November/December 2024 Antique Power
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Mike Androvich’s 1924 Farmall | 2024 Century Tractor
The November/December 2024 issue of Antique Power magazine is available in our gift shop and will be available in subscriber mailboxes and on newsstands soon. Our 2024 Century Tractor is Mike Androvich’s 1924 Farmall.
The Pioneering FARMALL
Ohio collector Mike Androvich’s 1924 Farmall
is an amazing, untouched pioneer survivor.
Story by Robert Gabrick • Photos by Brad Bowling
The year 1924 was the middle of those much-ballyhooed—but largely incorrectly labeled—”Roaring Twenties.” The population of the United States stood at 114,109,000 with an average annual income of $3,481. The year features some interesting nostalgic highlights, including the admission of the Boston Bruins (the first team from the U.S.) into the National Hockey League, the debut of George Gershwin’s Rhapsody in Blue, the initial publication of the melody and lyrics to Happy Birthday, the first Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade, and new products such as Bit-O-Honey candy, Kleenex, Marlboro and menthol cigarettes, Wheaties, iodized salt, and the mass production of Band-Aid bandages. Voters in November elected Republican Calvin Coolidge to a full term as president—his first term began on Aug. 2, 1923, following the death of President Warren Harding.
After a “mild recession” in 1924, much of the nation’s economy would exhibit the dynamic growth that lasted until the Wall Street Crash of 1929, but the agricultural sector was not recovering so quickly. At the time, chroniclers made much of the postwar depression that began in 1920 as the context to understanding conditions in 1924—the centennial year we commemorate with our featured 1924 Farmall.
According to the report by Secretary of Agriculture Henry C. Wallace (who died in office on Oct. 24, 1924) and his successor, Howard M. Gore, in the Agriculture Yearbook 1924—published in 1925 by the U.S. Department of Agriculture—the drop in demand following the war had a devastating impact on the nation’s financial health and agriculture in particular. Patriotic appeals to increase farm production during the war did not end when the Germans surrendered to the Allies in November 1918. Many believed high prices would be permanent.
“Farmers were given every encouragement to maintain production at a high level,” wrote Wallace and Gore. “They were assured that a starving world overseas would take all they could produce at profitable prices.”
To read the full story, pick up a copy of the November/December 2024 issue of Antique Power magazine!
Other articles in this issue include:
From the Editor
Letters to the Editor
Photos from the Attic
The Canada Connection: The 1917 Brandon Light Tractor Plowing Demonstration
“A Tractor for the Ages”
This 1948 Allis-Chalmers Model C has served four generations of Michigan’s VerHage family.
Story and Photos by Fred HendricksThe Book Shed
Post-Flambeau Power
Russell French’s 1955 Case 400 has been restored to the last nut and bolt! Story by Madison Nickel • Photos by Chuck VranasThe Pioneering Farmall
Ohio collector Mike Androvich’s 1924 Farmall is an amazing, untouched pioneer survivor.
Story by Robert Gabrick • Photos by Brad BowlingHafer’s Pet
An ultra-rare 1911 York Our Pet tractor has been on the Hafer family’s Ohio farm since new! Story by Rick Mannen • Photos by Al RogersClassifieds
Tech Tips: Hardwood Traction Aid
NEW DEPARTMENT! Dr. Dan’s Tractor Clinic: Injector Nozzles
Of Grease & Chaff: “Don’t You Get Cold?”
Gallery: Photo by A. Kissell
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