Wheels Of Farm Progress by Marvin McKinley 1980 First Edition, soft cover

 Wheels Of Farm Progress by Marvin McKinley 1980 First Edition, soft cover Publisher: American Society Of Agricultural Engineers 8 ½” X 11” 154 pages Copyright 1980   Table of Contents Foreword  iv About the Author  vi It All Began With the Reaper 1 The Glorious Days of Steam Threshing 25 Those Hit and Miss "Hired Hands" 53 Harnessing the "Modern Farm Horse"  69 From Leather Reins to Steering Wheels  97 Getting the Farmer Out of the Mud 111 The "Devil Wagon" Invades the Farm  127 Bibliography 154   The author writes, life on the farm during the 1930's was an unforgettable adventure for me. As a youngster in grade school, every activity throughout the year had a special meaning. There was spring plowing and planting, haymaking, grain harvesting, fall plowing and planting, and finally, corn harvesting. Although tractor power was used for some of the heavy work, most activities were performed by horses. My father had four of them on our farm. Threshing was unquestionably the biggest and m