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NEBRSKA ANTIQUE FARMING
ASSOCIATION
APRIL 2016
APR2016
INSIDE THIS ISSUE:
TRAN DRIVE: JUNE 4-12
APRIL MEETING
HIGHLIGHTS
UP COMING EVENTS:
LIGHTER SIDE:
UP COMING EVENTS:
HUFF-N-PUFF GARDEN
TRACTOR PULL
APRIL 16 STERLING, NE AT
1:00
TRACTOR DRIVE
MAY 1ST BENKELMAN, NE
JIM RUSSELL CALL 308289-6135
CHEYENE COUNTRY
CRUISERS CAR AND
TRACTOR SHOW
MAY 14TH ST FRANCIS, KS
STERLING NE PICNIC
TRACTOR SHOW
JUNE 4TH 9-3:30
NEBRASKA ANTIQUE FARMING MEETING
Sunday April 3rd a combination of meetings were held at
the Alda Village Hall. First the Nebraska Antique Farming
Association held its meeting. Following that a potluck
was enjoyed by all. Platte Valley Machinery Association
hosted the event for all the tractor clubs in the state.
People from 11 different clubs attended. Last meeting
was the Nebraska Chapter 12 IH meeting. All meetings
had great attendance.
The segment leaders for each day went over what they
had planned so far for each day of TRAN 2016. Most of
the routes are all planned out. A few of the leaders need
to firm up some details but everything is shaping up.
TRAN 2016 sounds like a wonderful time. If you haven’t
done so yet send in your registration and join for a day or
the whole trip. 47 people have signed up so far for some
portion of the drive. 11 have signed up for the whole
trip. Remember registrations have to be in by May 1st so
don’t put off sending them in. Be sure not to get left out
of the fun.
2016 is the 80th birthday of Homestead National
Monument in Beatrice. The monument would like to see
80 tractors on display there Saturday morning. Join in
the fun and help us make this a reality for them. They
have offered space to have the tractors displayed there
Friday and a place to leave and unload trailers. Let’s help
them meet their goal and show up at Beatrice to make
history.
EVENTS CONTINUED:
HERITAGE FESTIVAL
TRACTOR SHOW AND
RODEO
June 4th & 5th Lincoln Co
Historical Museum
North Platte 308-5345640
ANTIQUE TRACTOR &
GAS ENGINE SHOW
June 4th & 5th Pawnee
Park, Columbus, Ne 402564-3669
MID-STATES ANTIQUE
TRACTOR PULL
June 5th Ashland, NE
SAPPA VALLEY SHOW
June 4th Oberlin, KS
ALL NEBRASKA
TRACTOR DRIVE
June 10th – 11th Starting
at Hastings 308-2334555
FARNAM FOUNDER’S
DAYS
June 24th – 25th Tractor
drive 3:00 Friday,
Parade, tractor show
and antique tractor pull
Saturday contact: Randy
308-537-6154
The 2017 TRAN route was discussed. Since we were going
to be in Lincoln on the Friday of the trip we asked to be an
official part of the Nebraska 150 Celebration. Donelle
heard last week that we had been accepted as an official
part of the celebration. The event planner Cynthe Johnson
wrote Donelle “The Nebraska 150 Celebration is pleased to
inform you that the Tractor Relay Across Nebraska has
been approved as an Official Event of the 2017
Sesquicentennial. Your event fits perfectly with our
mission and we are excited to add it to our celebration.”
Remember to like them on Facebook at
facebook.com/nebraska150 and follow them on
Twitter@ne150 to stay current with the latest news and
developments. This is quite an honor for our organization.
Wouldn’t it be quite something if we could get 150 tractors
to surround the State Capital that day to commerate this
occasion. Later in this newsletter if a copy of a petition
that we would like our members to help circulate to have
June 9, 2017 declared as “Nebraska Antique Farming Day”
in conjunction with Nebraska 150th birthday. Please feel
free to copy the petition and help us with this.
We voted to rent a 15 passenger van to help shuttle drivers
that needed taken from start to finish of each day in order
to move equipment along. The club will pay the cost up
front but hope that the entire cost will be covered by
people who use the van to go back and forth.
