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On behalf of the entire mem-bership of Chapter 15, I want to welcome you to Minnesota and to our summer show.

We are featuring white and gold demonstrator tractors and equipment and celebrating the 50th anniversary of Cub Cadet and Scout along with 75 years of Harvester Red. We have worked very hard to give you one of the best summer shows ever.

There are many interesting and one of-a-kind items dis-played. We have an old-time 1950s kitchen, complete with International Harvester Co. appliances and a chrome table. There is a complete collection of “red” kitchen utensils that would have completed the average kitchen.

A display of Adolph Ron-ning’s machinery introduces the Minnesota man credited with inventing the Farmall system for IHC. He invented and patented the first tractor drawn ensilage cutter.

He also invented and de-veloped the knee-action front end.

One of our members, Dave Morrison, will be giving Trac-tor Walk tours. Morrison is a custom restorer with an ency-clopedic knowledge of tractors and implements. He will be giving the tour on Thursday and Friday.

We have not forgotten about the ladies. We have a shopping trip to the Mall of America,

garden tours and an entertain-ing presentation by the Hat Lady.

One of the most important events for women is the quilt-ing contest. Each entry is a red-tractor-themed quilt. The event will be judged by you and the other guests and is always a crowd pleaser.

The children will be kept busy, too. There is a scavenger hunt, pedal tractor maze, a sandbox play land, money to be found in the straw pile and what tractor event would be complete without a kids pedal pull contest?

There will be a sea of red tractors, plenty of implements, trucks, Scouts, Cub Cadets, engines and many enthusi-asts to help make the show memorable.

If there is anything we can do for you while you are here, please do not hesitate to ask.

Again, thank you, one and all, for coming to our show. We hope you have a great time and come visit us again.

Bruce Jensen,president,Chapter 15

In the driver’s seat of Bruce Jensen’s 1939 Farmall H.This tractor graces the cover of the program.

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We would like to take this opportunity to welcome you to the 2000 Red Power Round-up here at Albert Lea.

We are glad that you are able to participate and we are happy to have you here. We hope that the Roundup is plea-surable and profitable for you.

We want you to know that we appreciate your participa-tion. It is not only important for the Roundup, it’s also im-portant for the collecting and preservation of International Harvester products.

Without you, we the col-lectors would not be able to

restore our red treasures and educate the world about Inter-national Harvester. Not only to mention the pure joy and fun that it brings to us all. Thank you again for being here.

In the summer of 1993, I at-tended a Red Power Round-up in Wisconsin. It was very impressive!

During the following win-ter the idea came to me that Minnesota certainly has many people that love and use IHC tractors and equipment. With this in mind, I contacted the editor of Red Power Magazine to get names and addresses of subscribers living in Min-nesota. In June of 1994, I sent them invitations to come to my farm later that month for a meeting to see what interest there might be in starting an IHC Collectors Club chapter. About 50 people came. With advice from two directors from Wisconsin, we elected officers and applied to the Na-

tional Club to charter an IHC Collectors Chapter. That fall we were chartered as Chap-ter 15 IHC Collectors. Those elected were: President David Alstad, Vice President Bruce Nieman, Secretary and Trea-surer Vicky Nieman, Historian Marlene Peterson, Photogra-pher Bob Carlson and direc-tors Ron Scheck, Randy Hun-gerholt, and Pat Gregory.

Wayne Swenson of Dalton Minnesota, on behalf of the Lake Region Power Associa-tion, invited us there. This was our first state show and a huge success. Due to the hard work of our members, we have steadily grown so that today we have about 375 members. — David Alstad, past president of Chapter 15

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1. The Safety Officer has authority to enforce any per-ceived safety issues.

2. All alcohol, fireworks and firearms are prohibited with the exception of IH-built rifles in a display.

3. All drivers over the age of 16 must be licensed. Driv-ers under 16 are only allowed in the parade with adult supervision.

4. Speed limit on grounds is 5 mph for all vehicles.5. Pedestrians have the right of way.6. Cub Cadets may not be driven unless in progress to

show book arena, or parade.7. All golf carts are to remain outside of buildings.8. All display vehicles must remain parked unless in

progress to show book arena or parade.9. Riders on tractors are not allowed unless the tractor

has a permanently installed rider seat, with the exception of those supervising drivers under 16.

10. Fuel or oil leaks must be contained. Any display with uncontained leaks must be removed from the grounds.

11. In case of severe weather, take shelter in a bathroom building or in the lower level of the grandstand.

12. A complete list of fair safety protocols is available at the Fairlane Chapter Building Command Center.

13. Quiet time is from 10:30 p.m. to 7 a.m.14. No open ground fires.15. Gators and 4-wheelers may not be driven on the

grounds while the show is in progress.16. In case of emergency, call 911 and report to the Fair-

lane Building Chapter Command Center.Stay safe, play well with others and have fun!

The Freeborn County Fair began when most fairs began in Minnesota, which was 1858.

One of the first bills passed by the Legislature when Min-nesota became a state was to authorize county agricultural societies to be formed. It was the society’s responsibility to put on the county fair. It was the purpose of the fair to have farmers exhibit their livestock and crafts and be evaluated so that they may raise better live-stock for public consumption.

The Freeborn County Fair for the first 45 years was held many places with the first fair taking place on Main Street. In 1903, 45 acres were pur-chased for $5,000 and perma-nent buildings were erected.

The 2011 fair will be the 128th county fair. The math tells you some years fair were not held. Reasons for this were many but include the Civil War, polio and too much rain.

The fair has grown from a $5,000 yearly budget to a cur-rent $700,000 budget. Admis-sion for early fairs was 25 cents for the whole fair to cur-rently $42 for a season pass..

The fair is best known for its attraction of musical artists. Over the years we have had such names as Garth Brooks, Reba McEntire, George Jones, Oak Ridge Boys and many others. These shows are pro-vided with your payment for admission at the gate, cur-rently $9.

A history of the Freeborn County Fair

Country legend George Jones smiles while admiring the talent of his fiddle player at the 2010 Freeborn County

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If you love an auction Red Power Roundup 2011 is the place to be. We have three auc-tions going on.

The Friday consignment auc-tion is in the Livestock judging arena (Building 21) at 10 a.m. There will be lots of high qual-ity tractors and equipment com-ing through the show ring. You may find just the prize tractor you have been looking for. Bid live onsite or hook up to bid live simulcast! Go to www.aasnes-sauctioneers.com for live inter-net bidding connection!

A memorabilia auction starts at 1 p.m. Saturday in the Fair-lane Building (No. 39). Come and bid on one of the special

items and stay for the general meeting at 2 p.m.

Some of the items up for auc-tion are; covered one gallon Red Wing crocks numbered 1 through five, belt buckles 1-10, 1/16 scale 826 Gold Demonstra-tor tractors, 10 gold demonstra-tor pedal tractors, two hand-made quilts, 3X5 IH flags, a 2011 Cub Cadet GTX 2154 and many other items. Don’t miss out on this auction.

The third auction is the Silent Auction in the women’s activi-ties building (No. 16), featuring many beautiful items handmade by women of Chapter 15. Get your bid in before bidding clos-es at 1 pm Saturday.

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By Kathy EcKstrand

Each year the IH collec-tors have a winter show and a summer show. The shows are held at differ-ent locations each year.

Last March, the winter show was held at Colum-bia, Ind. It was hosted by Chapter 7. The show was awesome with seminars, a wonderful hospitality room, vendors and much much laughing and trac-tor talking. One of the best winter shows ever.

On Saturday night, a banquet was held with broadcaster Max Armstrong as guest speaker. Max gave a great talk of farming, tractors and enjoying our freedoms.

Then it was time for the drawing for the door prizes. Many vendors and chapters donate items for the drawing. The very first prize was indeed a special prize. It was a framed, matted print of “A Beautiful Hands of a Farmer,” written and donat-ed by Shari Schaefer, who is the editor of Heritage Iron.

We all “oooed” and “ahhhed” over the beautiful print. Max read the poem, and we waited anxious-ly to see who would be taking this prize home.

Guess what? The number was called and the winner was a Minnesota Chapter 15 member, Carol Suter from Sherburn. What a memora-ble night for Carol; she was speechless. That print will have a place of honor in Carol and Gail’s home.


