“Trick My What?” host John Schneider looks over the Froberg family’s tractor.

Actor comes to visit Froberg Farm

Froberg Farms, an Alvin institution, will soon be featured on a segment of “Trick My What?” on the Country Music Television station, John Schneider, former star of “The Dukes of Hazard” will be the host of the program. “This program is a combination of “Trick My Truck” and “Dirty Jobs,” said Producer Al Bazzy. Jason Morgan is the Executive Producer for the program. Viewers get involved by recommending a piece of equipment that might be in need of repair

TRACTOR HISTORY
At first glance, the International Harvester logo plastered on a sign on State Road 44 pointing to a nearby museum is just a black-colored 'H' with a giant red dotted 'i' in the middle.

To farmers and anyone well familiar with the tractor model, they know the 'H' symbolizes the back of the wheels and axle of a tractor. And the lower part of the 'i,' the body of the tractor; and the dot of the 'i,' the driver's head.

The old-timers were hard at work plowing and picking on Tuesday at Husker Harvest Days.

At one of the largest farm shows in the world, with the latest technology in farm equipment, these old-timers were busy showing why their equipment was the talk of the farm community back in the day.

For example, Marcellus Wall of Aurora had his 1936 McCormick-Deering diesel tractor out working the fields on Tuesday, the opening day of the show.

A local veteran was treated to a blast from his past last Friday.
Milo Mundorff, 94, a resident of Illinois Veterans Home at La Salle, grew up farming near Sterling. During World War II, he served in the U.S. Army Air Corps, flying C-47s. When his time in the service ended, he returned to his family’s 76-acre farm.
“I went back to farming and later I was a rural mail carrier,” Mundorff said.

Cover tractor for Fastline Minnesota edition.

Tractor of the month owned and restored by Courtney Hall, Fulton, SD.
This tractor was bought by Courtney in 2005 at an auction, making him the third owner.

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A purple cow - maybe. But a brightly gleaming full-size purple vintage farm tractor? Never until Sunday.

“I saw it out there, and I thought, ‘Boy, that must have been some party,’” Orion Samuelson, longtime WGN farm radio personality, said of the 64-year-old International H tractor, resplendent in its magnificent coat of deep purple enamel, at the 10th annual Heritage Tractor Adventure at the Grundy County Fairgrounds.

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A steel-wheeled Farmall tractor will be displayed at Penderlea Homestead Museum Homestead Day on June 11, 2011.

Read the rest of the story here: Penderalea Homestead Museum's Homestead Days

From the Marshall County Historical Museum comes this mystery photo of a Farmall tractor. Check out the full story here: Pat's Repair Shop and Farmall Tractor Mystery photo

Can you identify the repair shop and tractor? If so, you can notify the museum from the South Bend Tribune web link above.

Gilbert Lopes Jr. owns some Deere tractors, but his true love is his collection of 15 restored Farmall Tractors, including a Farmall Cub.

You can read the full story of Gilbert and his collection at this link: Gilbert Lopes Jr.'s Farmall Collection