Gary Eberspacher
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This is my last of the 4 units I am trying to find out what the model numbers are. I would like to know the model # of the Allis Chalmers Corn Picker. It was bought during the war in 1944. The picture was taken in 1945. My grandfather and four of his sons who where married and farming on their own applied for a permit to get a corn picker because they where being rationed. Since there were 5 farmers asking for one corn picker they were one of the few who got a picker that year in the Seward County, NE area. I'm trying to document all the combines and corn pickers my family has owned since my grandfather and his two brothers bought a Russell Steam Tractor and a Nichols & Shepard Separator. I have already documented all the tractors my family has owned since 1929 when my grandfather bought the first tractor a 15-30. I have all the tractors from 31 farmers past and present for total of 251 tractors. We can't decide what to do with the Russell Steam Tractor. We don't know the exact date it was purchased or what horsepower plus it was only used for threshing. We think it is around a 1912 or a little earlier and around 18 horsepower. We could use this as the first tractor but since it was only used for threshing unless we can come up with some more information about the Russell we will probably stay with the 1929 15-30 as our first tractor.