The International Harvesters Collectors Club provides a worldwide collectors

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IH Collectors of MN #15 is one of more than 30 chapters in this worldwide network. As a state chapter, we bring the collecting and preserving of IH-related products and history to the local

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The Beautiful Hands of a FarmerLong before the sun rises, the farmer’s strong hands start the day clasped together to pray.Asking God’s blessing on the day and the strength to deal with whatever comes his way.With folded hands he prays for family, friends and his fields. He knows that his crops need a good yield.From sun up to sun down his hands have cared for his family, plowed fields and tilled the ground.After he has fed the flocks and harvested the grain, he looks to Heaven and thanks the Lord for the evening rain.As his family gathers round the table for the evening meal, his strong hands hold the hands beside him. He gives thanks to theHeavenly Father for the fruits of his labor and asks for wisdom to guide him.Each wrinkle on his hands shows the love, devotion, hard work and pain;But through God’s love, his perseverance will sustain.God has said the rain, the snow, the sunshine and the night all have purpose and a season.The farmer’s hands know the reason.The farmer’s hands are done for the day, one last time they are clasped to pray.Thanking God for the beautiful day the Master has sent his way.

Carol suter

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By Conrad Fiskness Events such as the Red

Power Roundup — sometimes abbreviated as RPRU — tend to bring out some of the more unusual collections including items that even savvy collec-tors have not heard of. One such item is expected to be brought to Albert Lea and the Freeborn County Fairgrounds in June.

The Cowboard, an online group of antique tractor en-thusiasts, is working on a 1929 Farmall Regular. Because the 2011 RPRU is featuring demonstrators, the group researched International Harvester’s history and found evidence that painting special tractors and equipment white to draw attention was some-thing IH started in the late 1920s if not before.

Howard Raymond, also known as the “Nebraska Cow-man,” ringleader of the group, tells us that a 1929 Farmall has been donated, and they are in the process of restoring it to replicate the State Fair White Display model shown pic-tured here. As of the writing of this article, a month before

the show, the tractor is nearly assembled and ready for paint. You can find current pictures of progress on the tractor at www.nebraskacowman.com/talk.

The Nebraska Cowman plans to have this tractor on display in the Cattle Barn at the RPRU, and it will be there for all visitors to view. Howard is recruiting other exhibits to be on display in the same area as the White

Farmall Regular. It will be worth the time to stop by the Cowboard exhibit to what shows up in addition to the 1929 Regular.

The Cowman and his friends who make up the Cowboard have utilized their display to raise funds for projects such as McCormick Family Archives, which are a part of the Wisconsin State Historical Society. In 2011 the project tractor will be sold to

the highest bidder by silent auction with the funds di-rected to the Larson Tractor Test Museum in Lincoln, Neb. The Larson Tractor Museum is housed in the original for-mer Tractor Test Lab on the University of Nebraska East Campus.

When attending the Red Power Roundup in Albert Lea, allow time for searching out displays. You may be sur-prised by what you find.

a White Farmall regular? What’s up with that?

The Cowboard is replicating this rare 1929 Farmall Regular. As of the printing of this program, it was slated to be on display in the Cattle Barn. Go see if it is there!

The making of an iH collectorBy Linda kLein

I was never a farm girl grow-ing up. I lived in the country, on a lake, before it was stylish to have lake shore property.

My first farm experience was on my uncle’s farm. His farm was “green” as he worked at the parts counter of a local dealership. I begged my cous-in to let me drive the tractor when we were coming home from picking rocks. He relent-ed and let me drive but later suffered the consequences for letting me drive, as that was not allowed.

The first encounter with International Harvester that I can remember came when I was a teenager. Dad pur-chased a Scout to replace his World War II-era Jeep. He plowed snow in the winter and graded roads in the sum-mer and wore out the Jeep. I do not know what year Scout he purchased, but I know it was purchased in the mid-1960s or earlier. He used his Scout for lots of things. He outfitted the rear bench seats with custom wooden tool-boxes to hold his carpenter tools. He would remove them so we could take the Scout out on Saturday night so the tools wouldn’t be rattling, and we had more room for friends to ride along.

He continued his snow plowing business and even used the Scout to pull a plow and plant rye. He made enough with his rye crop to pay my sister’s first semester of college tuition in 1965. That red and white Scout was a work horse! I will always have

fond memories of driving it around.

Fast forward a few years, I married and my husband, Joel, and went to work for a deal-ership with a brand offering green tractors. About the time he started with them in 1971, they switched to International Harvester. The red era began in earnest and has never ended. We were both hooked for life.

We bought a 40-acre fruit farm with a vineyard, and Joel worked for the dealership, putting together implements, pouring feed bunks and later as service manager. He had a 1972 1210 Flambeau Red 3/4-ton pickup that he paid cash for, and we used for farm hauling. He drove a Fleetstar back and forth to work so he could pick up and deliver trac-tors along the way.

On occasion, he drove a Transtar to Louisville to pick up tractors and Cub Cadets or to East Moline to pick up corn planters, corn pickers and combines. One of the most memorable trips was the trip to pick up one of the first Two Plus Two tractors seen in the county. Our boys were so excited to see their dad drive that four-wheel-drive tractor off the truck and around our farm. Our first tractor was a 404 that we traded for a 454.

Over the years our kids had pedal tractors, toy trac-tors, stocking hats and IH patches on their jackets and IH caps. They thought that green

would hurt their eyes. They cherished truck rides with their dad to the West Chicago warehouse, and on tractor pick-up-and-delivery runs.

I mowed the grass with an old 1965 Cub Cadet 122, with which we are still mowing. I had greenthumb garden gloves, IH scarves, IH bandan-

as from the Farm Progress Show and IH hats. I learned to plow the gar-den and rake hay with the 454. That was quite an ac-complishment for the non-farm girl. I backed trailers and wagons by

unhooking them and pushing them around with the tongue.

One day, Joel brought home an O4 with a PTO for me to use with the cherry picker. It burned so much oil that Joel changed spark plugs every day. I ran out of gas one day and couldn’t get it started again because I had refilled the gas tank instead of the distil-late tank. I drove a 1974 purple Scout with two wheel drive. It would get stuck on a blade of wet grass until we put radial tires on it. Our next Scout was a 1979 marine blue four-wheel drive. I said I would drive that one until the wheels fell off. Last time I looked they were still on, but I haven’t driven it for many years.

We quit farming in 1985 and moved to the Twin Cities. The Cub Cadet came with us. We didn’t think much about International Harvester col-lecting as our lives had taken a turn toward the suburbs. Joel

continued to work in a farm-related field of after-market parts. In the late ’90s we at-tended a show in Hastings, and met a nice man named Conrad Fiskness. He signed Joel up as a member of IH Col-lectors Chapter 15. We went to early organizational meetings and showed up to help at Red Power 1999. Help was needed in the show book photo area and we were later asked to help put the book together. When books were ready to mail, we helped as we lived very close to UPS and the 24 Hour Post office. Shortly after Red Power 1999 Joel was elected to the Board of Direc-tors for IH Collectors Chapter 15.

After attending 1999 Red Power Roundup we started looking around and realized that we had a collection with-out even knowing we were collectors. Joel had tools and we had the Cub Cadet. We had hats, bandanas, service manuals and still owned the Scout II. The O4 is still around and we have since added 6 more Cub Cadets, purchased a 154 Cub Low Boy with a belly mower and a C with a belly mower.

We are both very active with Chapter 15. Joel serves as sec-retary and I am merchandise manager. Because of the club and our collecting, we have made so many new friends and even gained an IH family. We are collectors of IH, family, friends and many memories.

Now, speaking to the next generations: keep collecting IH, family, friends and memo-ries.

Max Armstrong is one of the most widely recognized and highly regarded agriculture journalists in America. His broadcasts have been seen and heard by millions of farmers, ranchers and consumers for more than 30 years.

As director of Broadcasting for Farm Progress Companies, the largest agricultural media company in America, Arm-strong is responsible for the daily radio programming and the television specials pro-duced by Farm Progress.

He is also co-host of “This Week In AgriBusiness,” one of the popular shows on the RFD-TV rural programming channel, and Armstrong con-tinues co-hosting on Saturdays a weekly hourlong agriculture program on Chicago broad-cast powerhouse WGN Radio, where he has been heard every week for more than 30 years.