If you want to order magnets, caps, banners or tee shirts
they have to be ordered by May 1st also. Tregg Reiss is
ordering window stickers advertising Nebraska Antique
Farming Association also. Look for these on the web page
nebraskacowman.com/nafa. Also follow us on Facebook at
Nebraska Antique Farming Association NAFA. Copies of
the 2015 and 2014 TRAN DVD’s are also available for
$10.00 each.
Don’t miss out on a great tractor drive and fun send in your
registration today.
EVENTS CONTINUED:
2016 TRAN ROUTE
CORTLAND FEST
Day 1 Beatrice to Geneva – Ron & Donelle Moormeier
June 25th Contact
Donelle 402-432-2480
Day 2 Geneva to Hastings – Rich & Donna Wilton
GROVER CLEVELAND
DAYS
July 9th St. Paul, NE
ANTIQUE MACHINERY
& THRESHING SHOW
July 16th – 17th Waverly,
NE
ANTIQUE TRACTOR &
GAS ENGINE FESTIVAL
July 16th Kimmell
Orchard, Nebraska City
402-873-5293
TRI-STATE ANTIQUE
ENGINE & THRESHERS
SHOW
July 28th – 30th
Bird City, KS
TRACTOR & ENGINE
SHOW
July 30th – 31st Ashland,
NE
ELKHORN VALLEY
ANTIQUE TRACTOR &
MACHINERY DISPLAY
Aug 3rd – 7th Springfield
Fairgrounds
Day 3 Hastings to St. Paul – Rich & Donna Wilton
Day 4 St. Paul to Broken Bow – Ed & Donna Axmann
Day 5 Broken Bow to Thedford – Perry Meyer & Marv Sierks
Day 6 Thedford to Hyannis – Leo & Jo Nickel
Day 7 Hyannis to Alliance – Gordon Greenamyre, Kevin
Howard and Mike McGinnis
Day 8 Alliance to Scottsbluff – Gordon, Kevin and Mike
Day 9 Scottsbluff to Agate Fossil – Craig Heyward
TRAN 2017 Route
June 3
Holyoke, CO to Wallace, NE
June 4
Wallace to Curtis
June 5
Curtis to Elwood
June 6
Elwood to Axtell
June 7
Axtell to Fairfield
June 8
Fairfield to Wilber
June 9
Wilber to Lincoln
June 10
Lincoln to Plattsmouth
Remember the special day being planned for the 150 day in
Lincoln. More details to be announced as they become
available.
Segment leaders are needed for the 2017 tractor drive.
Contact Donelle 402-429-2480 or Randy 308-537-6154 if you
are interested in being a leader.
EVENTS CONTINUED:
ANTIQUE TRACTOR PULL
& SHOW
2018 Proposed TRAN Route
June 2
Blair to Snyder
June 3
Snyder to Lindsey
June 4
Lindsey to Ericson
June 5
Ericson to Taylor
June 6
Taylor to Halsey
June 7
Halsey to Mullen
June 8
Mullen to Tryon
June 9
Tryon to Arthur
June 10
Arthur to Ogallala
th
Aug 6 Fairgrounds,
Ogallala 308-284-4066
LOUP VALLEY OLD IRON
Aug 7th Ord, NE
PLATTE VALLEY ANTIQUE
& COLLECTORS SHOW
August 19-21st Dyer Park
Ayr, NE 402-469-4455
DEER CREEK SODBUSTER
ANTIQUE MACHINERY
SHOW
Routes need to be adjusted because there are no motels in
a few end locations. Some segments already have leaders
for them.
Aug 13th – 14th Sterling
RAE VALLEY ANTIQUE
TRACTOR & HORSE
PLOWING BEE
Aug 26th – 29th
Petersburg, NE
STATE FAIR TRACTOR
SHOW AND PARADE
Aug 26th – Sept 5th
THREE CORNERS
TRACTOR DRIVE
Sept 11 contact Jim at
308-289-6135
2019 is the 200th birthday of the American Legion. The
upcoming State Legion leader has asked that when we plan
our route that we take in any 200th legion birthday
celebrations that is held during our tractor drive. Things
are still being scheduled so no plans have been made at
this time.
The next Nebraska Antique Farming Association meeting
will be in late September or early October at Kirk’s
Restaurant in Lexington. Date and time will be announced
in a newsletter and email when a date has been set.
