Box S46, Strathmore, Alberta, Canada
Pioneer Acres Plowmen and Threshermen’s Club, Langdon
Alberta held their annual show August 11 and 12, 1973. A large
crowd was in attendance on both days. Featured at the show were two
Case Steamers, 2 30-60 Rumleys, 1 25-45 Rumely, 1 30-60 Aultman
Taylor, 1 25 horse I.H.C. single cylinder tractor, 122-44 M. N.
plus twenty other gas tractors.
Three separators were kept busy threshing bundles which were cut
and stacked from previous years. A Baker fan was also in constant
use. A large number of stationary engines were popping away,
featuring a Fairbanks-Morse pumping engine connected to a water
trough.
A number of antique cars and trucks were also on display. One of
the outstanding units was an I.H.C. 1-1/2 ton truck. This truck was
used by I.H.C. in Calgary before it was purchased by Walter
Bushfield of Calgary. He completely restored it to its original
condition.
Plans are under way for a bigger and better show in 1974.
Above pictures were taken on the L. P. Schooling farm at Hussar,
Alberta, Canada. Hussar is 60 miles East of Calgary. The pictures
are of the same Rumely 30-60 which is still intact. The picture of
the Rumely plowing was taken in 1932 – the last year it ran. The
operator is Arin Ornburn.