In pursuit of the news of ag-riculture, Armstrong has origi-nated broadcasts from every state in America and at least 30 different nations. His work has earned dozens of honors from agriculture groups, trade associations and professional organizations.

Armstrong is a graduate of Purdue University and was honored by the school in its elite Old Masters program in 2004. He is proud of his Indi-ana roots, having grown up on a farm near the town of Owensville in southwestern Indiana and has maintained close ties with the agriculture community.

Since 1990 Armstrong has contributed his time as an ap-pointed fire commissioner in

the western suburbs of Chica-go. Serving on a three-member board, he hires and promotes full-time firefighters and para-medics for one of the highest-rated fire departments in the United States, the Lisle-Woo-dridge Fire Protection District.

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A Cub Cadet 70, which were built from 1963 to 1965

Beginning in 1960, Interna-tional Harvester developed a new line of lawn and garden equipment. This was a major departure from the typical farm equipment, but reflected the rising popularity of coun-try homes and a need for small power equipment.

The first of this equipment was the Cub Cadet tractor, available in three basic engine sizes: 7, 10 and 12 horsepower. These small tractors had a wide variety of Cub Cadet and aftermarket attachments avail-able, including lawn mowers, blades, snowblowers, ro-tary tillers, front end loaders, dump carts and other attach-ments.

Company advertising of the time noted that after field testing, Cub Cadets were by “boys’ acknowledged by many as the world’s most destruc-tive force!” The Cub Cadets came through this test with flying colors, a credit to the child-proof safety features built into the units. In addi-

tion to many safety features, the Cub Cadets included extra rugged construction, instant starting and a “swept back” hood design.

Some came in red for IH dealers while the yellow and white ones generally were for lawn mower dealers and places that sold garden trac-tors and small implement.

Cub Cadets may be smaller than regular tractors, but they still pull their weight 50 years after they were first manufac-tured and 30 years after they last rolled off the production line.

MTD purchased the Cub Cadet line from International Harvester Co. in 1981. At first, the biggest difference was the loss of the IH logo from the front. Now MTD incorporates parts in them from its other brands, such as Troy-Built.

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Dad had older IH tractors that influence me to this day, as my main IH interest is trac-tors built before 1940.

I attended my first “antique farm show” in 1970 at age 12 and have been attending shows ever since.

I now do parade announcing at shows throughout south-eastern Minnesota, giving trivial details about all units that roll by and even more in-formation if the unit happens to be anything manufactured by IH.

The first official Tractor Walk happened in 2008 at Le Sueur County Pioneer Power with the big Field of M’s display, which people are still talking about. Subse-quent walks were held at the Albany show, which featured

pre-1939 tractors and in Jor-dan, which featured A, B and C tractors.

I’m looking forward to Cub Cadet and Demonstrator Trac-tor Walks at 2011 Red Power Roundup. I hope it doesn’t rain.

Also, I am hoping for a good turnout of 1939 and older tractors so I can study the details and continue my research on when various changes were made during the production run of these machines.

A good time should be had by all IH collectors and spec-tators who will be coming to Albert Lea.

David W. Morrison, rural West Concord, born Aug. 30, 1958, and from an IH viewpoint, it is about the time the 140 to 560 tractors were being introduced.

We are planning a variety of fun activities for the young-sters in and around the Kiddie Farm Yard, Building 20, from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Thursday and Friday and from 9 a.m. to 12 p.m. on Saturday. There will be a sandpile with IH toys for that big construction project.

Children can pedal a tractor through a straw maze, com-pete in a pedal tractor pull scheduled for 3 p.m. Thursday, ride the barrel train or hunt for coins in a straw pile. The

younger kids will enjoy side-walk chalk, bubbles and shap-ing edible play dough.

Older kids can test their skills with a scavenger hunt. Adults and children will enjoy drawing lessons by children’s author and illustrator, Billy Steers. Billy will be drawing on Thursday and Friday at 11 a.m. and 3 p.m. Children must be accompanied by an adult and activities will be supervised for the safety of the participants.

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Anne Jans, “The Hat Lady,” has been collecting antique women’s hats, hatboxes and hatpins for 19 years and speaking about the history of women’s hats and shar-ing her collection throughout Minnesota and surrounding states for 18 years. In that time she has acquired quite a large collection of hats dating from the 1840s through the 1960s.

Although she doesn’t col-lect drsses, she has approxi-mately 125 from the late 1800s through the 1960s as well. Anne is a full time family and consumer science, or home economics, teacher in Jordan,

teaching grades 7-12. Anne has been able to bring in her collections and share them with her sewing and fashion classes.

She is currently working on a master’s degree in read-ing. She spends her spare time, learning and sharing her knowledge of the Czech culture and heritage and serv-ing on the Board of Directors for the Minnesota Pageant. Anne loves spending time with her family, her husband, Andy, and her three children, Clayton, 5, Alenka, 3 1/2 and Wyatt, 2, which keeps her very busy. The highlight of her life is being a wife and mother.

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Meet the Hat LadyBy Garrett WaMpLer

Duane Anderson is a man passionate about his Interna-tional Harvester tractors.

In fact, he owns 40 tractors, and only two of them are other brands.

Anderson lives by his Far-mall tractors. The other brands in his shed are a John Deere and an Allis Chalmers; other-wise, he is all Farmall.

His passion for these ma-chines drove him to become a member of the International Harvesters Collectors Club, Minnesota Chapter 15. Ander-son, 68, has been a member for a year.

His duty is supplying many tractors from his personal col-lection for the 2011 National Red Power Roundup.

Most of his work for the national event was to clean of all of his tractors. According to Anderson, it will all be worth it.

“We run into a lot of nice people and get to visit with good members,” Anderson said.

Included in his collection will be one of Anderson’s proudest pieces of his col-lection, his 1939 Farmall H, which Anderson said he has put a lot of time and money

into restoring.“This is a hobby, I had to

have something,” Anderson said. “They were all basket cases.”

The southern Minnesota man became interested in the red machines at the ripe age of 30 by attending trade shows, tractor shows and an-tique shows.

Nothing garnered his inter-ests more than antique-tractor pulling. Anderson was in-volved in the motorsport for six or seven years. He would travel to Northwood, Iowa, with regularity for tractor pulls. Anderson even garnered first place there in 1980.

His tractor of choice?A Farmall F-30.However, it isn’t his favorite

tractor. That honor is reserved for his Farmall F-35. Anderson said, “It’s a pretty tough pull tractor.”

Anderson has also traveled as far as Racine, 18 miles south of Rochester, just to watch the tractor pull.

He now resides with his wife on three acres in rural Glen-ville, enough land to comfort-ably store 40 tractors.

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In the late 1950s, Internation-al Harvester Co. started devel-oping a vehicle that would be competition for the Jeep. That vehicle, the Scout, was devel-oped and produced in less than two years, an exceptional accomplishment in the early ’60s auto industry.

The first Scout 80 was intro-duced to the public on Jan. 18, 1961. The first Scouts were available in either two-wheel drive or four-wheel drive. They were equipped with 93 hp 4-cylinder engine and had a 3-speed floor-mounted trans-mission. Those early Scouts also featured sliding windows, fold down windshields and vacuum windshield wipers.

Scout 800 was produced in late 1965 to 1971. They were made with more comforts: fixed windshields, better bucket seats and optional 196 hp 4cly, 232 hp Inline-6, 266 V-8, or 304 V-8 engines.

Scout II was first manufac-tured in April of 1971 and featured many improve-ments over the first models of Scouts.

The end of an American icon occurred Oct. 21, 1980, when the last Scout rolled off the assembly line in Fort Wayne, Ind.

The last Scout manufactured will be on display at the 2011 Red Power Roundup by owner Mike Boltan of Iowa.

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The women of IHCC Chap-ter 15 are sponsoring a quilt show and contest to give quil-ters a chance to show their “IH Red Tractor” spirit.

Quilts are on display in the women’s activities build-ing from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Thursday, 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Friday and 8 a.m. to 12 p.m. on Saturday.

There will be a lot of beauty to behold. Judging of the quilt contest is by viewer’s choice. So come gaze on these beau-ties, take your time and vote for your favorite.

Please vote one time per per-son per Red Power Roundup.