If you have an item for sale or an event to get on the
calendar be sure to email [email protected] or call
Brenda at 308-539-6764. Howard will also list them on the
web page for us. Thanks for your help.
EVENTS CONTINUED:
PIERCE OLD TIME
THRESHER’S BEE
Sept 10th – 11th Pierce,
NE
OLD TRUSTY DAYS
Sept 10th – 11th Clay
Center, NE
HUSKER HARVEST DAYS
Sept 13th – 15th Grand
Island, NE
BENKELMAN ANTIQUE
TRACTOR PULL
Sept 17th
LEGACY OF PLAINS
MUSEUM
Sept 17th – 18th Gering,
NE
TRACTOR TREASURES
Sept 17th – 18th Steele
City, NE
HERITAGE POWER
SHOW
Sept 24th & 25th Genoa,
NE
HARVEST FESTIVAL
FILLEY STONE BARN
Oct 11th Filley, NE
All these companies were first reorganized in 1913 as
two connected firms: the existing M. Rumely Co. Inc.
THE RUMELY
(effectively the manufacturing side), and the new
The Advance-Rumely Company of La Porte, Indiana was
Rumely Products Co. (the sales and distribution side).
organized in 1915 as a producer of many types of
A further reorganization brought about the final
agricultural machinery, most notably threshing
Advance-Rumely Company by 1915, a move which
machines and large tractors. Advance-Rumely was
both streamlined the organization and highlighted its
purchased by Allis-Chalmers Manufacturing Company in
famous forebears. Advance-Rumely hadn't quite
1931, and the company's main works would become what
finished its expansion goals, either: the Aultman-
was later known as the "La Porte plant".
Taylor Company of Mansfield, Ohio was picked up in
Thanks to various mergers and acquisitions, the
1923
company's origins stretched as far back as 1836.
Despite all of the history and diversity in engineering
However, the origin of the two components of the
acquired along with all of their corporate assets during
corporate name—Advance Thresher Company and M.
the 1910s, most of this was left by the wayside as
Rumely Company—were somewhat newer, though still
Advance-Rumely sought to fold everything under its
long-lived in the agricultural equipment industry.
new brand name or that of Rumely. The general
Meinrad Rumely emigrated from Germany in 1848, joining
financial collapse of the Great Depression, beginning
his brother John in the operation of a foundry in La Porte,
in 1929 and carrying on through the early 1930s,
Indiana. This basic operation gradually expanded by 1859
began to take its toll on Advance-Rumely.
into the production of corn shellers and
As early as January 1930, the Rumely management
complete threshing machines powered by horses.
began seeking a buyer for the company.
Following success in this new field, Meinrad then bought
Correspondence with Otto Falk, president of the Allis-
out his brother's portion of the business and incorporated
Chalmers Manufacturing Company, proved fruitful:
it as the M. Rumely Company by 1887. Starting in 1895,
Allis-Chalmers agreed to take over the firm and did so
the line expanded to include steam-powered traction
by May 1931.
engines. Meinrad died in 1904, but his sons continued to
manage the business. Rumely's most famous product,
the kerosene-powered Rumely Oil Pull traction engine,
was first developed in 1909 and began selling to the
Rumely had already discontinued its traction engine
lines in favor of newer-style tractors, but AllisChalmers had a line of those that was quite
successful. The remaining Rumely-branded tractors
public by 1910.[1]
were discontinued. Allis-Chalmers was more
Meanwhile, Advance Thresher Company was founded in
interested in Advance-Rumely's line of threshing and
1881 with a factory in Battle Creek, Michigan. In addition
harvesting machines (not to mention the sprawling
to their namesake threshing machines, this company was
plants that built them). Also of interest to Allis-
also a prolific producer of steam traction engines.
Chalmers was Rumely's extensive dealer network,
From 1911-1912, M. Rumely Company began purchasing
which was instantly converted to the complete Allis-
other firms in the agricultural equipment business. Both
Chalmers product line. And the "La Porte plant", as
Advance Thresher Company and Gaar-Scott & Company
Advance-Rumely's main headquarters was now
were acquired during 1911.[2] Then, in 1912, Rumely
called, became known as the "Harvester Capitol of the
expanded further with the purchase of Northwest
World" thanks to its eventual production of Allis-
Thresher Company (out of Stillwater, Minnesota) and
the American-AbellEngine and Thresher Company .
