July/August 2024 Antique Power
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The July/August 2024 issue of Antique Power magazine is available in our gift shop and will be available in subscriber mailboxes and on newsstands soon. Featured on the cover is Dean Hunter’s 1956 Cockshutt 40D4 Golden Eagle.
A Snowbird in South Carolina
Dean Hunter’s 1956 Cockshutt Model 40D4 Golden Eagle is rare anywhere, but moreso in the Deep South.
text by Robert Gabrick • photos by Brad Bowling
Historians of the Cockshutt Plow Co. chronicle a real “family affair” starting with James and Mary Cockshutt, immigrants to Canada from England who settled in Toronto in 1827. By 1877, their grandson, James G., son of Ignatius Cockshutt, established the Brantford Plow Works in Brantford, Ontario, to manufacture plows, using the patents established by the Wiard Plow Co., Batavia, New York.
In 1882, James became president of Cockshutt Plow, while his father became vice president. The company introduced the popular J.G.C. Riding Plow in 1885—sadly, the year James died. His brother William initially served as president until 1888 or 1889—accounts vary—when another brother, Frank, assumed the presidency, serving until 1911. Henry, brother number four and the youngest, served as president until 1922. The first non-brother, George Wedlake, briefly became the president in 1922, but died the same year, with Henry again becoming president and serving until 1934. Covering the years focusing on our featured Golden Eagle tractor, manufactured in 1956, C. Gordon Cockshutt, son of Frank, served as president from 1934 through 1959.
During these years, Cockshutt expanded its implement offerings in part through the acquisition of various manufacturers, including a more than one-third interest in the Frost & Wood Co. of Smith Falls, Ontario, in 1909. Following its reorganization to become the Cockshutt Plow Company, Ltd., in 1910, Cockshutt acquired the Adams Wagon Co. and the Brantford Carriage Co.
To read the full story, pick up a copy of the July/August 2024 issue of Antique Power magazine!
Other articles in this issue include:
From the Editor
Letters to the Editor
The Canada Connection: Cute as a Bug!
Canada’s Laurentide Beetle crawler tractor.
text by Rick MannenTractor Show: Readers show off their favorites
Photos from the Attic
On the Eve of Dissolution
The Big Four 20-35 was introduced just as the Emerson-Brantingham Co. was passing into history.
text by Chad Elmore • photos by Brad BowlingRed in a Sea of Yellow and Gray
Howard Bowers’ 1935 International Harvester Model T-20 TracTracTor spices up his collection of vintage crawlers.
text by Madison Nickel • photos by Brad BowlingA Snowbird in South Carolina
Dean Hunter’s 1956 Cockshutt Model 40D4 Golden Eagle is rare anywhere, but more so in the Deep South.
text by Robert Gabrick • photos by Brad BowlingThe Book Shed: text by Robert Gabrick
Building a Flathead V-8 Ford Model 8N
text and photos by Rich FrenchEvaluating Used Tractors at Farm Auctions
text and photos by Dennis HamlinClassifieds
Show Guide
Tech Tips: The Steel of Summer
text by Ted Kalvitis • photos by Stephanie KalvitisOf Grease & Chaff: Summer Horse Shows
text by Ted KalvitisGallery: Photo by Dennis Hamlin
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