Calico Hutch opened its doors as a quilt shop in Hay-ward in 1982, celebrating 30 years in business next year. Step inside the door and find over 400 samples adorning the walls with kits, patterns and over 4,000 bolts of fabric to fill your quilting needs. Stop in and see the International

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HIstORy OF tHE IHCC AND CHAPtER 15 OLD tRACtORs, OLD MEMORIEsBy Conrad Fiskness

National IH CollectorsIn 1990, collectors with an

interest in International Har-vester — and seeking ideas — had already been looking at collector organizations that ex-isted for other brands of farm tractors and equipment. An organizational meeting was scheduled for July 21 during the Northern Indiana Power From the Past Show in Wina-mac, Ind. They used responses to a “Let’s Organize” letter that had appeared in a fall is-sue of Red Power Magazine to formulate their ideas.

The families of Clyde and Marvin Berkshire, who were local collectors and vendors of obsolete parts, had been busy promoting, advertising and developing ideas for the meeting. On July 21, 1990, at 4:15 p.m., the organizational meeting was called to order. The club name, logo, dues and statement of purpose were approved. Nine directors were appointed, who for the sake of workability, were all from Indiana, Illinois and Ohio. A Board of Directors meet-ing was scheduled for Dec. 2, 1990. By the end of the show in Winamac, there were 250 paid members.

The directors met in August, September and December of 1990 and March of 1991. Plans were developed to conduct the first national convention and most complete IH display at the Rock River Thresheree near Edgerton, Wis., on La-bor Day weekend. During the show held from Aug. 31 through Sept. 2, a record

crowd of 50,000 attended the Thresheree. The IH national convention was called the Red Power Roundup, a name that has carried forward to today. By the time of the first Roundup, membership had grown to well over 1,000.

Future Roundups were ap-proved in 1992 to be held at a show in Marion, Ohio, and a Boonville, Mo., show was ap-proved to host the 1993 event. This information was found in the February-March 1992 issue of Engineers & Engines and written by Fremont Hoover, club president, a founder and member of the first IH collec-tors Board of Directors.

IH Collectors of MN #15The initial interest for start-

ing a Minnesota IH Collec-tors chapter came in early 1994. David Alstad of Spring Grove invited those who were members of the National IH Collectors and others to come to his farm on June 26, 1994,

for an open house that was followed by an informational meeting. A group of 135 came to see the 54 tractors that Dave had on display. Present at the meeting were Neal Stone and Donald Paskey of IH Collec-tors of Wisconsin Chapter 4.

They provided information and guidance on establishing a Minnesota chapter.

On Nov. 12, a meeting was held in Rochester with 24 members present. Those pres-ent received their membership cards. Much of the discussion centered on two subjects. The first was to find a location for the first state convention or show in 1995 and the other was regarding merchandise such hats, pins and jackets. As of Dec. 16, 1994, membership had grown to 45. The treasury balance had grown to a whop-ping $282.85!

By fall of 1994, the National IH Collectors Board of Direc-tors had met and accepted the Minnesota application and

assigned us the Chapter 15 designation. Here is an inter-esting tidbit. Just like many skyscrapers in large cities that have no 13th floor, the Inter-national Harvester Collectors Club has no Chapter 13!

The first Board of Directors had a distinctive southeastern Minnesota flavor. The first board included: Dave Alstad of Spring Grove; Robert Carl-son of Stillwater; Pat Gregory of Winona; Randy Hongerholt of Houston; Bruce Nieman and Vicky Nieman, both from Brownsdale; Marlene Peterson and Richard Peterson, both from Lake Lillian; and Ron Scheck of Houston. The first officers were President Dave Alstad, Vice President Bruce Nieman and Secretary/Trea-surer Vicky Nieman. There have been three presidents of Chapter 15 during 17 years of operation. The first presi-dent, and founder, was David Alstad of Spring Grove who served until January 2001. He was followed by Conrad Fiskness of Chanhassen who served until January 2008. He was succeeded by current president, Bruce Jensen, in January 2008.

The first state show was hosted by the Lake Region Pioneer Threshers Associa-tion, of Dalton, in 1995. Shows the following years were held in 1996 at Le Sueur Pioneer Power Association, Le Cen-ter, in 1997, Little Log House Antique Power Association, Hastings, and in 1998 western Minnesota Steam Threshers Reunion, in Rollag. There a first meeting of Chapter 15 members interested in forming

By kathy eCkstrand

I’ve often been asked the question, “What is so great about some old tractors? They are old, so what?”

There is something so grand about old tractors and imple-ments. They have a story to tell. Those old tractors were so involved in farm life years ago.

I have a 1953 Super H, the same year as Max Arm-strong’s, and this is the story of the H tractor.

This was my father’s favor-ite tractor, and he bought this tractor from an IH dealer, Nes-vig Equipment, in Gaylord. It was slightly used.

I wish that I had the paper information on the tractor and the purchase price, but all of that information was lost.

Pa farmed in the 1940s, ’50s and ’60s. Whenever there was any type of tractor work to done, it was the H that got started first.

He used that tractor to grind feed, haul manure, rake hay, and of course to cultivate corn and beans. I wonder how many acres Pa cultivated with the 4-row mounted cultivator? It was a lot.

This H was the first tractor that I learned how to drive. I did almost all the chores with that tractor as Pa did. The only thing that I never did with the H was to cultivate. I don’t think that Pa trusted anyone else to cultivate with the H.

When I was about 8 or 9 years old, I would drive the tractor and planter to the field and my uncle would drive the big grain truck that was loaded with fertilizer and seed

corn. My job was to help fill the fertilizer pails.

The work was hot, dirty and boring. The best time of the day was when we would go home, and I got to drive the tractor in high gear.

One day, I came out of the field and turned too short. I ran into a county ditch bridge. I bent the marker on one side of the planter. My uncle just shook his head. Not much damage, I wonder if he ever told Pa.

Another time, I thought that my little brother should learn to drive the tractor. He was driving really slow, and we were going to put in fuel. I told him to push the clutch in, and he did. The tractor did not stop but kept going and ran into one of the gas pumps and

knocked it over. Pa was quiet for the rest of the day.

One of the best memories has to be the time that Pa went to town, leaving my sister to watch the boys. I think they were about 14 and 11 years old. They got the H out of the shed.

Those two boys had it all figured out. They would pull the go-cart with the H, get it started and put the trac-tor back in the shed, and Pa would never know.

Yeah, right. Up the driveway came the

tractor pulling the go-cart with the pickup right behind the go-cart. The brothers ran for cover. One of the boys ran into the corn field and hid, and the other ran upstairs to his room and hid under the bed.

Pa came stomping into the

house and asked my sister, “Can’t you watch them boys?”

In 1981, Pa went to be with the Lord. All the tractors and farm equipment were sold ex-cept the H. It was Pa’s favorite tractor, and Ma didn’t want to sell it. The H was parked in the shed, and all too soon forgotten. Farms were getting bigger, and so was the machin-ery that was used.

In 2000, I reached a mile-stone in my life. I turned 50 years old. I was half a century.

My husband purchased the H tractor from my mother. He washed years of dirt and bird droppings off of it. He then got to work and had the motor overhauled, bought new tires and a new paint job.

This was my 50th birthday present.

Like the story goes, the rest is history. I didn’t think that this tractor should just sit at home in the shed. So let’s go show it off.

I went to the Pioneer Power Swap meet, where I met Con-rad Fiskness. I joined the Min-nesota Chapter 15 club that day.

From that day on, the H tractor has gone to many state International Harvester shows, threshing shows, three Red Power Roundup summer shows and our local farm show, Farm-Feast. The H was parked on the Miller-Sneller IH display lot next to the big tractors.

When we go on tractor drives, I often think of what my dad would say if he could see his favorite tractor now. I will never really know, but I do know that those old trac-tors have a story to tell.

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a Red River Valley area chap-ter was held. Shortly there-after, a new club was formed that became IH Collectors Minn-Dak Chapter 26. In 1999, Chapter 15 hosted the Nation-al IH Collectors Red Power Roundup at the Little Log House Antique Association near Hastings during what may have been the hottest weather in Minnesota in the last half of the 20th century.

In 2000, Chapter 15’s gather-ing was hosted by the Hesper-Mabel Steam Engine Days near Mabel, a return to the area close to the club’s origin. The 2001 summer show was hosted by the Nowthen His-torical Power Association of Nowthen.