[3]
Chalmers' successful All-Crop harvester line.
Allis-Chalmers would eventually succumb
to bankruptcy and the dismantling of its vast business
interests in 1985, but by that time Advance-Rumely
was only a memory.
NEBRASKA FARMER APRIL MAGAZINE ARTICLE
Family Ranch
Two sisters, one blonde and one brunette, inherit the family ranch in 1975. Unfortunately, after just a
few years, they are in financial trouble. In order to keep the bank from repossessing the ranch, they
need to purchase a bull so that they can breed their own stock. Upon leaving for another ranch to check
on the possibility of buying a bull, the brunette tells her sister, When I get there, if I decide to buy the
bull, I’ll contact you to drive out after me and haul it home.
The brunette arrives at the man’s ranch, inspects the bull, and decides she wants to buy it. The man
tells her that he will sell it for $499. After paying him, she drives to the nearest town to send her sister a
telegram to tell her the news. She walks into the telegraph office, and says, I want to send a telegram to
my sister telling her that I’ve bought a bull for our ranch. I need her to hitch the trailer to our pickup
truck and drive out here so we can haul it home.
The telegraph operator explains that he’ll be glad to help her, then adds, It’s just 99 cents a word. Well,
after paying for the bull, the brunette only has $1 left. She realizes that she’ll only be able to send her
sister one word. After thinking for a few minutes, she nods, and says, I want you to send her the word
comfortable. The operator shakes his head. How is she ever going to know that you want her to hitch
the trailer to your pickup truck and drive out here to haul the bull back to your ranch if you send her the
word, comfortable? The brunette explains, My sister’s blonde. The word’s big. She’ll read it real slow.
(com-for-da-bull)
Three Girls
Three girls named Marie, Alexis and Taylor were driving through the country, when all of a sudden their
car stalls. Marie remembers seeing a farm a little ways back, so her and Alexis walk to the farm, leaving
Taylor guarding the car.
When Marie and Alexis get to the farm, they tell the farmer what happened. The farmer raises a gun to
their head and tells them to get a fruit, vegetable, whatever, just get something from the garden. Marie
grabs a turnip, and Alexis grabs a single grape. Just as they come back into the farmer’s house, Taylor
walks in. He tells Taylor to do the same as they just did, and Taylor heads off toward the garden. While
she’s out in the garden, the famer tells Marie and Alexis to shove whatever they have up their ass, and
who ever laughs, dies. Marie laughs first, so the farmer shoots her. Then Alexis laughs and she gets
killed too.
So they are floating out of their bodies, and Alexis asks Marie why she died. Marie said that the thought
of sticking a turnip up your ass was just too funny. Marie then asked Alexis why she laughed, Alexis said:
“I was Taylor coming around the corner with a pineapple!
Knock Knock
What grows when fed but dies when watered?
Fire.
What do you give a sick horse?
Cough stirrup!
Why did the tomato blush?
Because he saw the salad dressing!
What do you call an arctic cow?
An eskimoo!
What do you call a pig thief?
A hamburglar!
What do you call a sleeping bull?
A bull-dozer.
What did the baby corn say to the mama corn?
Where’s popcorn?
Why did the pig take a bath?
Because they like being amoosed!
What do you call a horse that lives next door?
A neigh-bor!
Why did the cabbage win the race?
Because it was ahead!
Why did the police arrest the turkey?
They suspected it of fowl play!
What do you get when a chicken lays an egg on top of a barn?
An eggroll!
Why were the baby strawberries crying?
Their ma and pa were in a jam
What type of horses only go out at night?
Nightmares!
What is a horse’s favorite sport?
Stable tennis!
Why did the farmer feed his pigs sugar and vinegar?
He wanted sweet and sour pork!
What did the farmer get when he crossed an owl with a goat?
A ‘Hootinanny’
What did the farmer say when he lost one of his cows?
What a miss-steak.
Who takes care of the farm when the farmer is sick?
The farmacist (pharmacist).
Why did the lamb call the police:
He had been fleeced.
Why was the cucumber mad?
Because it was in a pickle!
How did the farmer find his lost cow?
He tractor down.
What do you call cattle with a sense of humor?
Laughing stock.
Farmer: Why can’t you make bread like my mother?”
Wife: “Why can’t you make dough like my father?”