The disastrous fire of 1876 destroyed downtown Chester. To protect the village from future fires, the citizens of Chester under took to build both a water system and a fire company. This advertisement was sent to Joseph Durland, a founding member...
Single row onion set planter guided manually by a farmhand walking behind, but pulled by a tractor. The chains driven off the rear wheels operated mechanisms that dropped onion sets at designated intervals into the furrow plowed by the blades...