About this time the club pur-chased an enclosed trailer that is used to store and transport IH-related merchandise and memorabilia. This has given the attending public an oppor-tunity to purchase IH cloth-ing, memorabilia, etc., that is sometimes hard to find.

A new name was selected in 2002 for the annual summer show and all shows beginning with the 2002 show have been called the Minnesota IH Rally. That show was hosted by the Minnesota Valley Antique Farm Power & Machinery As-

sociation of Montevideo. Au-gust of 2002 was also the 100th anniversary of the founding of International Harvester Co. In 2003, we returned to the Le Sueur Antique Power Asso-ciation near Le Center, and in 2004 we were hosted by the Scott-Carver Threshing Asso-ciation near Jordan. The 10th anniversary of Chapter 15 was celebrated at the 2004 Minne-sota IH Rally.

In 2005, we returned to Dal-ton to be hosted by the Lake Region Pioneer Thresher-men’s Association. It was a joint show where we joined with Minn-Dak Chapter 26 for a reunion of the two groups and a celebration of the first summer show held by Chapter 15. The 2006 Min-nesota IH Rally was hosted by the Tri-County Old Tyme

Threshers Association in Anoka.

With the 2007 Minnesota IH Rally being hosted by the Root River Historical Power As-sociation, Chapter 15 had the opportunity to return to the area close to where the organi-zation began. Every IH Rally is unique and draws many new exhibits from the area where the show is being held. This gives IH collectors and enthusiasts from all over the state an opportunity to take a visual jaunt through memory lane and to talk with a diverse group of people with a like interest in “red” tractors and related items.

This was very much true in 2008 when the Minnesota IH Rally was hosted by the Le Sueur County Pioneer Power Association. The IH feature was “Field of M’s” which drew a total of 150 Farmall M’s to the show. These tractors were exhibited in chronologi-cal order by year of manufac-ture. That year we initiated a feature we called a Tractor Walk with the idea that if it was accepted we would use it at the Red Power Roundup in 2011. Club member, Dave Morrison, who has extensive knowledge of tractors and im-plements and with the help of

the club sound system, moved through the M display begin-ning with the first year of 1939 detailing the changes that were made by IH in that very popular model of Farmall.

It was an idea that caught on and was repeated in 2009 at the Stearns County Pioneer Club and in 2010 at the Scott-Carver Threshing Show that featured “Know Your Farmall ABCs.” It has been so well received that we will have both a Tractor Walk and a Cub Cadet Walk at the 2011 Red Power Roundup.

The Minnesota IH Rally has been hosted by many differ-ent antique power associations around the state, but there is one thing in common between all of these shows in recent years. Every one of them has experienced record attendance the years they have hosted IH Collectors of Minnesota Chapter 15. The names of International Harvester, Far-mall and McCormick-Deering still generate great interest and have a large following of very interested and loyal folks everywhere in the state.

The Red Power Roundup of 2011 will draw many people, and the Albert Lea area will see red coming into town from all directions.

By Lee Sackett

It’s mid-May as of this writ-ing, and the farmers are finally making good progress in the fields. It was a long winter and a late spring. Summer is final-ly in sight. Lee J. Sackett Inc. is going to be taking part in four special projects over the summer. Two of these projects involve IH tractors.

The first is a Farmall B that we restored in partner-ship with the Linder Farm Network. After touring the region and being featured on the Minnesota Tractor Ride the weekend before the Red Power Roundup, where it will also be on display, this tractor will be given away in a free drawing later in the summer. As a salute to our veterans, we painted the chassis the tra-ditional red. The sheet metal

was painted white like the demonstrator tractors of 1950. Accents were added by paint-ing the wheels, distributor steering wheel and other small components in the IH blue that was used on implements of the era.

The second tractor is a Mc-Cormick 10-20 tractor that

we will assemble at the Red Power Roundup. The tractor is currently almost completely disassembled. We overhauled the engine, which hasn’t run in at least 50 years.

The owner, Dale Bartosh, remembers this tractor from his childhood as his father and grandfather used it. It was parked before Dale was old enough to drive it himself. In order to get the sleeves out of the engine block, we had to remove about a cubic foot of debris. Some was rust and scale from hard water in the block. There was also a large amount of material that had been deposited by mice. Over the years, more than half of the water jacket cavity was packed full of debris. While one of our mechanics has been working on the engine, an-other has been working on the rest of the chassis.

Bearings, bushings, seals and gaskets are being checked and replaced as necessary. Road bands are being fabricated for

the steel wheels so that the tractor can be safely driven on hard surfaces. The Lee J. Sackett Inc. body shop has completed work on the hood, fenders, air cleaner and other sheet metal components. All of the original sheet metal was in very good condition for its age and has been reused.

We now have nearly all of the parts painted. We still have

to paint the engine and chas-sis. The chassis will have the wheels back on it when we ar-rive at the Red Power Round-up. Everything else will arrive in pieces. We will lay these parts out on tables, along with bags of painted hardware, labeled for each component. We will proceed to assemble the tractor during the show. Sometime during the second day, we should be ready to start the engine. New decals will add the finishing touch, and if all goes well, we’ll drive the tractor out of our work-space under the Grandstand in Albert Lea before the end of the show.

I hope that you all take time to come and see us this sum-mer. It will certainly be one to remember. In the meantime, check us out at www.leejsack-ett.com or send me an email at [email protected]. I’d love to hear from you.

Lee Sackett is the president of Ellendale-based Lee J. Sackett Inc.

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Welcome to 2011 National Red Power Roundup! We are delighted to have you cel-ebrate the 75th anniversary of the first red tractors here in Albert Lea along with the 50th anniversary of Cub Cadet and IHC Scout. Preserving history for future generations is very important to us, so the oppor-tunity to celebrate these an-niversaries here in Albert Lea will become part of our com-munity history.

Whether your passion is his-tory, you enjoy the beauty of nature or you want to experi-ence “Minnesota nice,” Albert Lea is a place you will enjoy visiting. The city is situated in the southern tier of Minnesota,

the county seat of Freeborn County and located at the crossroads of I-35 and I-90.

In 1835 Lt. Albert Miller Lea passed through Free-born County with a troop of Dragoons on a topographi-cal expedition for the United States government. Lea was a mapmaker and surveyed southern Minnesota. He sketched the outline of a large lake he named Fox Lake. As a nod to the worthiness of Lea’s maps, topographer Joseph Nicollet later renamed the lake Albert Lea Lake. By 1855 a small settlement began. Most early residents came by wagon train from the eastern part of the United States. First called Albert Lea Lake, the city’s name was later shortened to Albert Lea.

The Freeborn County Histor-ical Society — dba The Free-born County Historical Muse-um, Library & Village — is at 1031 Bridge Ave., Albert Lea. The Historical Society was organized in 1948 and incor-porated in 1959. During those early years items were stored and displayed in numerous locations. In 1965 our current building was built and the first addition made in 1980. There were no employees, but the museum was open for tours, special events and by appointment. In 1987 the first executive director was hired and staff was gradually added and regular hours were estab-lished. We have two full time staff, two part time office/reception staff, one part time maintenance staff, one part-time housekeeping staff and one part-time seasonal worker. We are open year-round, have

more than 150 volunteers and average 115 volunteer hours per week.

Our mission is to collect, preserve and protect a record of Freeborn County and its people for the benefit, edu-cation and enjoyment of the citizens of Freeborn County and all who share an interest in history.

The museum houses numer-ous exhibits on two levels in a modern air-conditioned building. Our normal hours are 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesday through Friday with an oc-casional Saturday opening for special events. We will be open Saturday, June 25, for your convenience from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m.

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Music, Native Americans, turn of the Century Kitchen, Parlor and Bedroom just to name a few. These exhibits not only preserve the history of early life in Albert Lea but also tell the story of our residents such as Marion Ross, better known as Mrs. C on “Happy Days,” and Eddie Cochran, known for his hit records, like “Summertime Blues.” The mu-seum also has a re-search library that is open year-round with a librarian to help you with research on Freeborn County businesses, organizations, churches, schools and people.

We have a large collection of newspapers on microfilm and many photo collections as well in our research library. We will have a PowerPoint presenta-tion that will highlight some of our agricultural photos that can be viewed at the museum dur-ing the Red Power Roundup.

