The Sangamon County Farm Bureau added a new display in their Hayloft Building during the 2026 County Fair. The Bureau mailed a plea flyer with their early registration for the annual Russell Minor tractor drive. Five area collectors answered their request. The result was a very nice antique agriculture display.
The display doesn’t only consist of tractors. Lloyd Fraase is displaying his 1961 Massey Harris model 30 combine. It features a seven foot.small grain header, and Lloyd actually has operated the machine at events.
I didn’t get much information regarding this little machine, but it would be the smallest
Dave Kemp didn’t have to travel far. In fact, he only drove across town with his 1947 Minneapolis Moline U. Dave has fond memories of his grandfather farming with the same model tractor.
Jim Price brought a nicely restored John Deere 630 towing a redone JD augur cart. He and Lloyd should get into custom harvesting. The problem is that augur carts weren’t used back then like modern use. They were more used for feeding livestock.
On the south end of a display, sets a 1946 Gibson model A with front blade and mulboatd plow. More can be read in the article Imposter? found in the archives of this blog.
Next to that is a Shaw Du-all R12T electric start with mounted sickle bar nower. Check out the Shaw & Tell page here on the blog for more information on that tractor.
The Farm Bureau has two rare tractors on display,the Du-all being one. The other rare machine is the 1938 Graham Bradley standard owned by Keith Ladage. Only 35 standard models are still known to exist. This is one of the earliest that rolled from assembly. I have written two articles discussing Graham Bradley Graham Bradley, What’s the Story? and another article discusses the standard model. Graham Bradley. the Second Time.
Keith’s Graham is displayed with a David Bradley manure spreader of the same era as the tractor. What’s interesting to note is that the two Bradley companies are totally separate. Graham Bradley built tractors, and David Bradley built implements. Both companies sold through the Sears catalog.
Editor’s note ~ photography credit goes to Madison Taylor. She is the Farm Bureau representative for the display. Thanks, Madison, for your assistance!
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