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2010 Dodge Grand Caravan SE

3.3L V6, pw, pdl, at, ps, cc, ac, rear ac and heat, stow and go. 141,000 kms. $7,699. Skyline Autobody at 204-325-8155.

2009 Honda Civic Coupe

1.8L 4cyl 5 speed manual, air, pdl, pw, tow pkg. 239,161 kms. $6,700.

Call Pete at (204) 331-3326 Pembina Valley Auto.

2011 Kia Sorrento

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2015 Dodge Grand Caravan SE

3.6L V6 auto, air, cruise, Bluetooth, DVD player, pdl, pw, tow pkg. Only 84,962 kms. $14,200. Call Pete at (204) 331-3326 Pembina Valley Auto.

2007 GMC Canyon SLE

3.5L 5 cyl, PS, PW, PDL, CC, AC. 198,000 kms. $6,700.

Skyline Autobody at 204-325-8155.

3.5L V6 auto, air, cruise, pdl, pw, tow pkg. 156,044 kms. $8,900.

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2011 Honda Civic SE Coupe

1.8L 4cyl auto, air, cruise, pdl, pw, sunroof. 219,200 kms. $7,500.

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2011 Ford F250 Super Duty Diesel 4x4

6.7L, 6 Speed Auto, Extended Cab, 8Ft Box, Air, PW, PDL, Cruise, Great Work Truck. Safetied – Runs and drives Great. 431,000 kms. $13,900. Call Pete at (204) 331-3326 Pembina Valley Auto.

2013 Ford F150 XLT Crew Cab

3.5L V6 Turbocharged EcoBoost, 6 Speed Auto, 6.5Ft Box, 6 Passenger, Air, PW, PDL, Cruise, Safetied – Runs and drives Great. 231,000 kms. Clean BC Unit. $13,900. Call Pete at (204) 331-3326 Pembina Valley Auto.

Showy Orange Tractor Makes this Year’s Trek

By Les Kletke

Ben Unger said that his connection with Allis Chalmers goes back a long time, back to the days of Neufeld Farm Supply which was a Steinbach area dealer. Unger is now retired and lives south of Mitchell but his connection to the brand has continued.

While he has a few orange tractors, he chose to drive his 1969, 180 Diesel in this year’s Eastern Tractor Trek. “I bought the tractor two years ago and it’s in original condition. I have done nothing to it and it runs well,” he said.

The 180 series was built from 1967 to 73 and followed the 170 series, the next model was the 185 which was a very similar offering followed by the 190. In all, the company built 11,750 of the 180 and 10,163 were diesels powered by the 6 cylinder Allis Chalmers diesel. The tractor was rated at 55 hp on the draw bar and 64 hp on the hitch. It was also equipped with hydraulic power steering.

It is one of the more common tractors in Unger’s collection which includes a D-10, 14, 15, and 17. One of his more unique tractors is an M crawler. “Some people are not aware that Allis built a crawler but they did,” he said. The M crawler was built for 10 years from 1932-42.

Unger is a true aficionado of the Allis Chalmers brand and has been to the plant where they were built in Milwaukee. The large letters that were the sign of that plant found their way to Manitoba and the museum of Frank Vust at Portage la Prairie.

Vust who has passed away was one of the true devotees of the brand and instrumental in bringing the Gathering of the Orange to Manitoba.

Unger speaks favourably of time spent with Vust discussing

Ben Unger has a collection of a dozen Allis Chalmers tractors but chose his 180 for a run in this year’s Eastern Tractor Trek. the attributes of the orange brand.

He currently lists his collection at “about a dozen” but said he is always on the lookout for another good Allis Chalmers tractor.

The brand did not have overwhelming popularity in Manitoba perhaps due to a lack of dealers but it is still extremely popular through Wisconsin and Minnesota where many of them are still used in haying operations.

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Stack Threshing on the Broadfoot Farm 1903 The Manitoba Agricultural Museum’s photo collection contains a number of digital photos donated to the Museum by Robert Wilson of Gladstone, including a photo labelled as “Stack Threshing on the Broadfoot Farm 1903”. From the appearance of the trees in the background and the coats the crew are wearing, the photo was taken late in 1903. However there appears to be no snow on the ground.

Robert Wilson’s grandfather was Magnus Wilson who married Ellen Broadfoot in 1895.

This connection is probably how a photo of the Broadfoot Family threshing came into the possession of Robert Wilson.

Ellen Broadfoot was the daughter of James and Isabella Broadfoot of Huron County, Ontario. James Broadfoot along with two of his brothers-in-law travelled to the Palestine area in 1872 to scout out potential homesteads in the area. Later the Palestine area became known as Gladstone.

James returned to Huron County and in 1873 immigrated to Palestine with his family. A Mr. Anderson and his family accompanied the Broadfoot family west. Both families traveled by boat to Duluth then on to Moorehead, Minnesota by rail.

Once there, one of James Broadfoot’s sons and two of Mr. Anderson’s sons continued on to Fort Garry using three horse drawn wagons.

The remainder of the Broadfoot and Anderson families took a steam boat north on the Red River to Fort Garry.