The third part of our com-plex is our historical village. The village is open from May 1 to Sept. 30, the same hours as the museum and has 18 buildings, including the first log cabin built in Freeborn County, a local church built in 1878 and a one-room school house. The village also has a Mill, Hardware Store, General Store, Post Office, Blacksmith Shop, Woodworking Shop, Jail, Bank and Train Depot to name a few. Our Red Exhibit

Building houses our fire de-partment, farm machinery, buggies, sleighs, tools, wash-ers, implements and a steam engine. There is bound to be something that will spark your interest and bring back memo-ries from the past.

We look forward to your event, which will take place right next to our location, and hope that you will take time to visit the museum complex while you are in Albert Lea. We are offering a reduced admission for all Red Power Roundup attendees. Admis-sion for adults is $3. You may enter through the gate by our church at the south end of the fairgrounds. Enjoy your visit to Albert Lea, and we’ll hope to see many of you at the Free-born County Historical Mu-seum, Library & Village.

Pat Mulso is the director of the Freeborn County Historical Society.

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The village is visible from the Freeborn County Fairgrounds.

Four-H is a youth organization that serves all ages (kinder-garten through one year past high school graduation). It encompasses both males and females and encourages par-ticipation from adults. Mem-bers of 4-H have many project areas to explore and can showcase their talent. In addition to general project areas, there are many livestock project areas available. Gatherings for 4-H happen throughout the whole year with the Freeborn County Fair being the showcase of the

year. There are many local and state events that 4-H’ers can participate in. If you would like more information on Free-born County 4-H, please con-tact the Extension Office at

507-377-5660. The four H’s that are on the clover stand for Head, Heart, Hands and Health. Under the Hands corner of the clover is where volunteer-ing falls. Since the Red Power Roundup is a community event,

the 4-H Clubs have gathered together to serve in volunteer-ing for an event while promot-ing 4-H at the same time.

The Freeborn County Fair feels honored to host the 22nd National Red Power Roundup at our fairgrounds June 23-25, 2011.

A show of this size and reputation is a big plus for our fairgrounds and community. The show fits the fair’s goals, which are to educate and entertain all who attend. The

fair board members and staff will do everything possible to make sure the show is a suc-cess.

Thanks and a warm welcome to Albert Lea.

Sincerely,

NORMAN FREDINMANAGERFREEBORN COUNTY FAIR

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If thousands of fans of Inter-national Harvester are coming to Albert Lea, it’s going to be handy to know a bit of the company’s storied history.

Here is a primer on Inter-national Harvester and its products — the reasons the International Harvester Col-lectors Club is bringing the Red Power Roundup to Albert Lea on June 23, 24 and 25.

It all goes back to inventor Cyrus McCormick, a Virginian who obtained a patent for a horse-drawn reaper in 1834. In 1848, he and his brother be-gan mass producing the ma-chines in Chicago. As America moved westward via railroad, so did his reapers, sold at first by Cyrus H. McCormick & Brothers, then by McCormick Harvesting Machine Co.

The Great Chicago Fire of 1871 destroyed the McCor-mick factory, but it rebuilt in a larger factory on the south-west side.

With financing from J.P. Morgan, McCormick Har-vesting in 1902 merged with Deering Harvester Co., Plano Manufacturing Co., Milwau-kee Harvester Co. and Warder, Bushnell & Glessner, forming a company called Interna-tional Harvester. The company controlled 90 percent of the grain binder business.

In 1905, International Har-vester manufactured its first tractor. In the 1920s, what many consider to be the first successful row-crop trac-tor was the Farmall, a model made by International Har-vester. It employed high

ground clearance and the tricycle configuration — two big wheels in the back spaced apart with two little wheels in the front close together — that now is the iconic image of a tractor.

Farmall went from being a model to a model line. It was known for being the general-purpose tractor farmers sought when replacing their teams of horses to lower costs.

By 1931, Farmall came out with a more-powerful second line called the F-30, so the original Farmall line became known as Regular. Hence, people will say terms at the Red Power Roundup such as a 1926 Farmall Regular. Soon, all the Farmall tractors were given F-Series designations. The Farmall Regular became the F-20. A smaller version was the F-12, replaced in 1938 by the F-14.

Many of the Farmall tractors were gray with red wheels, and on Nov. 1, 1936, IH ad-opted Harvester Red No. 50 (aka Farmall Red) as the color

for all of its tractors and farm implement.

Farmers could see their neighbor in the field far away and know that if it were or-ange it was an Allis-Chalmers, green most likely a John Deere and red a Farmall.

In 1939, International Har-vester brought forth a sleeker design for its Farmall tractors and replaced the F-Series with an array of letters. If you want to speak IH jargon, you have to

know these letters. They were A, B, BN, C, H, M and MD.

A was the smallest, while M the most powerful. MD had a diesel engine. The C model replaced the B and BN in 1948. The most popular, though, was the H model. In the 1950s, the word “super” was added to the letter series, to create names like the 1953 Super H. Built to last, these machines are the prime stuff of the en-thusiasts coming to Albert Lea.

So are the Hundred Series of this era.

Yes, International Har-vester switched to numbers as it began to offer even more models. That began in 1955. Farms sported tractors such as the Model 350. The bigger the number, the more power the tractor had.

In 1947, International Har-vester introduced the Cub, an even smaller tractor. Soon it made the lawn tractor Cub Cadet. IH sold the Cub Cadet division to MTD Products in 1981, and it makes them still.

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BIts & PIECEsParade

It’s a happening event that goes on all three days of the show. It is the everyday event in which you, the spectator, will get to watch the red trac-tor owners strutting their stuff.

Bring your sun hat or um-brella, a cold beverage and a mini flag and be prepared to cheer for your favorites.

On Thursday and Friday, the parade will start promptly at 1 p.m. and on Saturday the parade will start at 10 a.m.

The parade announcer will be Mr. Dave Morrison, our very own tractor guru. Come and look at all the Red Power!

Leading the parade each day is the flag float built by Chap-ter 15 President Bruce Jensen. It features flags from each of the 50 states and one from each branch of the military service. New this year is the Canadian flag in honor of our northern neighbors and fellow collectors.

For your entertainment we are featuring three bands: Flashback, Good Time Band and Jim Busta Band. Plan to come to the entertainment tent, located between build-ings 2 and 5. Sit a while, listen, tap your foot or even cut a rug!

Bus toursThere will be bus tours to

Mall of America, Spam Muse-um, Hills Gardens, Albert Lea Seed House and Calico Hutch Quilt Shop.

The Mall of America trip re-quires registration and prepay-ment of $20.

To sign up come to the Chap-ter 15 table in the Fairlane Building, which is Building 39.

Other tours do not require preregistration and are free.

For all tours, meet outside the 4-H Exhibit, Building 1, 15 minutes prior to the scheduled departure time. You will be greeted by a member of Chap-ter 15 and board the bus for your tour.

Spam Museum Tour: Thursday and Friday 9 a.m., gather at 8:45 a.m.

Calico Hutch Quilt Shop Tour: Saturday 9 a.m., gather at 8:45 a.m.

Hills Gardens, Albert Lea Seed House Tours: Thurs-day and Friday 2 p.m., gather at 1:45 p.m.

Motor Coach Tour to Mall of America: Friday 8:30 a.m., gather at 8:15 a.m. and meet your tour guide Sandy Pearson.

IH KitchenSwing past the Heritage

Barn, building 26, to step back in time to see a kitchen remi-niscent of the 1950s, the hey-day of International Harvester. Members of Chapter 15 have worked together to bring you back in time to the days that Irma Harding ruled the IH kitchen.

She was International Har-vester’s home economist and could be seen demonstrating food preservation using IH freezer boxes.

In the kitchen you will see an IH refrigerator, freezer, milking machine pail, cream separator and air conditioner. The chrome table will be set with red and white granite ware, while the

little red teapot clock ticks away. If you ever watched the TV

show “Friends,” you might have noticed the IH refrigera-tor in their kitchen. The first IH refrigerator was made 66 years ago, and production ended 10 years later. Many of the units made during those 10 years are still running.

silent AuctionThe women of Chapter 15

have put their heads and hands together to create some beautiful handmade items ranging from lap quilts, table quilts, pillowcases, wall hang-ings and more. They will be offering these items for sale at a silent auction.

The auction will open Thurs-day, June 23, at 10 a.m. and close Saturday, June 25, at 1 p.m.

