a land auction where tillable farmland is being sold.

Iron Memories is currently accepting entries for the next edition of our annual print collection of antique tractor restoration stories and photo book. You don't have to write the story we will do that for you. All you have to do is suppy the photos and tell us about your tractor. I will provide you with a story kit asking you to answer a few simple questions about your tractor and it's restoration. All photos will be returned unharmed when the book is published. If you choose you may write your own story to submit.

Iron Memories and The Hot Line Guides Division would like to thank all of our loyal readers and wish you a safe and happy holiday season. May your crops be bountiful and your home fires warm as 2009 draws to an end and we move into 2010.

Decatur, Texas Wins 2009 Delo Tractor Restoration Competition

-- Restoration of 1964 3020 John Deere Leads to National Title --

This weekend I had the pleasure of attending The Cruise to the Woods, the largest classic car cruise in the state of Iowa.

For the past 26 years the W.C. Cruisers car club has hosted this event. It is currently held at the Webster County Agricultural Center in Fort Dodge, Iowa the first Sunday in October. This year’s cruise brought in over 1,100 classic cars from Iowa and surrounding states.

Press release

Chevron Products Company
6101 Bollinger Canyon Road
San Ramon, CA 94583
www.chevron.com

Teens Vie For National Title at 2009 Delo Tractor Restoration Competition

-- Social Media Channels Provide Greater Access to Event --

Collecting Ford tractors to Palmer Fossum was like an Ice Cream cone is to a six year-old. He just couldn't turn one down. Palmer Fossum a lifelong resident of the Northfield, Minnesota area passed away just shy of two years ago. Palmer was affectionately known by those around him as Mr Ford Tractor.

When Randy Patsy of East Brady, Pennsylvania gave his bride Linda, a 1949 Allis Chalmers G as a gift, it was love at first sight. The Patsy’s were married in November of 2008 and are both antique tractor lovers.

Linda had seen one of these unusual looking little tractors at an auction and thought it was just the perfect size for her. She said she thought it would be so much fun to drive around and take to shows and “of course, show it off”. She really wanted one of her own.
When Randy found this tractor and bought it for Linda, she said it was a gift of love.