Ghosts of Harvests Past

A few kilometres far from a town called Tillsonburg there was a gathering of antique tractors and small implements. Located on the property of a famous country store . . .
http://www.coylescountrystore.com/
. . . . this exhibit of old farm equipment displayed some tractors, cars, and small gas engines that were used on regional farms way back before WW 1. The industrious and skilled residents of this strange land have saved these ghosts of harvests-past from the erosion of time.

There were some tractors which have been restored to near-new condition. In their day, some of these pieces of equipment were cutting technology incorporating new engines and ploughing systems.

The oldest of them moved slowly – but with sufficient power to pull heavy ploughs across fields not yet fully drained.

Wherever local sources of power were needed there were small gas engines – hardy, tough, able to run for hours without stopping. >> Pics of engines

Some of these old engines have been found in trash heaps, hidden away in basements, or in a pile of pieces long forgotten.

Skilled craftsmen and hobbyists have repaired them piece-by-piece and returned them to working order to become time-travellers of a sort.

And if the tractors helped the farmer to make enough money from his farm – he may have bought a car like this Model T.

And, if they lived long enough in their old age they might have watched movies stars drive on the silver screen in a Chrysler Imperial like this one.

This small gathering of technology tells a story stretching across most of the age of oil - barely one human's life span.