May/June 2025 Antique Power
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The May/June 2025 issue of Antique Power magazine is available in our gift shop and will be available in subscriber mailboxes and on newsstands soon. For this issue we feautre Craig Drury’s 1940 Massey-Harris 101 Super.
A Bicentennial Farm’s First Tractor
Machines such as Craig Drury’s 1940 Massey-Harris 101 Super helped usher in the power farming age!
Story by Chad Elmore, Photos by Carrie Nickerson
As farmers across the United States transitioned to power farming in the 1930s, one of the most difficult hurdles for many to overcome was the fact that their horses had become more than just prime movers. They had become part of the family.
Even after Craig Drury’s grandfather drove down to Barrie, Ontario, Canada, to buy a brand-new Massey-Harris 101 Super in April 1939, Drury Farm’s horses were not sold or retired.
“It was the first tractor on the family farm, but he actually hung onto horses for quite a while after that,” Drury said. “My dad, aunts, and cousins said he liked working with horses. They pulled the wagons up to the threshing machine that the 101 ran, even though there were other tractors on the farm at the time that could have handled it. He wanted to keep them, but you couldn’t afford just to have them stick around, so they had to do something to add value to the farm.”
Equestrian power was eventually phased out, however, after which something occurred that tractor engineers and marketing teams could not have predicted—the tractor became a cherished part of the family, too.
To read the full story, pick up a copy of the May/June 2025 issue of Antique Power magazine!
Other articles in this issue include:
From the Editor
Letters to the Editor
The Canada Connection: Inventor and Pioneer Charles Noble
Setting the stagePaper Farming: John O. Heinze
Tractor Engineer and EntrepreneurDr. Dan’s Tractor Clinic: Fuel of Dreams
Keep your tractor from irrigating the field with fuelA Crawler with Wooden Tracks?
The Keystone Truck & Tractor Museum’s 1955 John Deere 40C is an attention-grabber!
Story by Madison Nickel, Photos by Brad BowlingA Bicentennial Farm’s First Tractor
Machines such as Craig Drury’s 1940 Massey-Harris 101 Super helped usher in the power farming age!
Story by Chad Elmore, Photos by Carrie NickersonA Proven Thesis
Jim and Guy Heaslip’s 1923 10-20 C demonstrates why Hart and Parr are “founders of the tractor industry!”
Story by Jim Volgarino, Photos by Carrie NickersonThe Book Shed
Classifieds
Show Guide
Of Grease & Chaff: Lab Rat
Tech Tips: “Put Your Shoulder to the Wheel, Pilgrim.”
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