Letters to
the Editor4 November 2018 Farm CollectorSend letters to: Farm Collector Editorial, 1503 SW 42nd St., Topeka, KS 66609
fax: (785) 274-4385 • email: [email protected] • online at: farmcollector.comLast fall, I submitted a couple of photographs for your annual
reader submission contest. One was chosen for the cover of the
February 2018 issue. The two men in my photograph, George
Eddy and Jon Dorman, have had a lot of fun with their picture
being on the cover of Farm Collector, and their newfound
“fame” has created a running joke among their friends and
fellow collectors.
Along those lines, on
July 4 the two staged an
“autograph signing” of
their magazine cover at
the same show where I
took the cover photo-
graph. I took a picture
of their autograph booth,
which could be accom-
panied by the following
caption:With crickets chirping in the
background at the annual 4th of
July celebration at Exline, Iowa,
George Eddy and Jon Dorman
patiently wait for the throngs of
fans clamoring for their auto-
graphs after appearing on the
cover of the February 2018 issue of Farm
Collector magazine. After about 15 minutes, it became apparent
that everyone forgot to bring their copy of the magazine to be
autographed (myself included), so George and Jon quietly went back
to tending their engine displays. Just before taking this photograph,
George’s brother Jamie commented, “See what you’ve started?” As
the one who took the original photograph that ended up on the
cover of Farm Collector, I do feel some responsibility for boosting
their egos, only to watch them deflate after the unsuccessful auto-
graph signing.
Charles Wise, Sedalia, MissouriCover subjects relish their 15 minutes of fame
I have read your recent articles concern-
ing the Maytag washers with interest. My
dad had a different perspective of them
and I heard various stories (mostly amus-
ing) through the years. My grandfather,
William Manson, farmed near Oregon,
Wisconsin, and he had a milk route back in
the mid- to late-1920s. My father, David,
his second-oldest son, picked up canned
milk from various farms.
My father hated Mondays as Monday
was washday. Most of the farmers then
did not have much experience with gasengines and if there was a starting
problem, their wives were told to “wait
for the milkman as he has more experi-
ence with engines.” He was frequently
behind schedule on Mondays due to the
interruptions. My dad was mechanically
inclined and did work for a Ford garage
in the early 1930s before he went farm-
ing a few years later.
There’s always another view to the
issues of progress – even back then!
Holly Manson, Stoughton, WisconsinEngine won’t start? Just wait for the milkman
Don’t miss your chance to share
your photography with the readers
of Farm Collector! Deadline for our
annual show photo issue is Nov. 1.
Send your favorite photos from
the past show season: We’ll print
as many as we have space for in our
February 2019 issue.
With each photo, please send
as much detailed information as
possible, including make and model
of equipment; names of identifiable
people; name, date and location of
the show. Please include a phone
number and email address so we can
contact you if we have questions.
Photos of children under age 18 can
be published only if accompanied by
a release signed by the child’s parent;
contact us if you need a release form.
Need more information? Please call us
at (800) 682-4704.
Send good quality prints (no photos
from home printers will be accepted)
to Farm Collector Show Photos, 1503
SW 42nd St., Topeka, KS 66609.
Email high-resolution digital images to
[email protected].Get those show
photos ready!I enjoyed very much the story featuring Robert Lefever in the August issue of Farm
Collector. There is, however, an error that others may have already pointed out.
Below the inset about the Hoke tractor is a picture of a General tractor made by the
Cleveland Tractor Co. It apparently has no relevance to the Hoke tractor but admit-
tedly there are similarities. The General is a 2-cylinder tractor and was featured in the
February 2003 issue of Farm Collector.
Garrison “Doc” Brown, Eastville, Virginia
Editor’s note: Thanks for the note, Doc! You are correct: The photo was misidentified.
Here’s an image of a Hoke, easily identified by the letter “H” on the gas tank.Photo caption misidentified tractor