Farmer's Equipment Company, 1936 -1937 News clippings and advertisements printed in the St. Joseph News Press Gazette and Kansas City Star.
A - There are two news clippings on one side of this page. One of the clippings is a photograph and short description showing Ed Heney taking a all-crop harvester across the Missouri River to his farm land on an island in the river.
"When Ed Heney, a farmer living on a 3, 200-acre island in the Missouri River near Iowa Point, Kansas, recently purchased an all-crop harvester from the Farmer's Equipment Company of St. Joseph, he asked delivery of the harvester. The above picture shows the difficult method employed in delivering the harvester. The island farmer has 200 acres of land under cultivation, 120 acres being in wheat."
The second clipping is a picture of Allis-Chalmers "WC" tractors in front of the Farmers Equipment Company ready for delivery. Includes a brief article about the "WC" tractors and the All-Crop Harvester.
On the back of this page is 7 advertisements of equipment sold by the Farmer's Equipment Company.
B - The news clippings on this page include pictures of Allis-Chalmers WC tractor and spring tooth harrow at work and an Allis-Chalmers trailer carrying a tractor. Also includes an article about the new Allis-Chalmers Trailer which is pictured. There are five small classified advertisements also.
On back of this page is a full page advertisement of various farm equipment . Appears to have been torn from a magazine.
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