Come to the women’s activity building to check out the silent auction items, get your bid-ding number and bid on your favorites.

While you are in the women’s activity building, check out the quilt contest and vote for your favorite quilt, hear a presenta-tion by the Hat Lady or enjoy the quilt show by Carolyn Matson of the Hayward-based Calico Hutch Quilt Shop.Irma Harding


My name is Werner Reiding. I was born and raised on a farm in Min-nesota many years ago. We always had International Harvester tractors, al-though other equipment was whatever was available. I left home in 1953, entered the mili-tary service, then worked in the Twin Cities and then Rochester.

I could never get farm-

ing out of my blood and bought 80 acres in 1980. Then I needed an H, then a B, then a SC, then a 300 utility, then an A and fi-

nally a C. The 80 acres were

a grown man’s playground. I joined the IH collectors club as soon as I heard about it. I’m retired and still have three of the Farmalls and take one to different shows throughout the state.

My name is Rod Larson, and I am a lifelong resident of Mankato.

I met my future bride, Lee Ann, also at Mankato in 1970 while finishing my degree at Mankato State College. We married in 1974, raised two children and now have five grandchildren, all boys.

My work experience in-cluded 21 years as divisional manager and buyer of Brown Drug Wholesale and 18 years as buyer for Carlson Craft Social, both of Mankato.

Lee Ann has been employed at Mankato State University in the library for 33 years.

Our interest in IH tractors came while spending time on Grandfather’s farm near Aus-tin. While showing my 1946 Farmall H in Le Sueur, I met Conrad Fiskness and joined Chapter 15. Lee Ann became a member shortly thereafter. We have met many new friends through International Har-vesters Collectors Club and especially enjoy working with the belt buckle sales.

Our Farmall tractors include Super A, C, H, Super M and F-20.

My name is Eric Koepp. I have been collecting farm toys since I was a young child. I started with the 1/64th scale toys that my parents bought me. I switched my main choice of collecting to the 1/16th scale about 18 years ago and have continued collecting items

close to that scale. I prefer more detailed toys and those that are a little more rare or unique. Lately I have been upgrading from various shelves to glass display cases to better view and to cut down on cleaning.

Red is definitely the color of choice to collect, with some construction yellow as well.

Werner Reiding,director

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trucks starting in 1907 and stopped in 1975. It continued making heavy-duty trucks and industrial trucks. It also made refrigerators, freezers and air conditioners, which grew out its line of milk coolers and walk-in freezers. The refrig-eration division was sold to Whirlpool Corp. in 1955.

It is generally agreed that IH had a corporate culture that stifled new ideas. Changes in industry also resulted in products that weren’t meant to stick around forever. Plus, the company didn’t seem to know whether to be a farm-equipment company, a truck manufacturer or a home appli-ances maker.

The Tenneco Corp. had purchased Case in 1967 and bought International Harvest-er’s farm-equipment division in 1985, forming Case IH. Case

IH merged with New Hol-land to became CNH Global in 1999, of which Fiat Interna-tional is the majority owner. CNH Global makes its tractors under the Case IH brand.

After the 1985 sale, Interna-tional Harvester still had the truck and engine divisions. No longer owners of the IH name or logo, the company changed its name to Navistar Interna-tional Corp. It developed a V8 diesel engine that was sold in Ford pickups since the early 1980s up to last year.

Navistar has branched into the production of school buses and a wide array of diesel-powered trucks, from service trucks to over-the-road trucks. It also produces military ar-mored vehicles.

Who knew that the com-pany that first marketed the horse-drawn reaper would

eventually make the buses that take kids to and from school? Somewhere in between, it made some innovative and durable tractors that endear tens of thousands of fans to

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MEEt thE ChAPtER 15 bOARDI was born on a

farm in southern Michigan. One of the first tractors on the farm was a Farmall Regular. Later, we had an F-20, which stayed on the farm for many years. I attended Michigan State University. I worked at a dealership that became Interna-tion Harvester in the early ’70s, and I was the service manager. We picked up most equipment at IH warehous-es and at the plants.

At the same time we bought a fruit farm that mainly had Concord grapes and tart cherries, as well as

some other fruits and vegetables. The grapes were con-tracted to Welch’s. Our first tractor was an International 404 and later an IH 454.

We moved to Minnesota in 1985 and worked in the aftermarket ag parts

business. I joined the IHCC Chapter 15 in

1998 and worked with the photog-rapher and on the showbook for the 1999 Red Power Roundup. I later became the secretary of the club and currently am still the secretary, and co-chair of the 2011 Red Power Roundup.

I was born and raised in Hastings, Mich. I visited my uncle’s farm as a child, but lived at a lake. My first real experience with the farm came the day I met my future father-in-law, and he took me to the barn to see his baby pigs.

I married Joel, and we started our family. Four years later we purchased a 40-acre farm in Paw Paw, Mich. On the farm we had a vineyard, cherries, apples, peaches, pears and asparagus. During the 14 years we farmed, we had a wide variety of International Harvester tractors and equipment. My tractor was an old O4 that burned so much oil that Joel changed spark plugs ev-ery day, but the PTO pump worked well and powered the cherry picker. When we quit farming, we parked it in Dad’s shed.

In 1985 we moved to Eagan in

Minnesota and started our life as suburbanites. In 1998 we attended the Little Log House Pioneer Village. There, we met Con-rad Fiskness and heard of the Red Power Roundup that was coming in

1999 to Hastings, the one in Minnesota. Joel

signed up as a member that day, and we were hooked! We helped with the show book project in 1999, and I signed on as a member so I could talk at meetings!

I started as merchandise manager for the club after the Montevideo show. Conrad helped me get started, and I have really enjoyed doing that for the club for the last 10 seasons. Having the merchandise table open has given me the opportunity to get to know many great people and provided a gathering spot and social area for the club members.

I was born here in Albert Lea and raised on a 160-acre farm in Bloom-ing Prairie. We had dairy cattle, farrowed pigs and a few chick-ens and ducks. Among our equipment, we had Minneapolis-Moline products including tractors, mowers and a combine.

After serving in the Army for three years, including Vietnam, I went to work for the In-ternational Harvester Co. dealership in Austin. I worked for various IHC dealerships for 30 years as a partsman, mechanic and machinery salesman.

My wife came off of an IHC farm. She encour-aged me to work for the IHC dealerships, so there is a saying that goes: “Behind every suc-cessful man, there is a good wife.”

We have been married for 46 years.I went to work for Jensales Inc. in 1993 and

sold manuals and books for 17 years. I got to know a lot of IHC history by reading the manu-als and history books. Also through visting with other collectors at the different shows I attended, my wealth of knowledge increased.

I have attended every Red Power Roundup, ex-cept two. These shows get my blood circulating. They call it the “red fever.” I have a 1939 Farmall F20, a 1939 Farmall H, a 1941 Farmall M, a 1975 200 4x4 IHC pickup and a 782 Diesel Cub Cadet.

I was elected to the board of Minnesota Chap-ter 15 as a director in 2007 and as its president in 2008. Our club has 380 members, and we enjoy getting together to visit our friends and making new friends.

Our club and its president want to welcome you and also thank you for attending the 22nd annual National Red Power Roundup, being held in Albert Lea this year. Enjoy our hospital-ity, food, old friends, new friends, and all the equipment, tractors, trucks, pickups, Scouts, Cub Cadets and appliances.

Thank you.

bruce Jensen,president

Joel Klein,secretary

Linda Klein,merchandise manager

My name is Mel Melcher. I have been with Chapter 15 since the start back in 1994. I have been collecting Interna-tional Harvesters since 1976. My first tractor was a 22-36. My oldest is a 1916 8-16 Mo-gul and the newest a 1974 1468. I live on an 850-acre farm in Norwood.

Hello and welcome to Albert Lea and the 22nd annual Red Power Roundup.

We hope your trip here was a good one, and we wish you a safe return trip.

My name is Dave Kanten. I have talked with many of you already as I am in charge of the camping.

Some I have talked to so much I feel I already know you. My wife, Joyce, is also a member and has taken many phone calls for me and will also be helping at the show. We are from Fulda.

As anyone who has been involved in putting on one of these shows knows, it involves much work. Many of us have put in countless hours to put this together for

your enjoyment. Hopefully your stay here is

enjoyable. I also have one son, two

granddaughters and a grandson.

