History Nuggets
Backsetting Revisited
In a 2018 History Nugget, we described the backsetting method of breaking virgin sod. A reader informed us that there is more information on backsetting in the book Profitable Grain Growing written in 1919 by Seager Wheeler, a noted agronomist and grain grower of the time. Seager Wheeler immigrated to Canada in 1885 and in…
READ MORERestoring Big Roy
While the Manitoba Agricultural Museum’s collection includes some very recognizable artifacts such as the Case 32-110 steam engine, Rumely Model E Oil Pull, Bull Moose Sheaf Loader, and others, the most recognizable artifact is the prototype Versatile Model 1080 tractor better known as Big Roy. Big Roy is one of our biggest attractions; people from…
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