I couldn't even remember how to start the darn thing! This happened at the Canton Historical Society's pole barn, next to the old Cady-Boyer barn that my host, Historical Society President Dick Waldecker, helped to save and move to this place on the east side of Ridge a few hops north of Cherry Hill. It had been so long, in fact, that I'd forgotten you control the speed with one of those hand-operated throttles, a lever that catches on a notched arc. I couldn't even remember how to start...

The Commerce Department last week said orders for durable goods excluding transportation equipment unexpectedly dropped in June for a second month. increased in June at the slowest pace in nine months as near- record gasoline prices and falling home values forced Americans to cut back. Peoria, Illinois-based Caterpillar, the world's largest maker of heavy- duty diesel engines and earth-moving equipment, also was hurt by the slump in the U. An unexpected increase in aluminum and nickel...

Uzel, one of the world's top 10 tractor companies, has offered to invest 75 million zlotys ($27 million) to upgrade the plant over three years, Sarzynska said. They center on establishing a new joint company in which Uzel will be the majority partner," Roma Sarzynska, spokeswoman of the state-owned Bumar industrial group, said. Ursus, which lies just outside Warsaw, was a communist-era flagship and once supplied half of all tractors used in Poland. The factory later became a symbol of...

MUMBAI: Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd, India's top utility vehicle and tractor maker, reported a worse-than-expected 6.4 per cent fall in quarterly net profit, dented by soft tractor sales and a strong rupee. Indian auto makers have faced higher prices of raw materials such as steel and aluminium, while firmer interest rates have slowed demand, particularly for commercial vehicles. Mahindra said the rupee, which rose nearly 7 per cent against the dollar in the quarter, hit its export earnings,...

An industry of go fast parts grew up around the powerplant, as early hot rodders and speed demons learned how to extract more horsepower out of the mill. One of those parts was a conversion kit to plunk the V8 in place of the stock four banger in Ford tractors. Some old tractors had that feature so that they could turn on a dime at the end of a row in a field. Goota love good farm hoonin video with the dogs cut into the middle - no farm hoon is complete without his farm mutts! All tractors...

On Sunday, Calhoon organized his second stock garden tractor pull and benefit auction to raise funds for someone in need. After 30 radiation treatments this year, the tumor had shrunk to about the size of an eraser on a pencil, but Brice s future is still uncertain, Ed Sowers said. For most of his life, Brice has loved the competition of hopping onto a tractor and accelerating to pull a weighted sled dozens of feet. He also was able to sit in the driver s seat of a 900-pound tractor,...

To produce that corn, however, much energy must be supplied, in the form of such things as labor, farm machinery, fertilizers and pesticides, as well as in some areas irrigation. To this energy cost must be added the energy required to produce ethanol from the harvested corn, energy that must be provided in the form of electricity or steam. Agricultural economist Lester Brown points out that the corn that would supply just one 25 gallon fill-up for an SUV would feed an individual for a...

Tech: The Patent War - Chris Frates - Politico.com. He placed the toy tractor on the dais in front of him and told lawmakers and staff that if the legislation passes, it would be far easier for foreign companies to rip off American innovators -- including the men who long ago developed Caterpillar's flagship bulldozer. He placed the toy tractor on the dais in front of him and told lawmakers and staff that if the legislation passes, it would be far easier for foreign companies to rip off...

It's show time all over the North-east By Alex Salmond MP Published: 01 August, 2007 ONCE again, we find ourselves in the midst of the summer agricultural show season, with a range of galas, fetes and fairs being held in showgrounds and village halls throughout the North-east of Scotland. It's show time all over the North-east By Alex Salmond MP Published: 01 August, 2007 ONCE again, we find ourselves in the midst of the summer agricultural show season, with a range of galas, fetes and...