The wife and I have a 1938 F-20, 1951 H, 1971 656 Hydro, and a 1946 M W/American 8 road grader.

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My name is Orville Deling. I was born and raised on a farm in the Sherburn-Fairmont area.

My dad always had Farmall H tractors. I was one of five or six people who started a local tractor collectors club in our area in 1994. While Farmall is one of my favorites, we have all brands. The tractor club farms around 30 acres and has two to three events each summer.

I joined Chapter 15 at an International Harvester show at Hastings in 1995 or 1996 and was active at the Red Power Roundup in 1999. I have served as a director for nine years.

I have two tractors, a Super

C and a Super H, both in their working clothes.

I really enjoy working in the club’s sales and merchandising area because of the fellowship and all the interesting people I have met.

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My name is Nathan Hanson, and I am on the IHCC Chap-ter 15 Board of Directors and club treasurer. International Harvester equipment has always been a part of my life. I grew up on a southern Min-nesota dairy farm using all IH equipment.

It is interesting looking back that both of my grandfathers, father-in-law and dad used IH products. This laid the groundwork for my passion to collect and restore IH. After high school I attended North Dakota State University for mechanical engineering and have worked in this field for 15 years. I am married to a high school sweetheart, Mir-iam, and we have two boys, Dalton and Nolan.

I enjoy all aspects of the trac-tor collecting hobby from the swap meets and club meetings to hearing a tractor run for the first time after many years. I have great memories of restor-ing tractors with my dad be-fore he passed away. My sons

each have one of their grand-pa’s tractors he passed on to them. Growing up I learned to drive on Grandpa Hanson’s Super H. One Sunday after-noon my dad needed me to drive the 560, something I had never done. I remember saying I did not know the shift pat-tern. He looked up and said, “If you can drive the Super H, you can drive the 560.” There was no looking back after that.

My first tractor I bought and restored was a 1937 Mc-Cormick Deering W-30. It was stuck and a really project, but I always liked the style of the W-30s and had to have it.

My name is Bob Koepp. I got started in Chapter 15 in 1999 and was elected to the board in 2007 and was reelected again in 2010. My wife and I live in a small town site of Greenleaf, about three quarters of a mile from where I was born.

My Farmall life started way back with my father and moth-er, as they only used Farmall tractors. My first tractor was a 1938 Farmall F-20 with factory road gear. I still have it, but it no longer has the F-20 engine in it; it is now powered by a 283 Chevy V8. I used it for farming after I stopped trac-tor pulling with it. It now has been sitting in the shed wait-ing for me to touch it up and get it running again.

I now have a Farmall Cub, A, B, C, 2 Hs, M with a 9 speed trans, SM WD6, W9, 560, 3F 12s, F-20, 1020, Cub Cadet

1330, 1450, 682 and a four-wheel drive Cub Cadet with a nine-tooth digger I built.

I have been involved in many of the items that make a good Red Power Roundup. However, it takes more than one person to get the show ready for everyone to enjoy.

The tractor collecting and going to shows has taken me away from fishing and has cut into my golfing time, but the many friends and new knowl-edge that I have picked make up for these hobbies.

Since I retired, there doesn’t seem to be enough hours in a day to get everything done. Those who are retired know what I am saying.

I hope each and everyone at-tending, displaying and vend-ing has a great time.

Nathan Hanson,treasurer

Bob Koepp,director

My name is Erwin Atzen-hoefer. I was born and raised in Trimont. I graduated and spent two years at trade school specializing in farm mechanics. I got married, and my wife and I have four children. I spent the next three years, 1961 to 1964, in mili-tary service. After the service I spent about 10 years work-ing for different International Harvester dealerships, work-ing on everything from farm machinery, to tractors, to pick-ups, to over the road trucks and some road construction equipment.

After the IH work, I went into machine shop operations.

At the same time, I was farm-ing part time with my dad and brothers. In 2003 I retired to my farm.

I would like to thank every-one for the opportunity to be on the Board of Directors of Chapter 15.

Erwin Atzenhoefer,director

My name is Kathy (Kath-leen) Eckstrand, and I grew up with red tractors. My hus-band is Kenneth, and we have been members of Chapter 15 of the International Harvester Collectors Club since 2001. We have three sons, all married, and we have a total of four grandchildren. The oldest is 19, and the youngest is almost a year old. Three girls and one boy.

I am the current vice presi-dent of Chapter 15. I enjoy meeting new friends, remem-bering old friends and, of course, I love talking tractors. I think that belonging to a trac-tor club and going to activities is one of the best things in my life. I have met so many fun people and laughed with the stories that I hear.

I want to welcome one and

all to the show, and I invite each and every one of you to come say “Hi” sometime dur-ing the show.

Thank you so much for com-ing to the show. We hope that you enjoy your time here.

Welcome, ya sure, ya betcha!One thing that I am going to

try to do in my lifetime is to teach my grandchildren to like lefsa, lutefisk, old-time music — and red tractors.

Kathy Eckstrand,vice president

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Wednesday, June 228 a.m. Admission gates open9 a.m. Accepting entries for quilt show10 a.m. Entertainment and music begins1 p.m. Max Armstrong1 p.m. Show book photos5 p.m. Gates close

Tuesday, June 218 a.m. Admission gates open9 a.m. Set-up work continues all day5 p.m. Gates close

Invocation Billy SteersLord, we ask that you watch over these proceedings.

May you give strength and guidance to those who are in positions of importance.We ask for fair weather, clear skies, good conversation and camaraderie.Thank you for the chance to greet

and meet friends, old and new.May you place a protective hand over all those

who participate here and give them safe passage home.We ask your blessing in Jesus name,

Amen

Billy Steers, creator of the popular children’s book series Tractor Mac, will give an interactive storytelling and speed-drawing presentation at the Red Power Roundup on June 23 and 24. Signed and personalized books will be available for purchase following the free program.

The lively 45-minute show will captivate children and adults alike with Steers explaining how a story becomes a children’s book, giving insight into his drawing and writing process and then engaging the audience in a rapid-fire ex-ercise of storytelling and drawing on a big pad with magic markers. He sketches characters from his books, as well as new ones suggested by children in the audience.

Thursday, June 238 a.m. Opening ceremonies8 a.m. Accepting entries for quilt show8 a.m. Museum opens9 a.m. Spam Museum tour9 a.m. Children’s activities9:30 a.m. Show book photos10 a.m. Entertainment music at Bandstand10 a.m. Quilt show10 a.m. Hat Lady11 a.m. Billy Steers and Max Armstrong12:45 p.m. Safety meeting for parade1 p.m. Parade2 p.m. Hat Lady2 p.m. Hills Garden tour2 p.m. Albert Lea Seed House tour3 p.m. Billy Steers3 p.m. Tractor Walk by Dave Morrison5 p.m. Buildings close

Last year:2010 Red Power Roundup was in LaPorte, Ind.

Next year:2012 Red Power Roundup is set for Du Quoin, Ill.Schedule is subject to change

Friday, June 248 a.m. Opening ceremonies8 a.m. Quilt show opens8 a.m. Museum opens8:30 a.m. Mall of America tour9 a.m. Spam Museum tour9 a.m. Children’s activities9:30 a.m. Show book photos10 a.m. Entertainment music at Bandstand10 a.m. Consignment auction10 a.m. Calico Hutch Quilt demo11 a.m. Billy Steers 12:45 p.m. Safety meeting for parade1 p.m. Parade2 p.m. Calico Hutch Quilt demo2 p.m. Hat Lady2 p.m. Hills Garden tour2 p.m. Albert Lea Seed House tour3 p.m. Billy Steers3 p.m. Cub Cadet Walk by Dave Morrison5 p.m. Buildings close

About the cover:Designed by Tim Engstrom and Stacey Bahr1939 Farmall H belongs to Bruce Jensen

Saturday, June 258 a.m. Opening ceremonies8 a.m. Quilt show opens8 a.m. Museum opens9 a.m. Children’s activities9:30 a.m. Show book photos9:45 a.m. Safety meeting for parade10 a.m. Parade12 p.m. Chapter building closes12 p.m Preparation for auction/meeting1 p.m. Chapter 15 memorabilia auction2 p.m. National members meeting5 p.m. 2011 RPRU ends

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