Anna and Horace Wilson explain how this rare 1700s’
corn planter was used. The Wilsons recently displayed
several pieces from their collection called “Home and
Farm Antiques” at the Kimberton Fair.
Home And Farm Antiques
Highlight Ag’s Progression
LOU ANN GOOD
Food And Family
Features Editor
KIMBERTON (Chester Co.)
A rare 1700 s com planter caught
the attention of Kimberton fair
goers recently
Anna and Horace Wilson dis
played a part of their collection
they call “Home and Farm An
tiques.”
The 1700 s com planter is a
treasured piece that Anna said
she purchased 15 years ago.
“When we saw the piece ad
vertised at an auction, my hus
band said, “Take the check
book,” Anna said.
She did. The Wilsons now
have a fascinating piece to show
to people who like to see how
farming was done in the old days.
The horse-drawn planter was
made in Telford.
“I think it is one-of-a-kind,”
Anna said.
Different size plates are in
place to use varying kernel sizes.
The planter plowed a row,
dropped a kernel, and rolled the
soil over the kernel in one pro
cess.
According to the Wil
sons, this 1838 meat grind
er is the same as that dis
played in the Smithsonia
Institute.
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“This should be in a museum,”
a museum curator told her.
“It is,” Anna responded.
“We cleaned out our attic and
built a five-car garage to display
our collection. Now that’s full of
stuff and so is our cow stable,”
Wilson said.
Antiques connoisseurs often
look at the Wilsons’ collection
with envy.
The Wilsons are happy to
show their collection to people
who call in advance.
For an appointment to see the
antiques, call (610) 933-6670.
Corn planting was a la
borious job when this item
was used. Horace Wilson
and his wife have a series
of corn planters that show
the advances made in de
veloping equipment to
make farming easier.
Bid On Antiques, More At Ag
Progress Days’ Silent Auction
ROCKSPRING (Centre Co.)
Early Christmas shopping and
bargain hunting will be combined
when the Pasto Agricultural Mu
seum conducts its fourth silent
auction during Penn State’s Ag
Progress Days, Tuesday, Aug. 19
and Wednesday, Aug. 20. Almost
150 items ranging from Penn
State/Ohio State football tickets
to a new John Deere lawn tractor
and new Massey Ferguson trac
tor blade have been donated
according to museum volunteer
curator Darwin Braund.
“Buyers will find items to meet
practically any interest, need,
and checking account,” Braund
said.
“Donors have been very gener
ous in supplying a wide variety of
useful items to help generate
funds to preserve the rich heri
tage of agriculture and rural liv
ing. Proceeds will benefit the
Penn State Ag Alumni Endow
ment for the Pasto Agricultural
Museum.”
Items for bid include antique
hand and farm tools, scale, butter
churn, iron kettles, miner’s bas
ket, newer and antique model
tractors and trucks, meats from
the University Meats Lab, and
Penn State Creamery cheese.
Farm production items include
bull semen, cow stall mat, ten
tons of shredded and baled news
print for animal bedding, fencing
supplies, alfalfa and corn seed, a
four-year subscription to Lan
caster Farming and a three-year
subscription to Farm and Dairy
newspapers.
Donations for fun and recrea
tion include Penn State football
tickets, Nittany Valley Sympho
ny tickets, a cottage rental on
Lake Raystown, and certificates
for dinner.
Items that might make good
gifts include an ox yoke, photo-
Agricultural Museum Lists
Items For Silent Auction
• John Deere lawn tractor
• Penn State football tickets
Ohio State and Indiana
• Antique tools
• Penn State Creamery
cheese
• Dinner at Tavern Restau
rant
• Penn State University
milk bottles
• Meats from Penn State’s
meats lab
• Special edition toy tractors
and trucks
• Lancaster Farming
4-year subscription
• Farm and Dairy 3-year
subscription
• Fencing equipment
• Hybrid seed corn
• Alfalfa seed
• Antique furniture
• Artwork
• Dazey glass butter churn
Equine enthusiasts looking for a Western Pleasure sad
dle will find one in excellent condition. Donated by the
family of James P. (Jim) Gallagher in memory of the for
mer Penn State extension specialist, it was his personal
saddle. With a rich medium oil color and silver trim, it has
a ISVz-inch seat.
graphs and prints, gift baskets,
fresh peaches, a hanging comer
cupboard, antique pewter ice
cream molds, milk bottles, Penn
State sports balls, clothes, and
DVDs.
Collectors of brass bells will
have many choices. Included are
four sets of sleigh bells on leather
straps, three sets of Conestoga
Wagon bells (three, five
bell sets), four sets of sleigh shaft
bells, two sets of hames bells, and
two school hand bells.
New this year will be a cash
and carry section. Buyers of these
• Miner’s basket
• Iron kettles
• Limited edition soft toy
rabbit
• Four skid steer loader tires
• Butter bowl and paddle
• Novelty blanket
• Western pleasure saddle
• Sleigh bells
• Conestoga Wagon bells
• Sleigh shaft bells
• Hames bells
• Hand school bells
• Nittany Valley Symphony
tickets
• Cottage rental at Lake
Raystown
• Taurus Service, Inc. bull
semen
• Cow stall mat
• 10 tons shredded and
baled newsprint for animal
bedding
• Ox yoke
items won’t have to bid and wait
until the end of the auction. They
can pay cash for each specially
marked item and take it with
them upon completion of the
transaction. Early arrivals will
have the advantage in this sec
tion.
Bidding will close promptly at
3 p.m. on Wednesday. Successful
bidders can pick up their items
after payment (cash or good
check) is processed Wednesday.
For more information call
(814) 863-1383 or e-mail pastoag
museum@psu.edu.
• Photographs and prints
• Hanging corner cupboard
• Roto-tiller
• Antique pewter ice cream
molds
• Fresh peaches
• Massey Ferguson tractor
blade
• Select Sire Power, Inc.
bull semen
• Antique fireplace facing
and mantle
• Antique music box with
records
• Plus many more items!
Auction proceeds will benefit
the Penn State Ag Alumni En
dowment for the Pasto Agri
cultural Museum.
For more information or
complete listing, contact the
Pasto Agricultural Museum at
(814) 863-1383 or pastoagmu
seum@psu.edu.