However by then, it was late in the year and steam boat became iced in on the Red River.

The families then decided to rent a wagon and team to continue north to Fort Garry.

As space was limited in the wagon due to the number of people being carried, a

significant amount of both family’s possessions were left on the steam boat.

After a number of days of travel, the families reached Fort Garry. The trip was relatively uneventful as the hired driver had been over the trail before and knew it. At Fort Garry, the families were greeted by the sons with the three wagons that had gone on from Moorehead. After purchasing some provisions, the Broadfoot family pushed on to Palestine where a homestead waited for them.

The Broadfoots managed to secure a dwelling for the winter in the Palestine area and employed themselves preparing materials to build a house on their new homestead. In the spring the steam boat finally appeared at Fort Garry and over two trips, the Broadfoot family transported their possessions to their homestead where work had begun on breaking the virgin prairie and building a farm.

The photograph demonstrates why straw carriers on threshing machines fell out of use. One can see here a number of straw piles to the right of the machine.

The threshing machine has been repositioned a number of times as a straw pile had grown too large and the straw carrier could no longer carry away straw.

There is someone visible in the photo with a fork under the straw carrier. This person appears to be employed in spreading out the straw coming off the carrier, probably in an effort to increase the amount of sheaves that can be threshed before the machine has to be repositioned.

Straw blowers, as they could swing from side to side and were equipped with an extendable tube, were able to build a much larger straw stack before the threshing machine had to be repositioned. Also there was very little labour needed in op-

The threshing machine has been repositioned a number of times as a straw pile had grown too large and the straw carrier could no longer carry away straw. erating a blower, for these reasons, straw blowers came in to widespread use on the Prairies.

As well, the threshing machine is not equipped with a high bagger or elevator which accounts for the grain wagon in the photo having its tail gate removed. With this threshing machine, grain was brought off the sieves out through the side of the machine where it was bagged with the bags being placed on a grain wagon for transport to a storage building.

It cannot be determined what make of steam engine is powering the threshing machine however it is a return flue engine which were common pre 1900. After 1900 return flue engines fell out of favor.

The term return flue results from the type of boiler used on these engines which was little more than a large drum type pressure vessel equipped with a very large flue towards the bottom of the vessel.

There were a number of

smaller flues above the large flue. The large flue usually served as the fire box and a fire was supported on a grate set in the flue at the rear of the boiler.

Combustion gases flowed forward in this flue to the front of the boiler where the gases exited the flue, moved upwards and returned back through the smaller flues to the smoke stack at the rear of the boiler where the gases exited into the atmosphere.

The construction of a return flue boiler was simpler and cheaper than a locomotive type boiler with its firebox that needed numerous stay bolts to ensure the firebox was able to withstand the pressure of the steam. The downfall of a return flue boiler was that the size of the large flue, which acted as a firebox, restricted the size of the fire which in turn limited the boilers capacity to create steam. As engines got larger and more powerful, return flue boilers fell out of use.

Above the engine can be

seen a plume of steam. As the crew momentarily ceased threshing to accommodate the photographer, steam pressure has built up in the boiler and the safety valve has “popped” off. Generally when working, the fireman regulated the fire so the engine could be operated at maximum horsepower but yet the safety valve was not popping off as the resulting escape of steam meant water and fuel was being wasted.

A further interesting detail in this photo is the rail fence in the foreground. In many areas of Manitoba, there simply were not enough trees around that one could use to make rails for fencing. However, as can be seen here, rail fences did exist in some areas of pioneer Manitoba.

The Manitoba Agricultural Museum is open year round.

Visit the website at ag-museum.mb.ca which can provide visitors with information on Museum and the Reunion including location and hours of operation.

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2014 Jeep Cherokee North

5.0L, 6 spd manual, all your standard options plus many upgrades and custom options! $20,999. Dealer permit #4222. Call Kyle 204-822-3047.

2.4L 4 cyl, keyless entry, air, pw, cruise, backup cam.

177,915 kms. $15,687.

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2013 Ford F-150 XTR CREW 4X4

2010 Honda CR-V LX

5.7L HEMI, 8 spd auto, heated seats, and loaded with lots more! 164,000 kms. $23,999. Dealer permit #4222. Call Kyle 204-822-3047.

2007 Honda Element SC SPORT

2007 Honda Odyssey EX

2.4L air, all equipped, alloy wheels, cruise, keyless entry, pdl, ps, pw.

184,000 kms. $8,999. Dealer permit #4222. Call Kyle 204-822-3047.

3.5L 5 speed auto, air, alloy wheels, cruise, keyless entry, pdl, pm, pw.

246,000 kms. $7,999. Dealer permit #4222. Call Kyle 204-822-3047.

3.5L, 6 spd auto, air, alloy wheels, cruise, pdl, pm, pw, ps, keyless entry tow pkg and more! 222,000 kms. $15,499. Dealer permit #4222. Call Kyle 204-822-3047.

2.4L 5 speed auto, AWD, air, cruise, pdl, pw, alloy wheels.

219,386 kms. $10,999. Dealer permit #4222. Call Kyle 204-822-3047.

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