Mission Statement:
This corporation was formed for the
purpose of promoting and preserving
antique machinery and is organized
exclusively for charitable, religious,
literary and educational purposes.















Membership Requirements
Currently the club has 104 members with
numbers rising every month.
Anyone, young, old, male or female are
welcome to join. The membership dues
are $20 per year.












2010 Officers
President-Jeff Lanoue
Vice President- Wyatt Tammen
Secretary-Aletha Becker
Treasurer-Doug Vaughn
Additional Board of Directors
Marvin Becker
Logan Lanoue
Richard Jordan
Steve Eilers
Doug Hale
Milton Blume












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Russell Schuler-(815) 265-7712
Doug Vaughn -(815) 265-4444
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January Meeting:
  • The meeting opened with the Pledge of Allegiance.
  • 55 members and guests were present.
  • The Watseka Christmas Parade was mentioned and some said it
    was a wonderful thing to see.
  • Gary and Joyce Schmid donated a 1/12 scale Allis Chalmers WC
    steel wheel replica made by Franklin Mint which will be raffled
    off at the Club's tractor show in September. Russ Tjarks donated
    a glass case for the tractor and Aletha Becker donated a hand-
    quilted queen size quilt to be raffled also.
  • Election of officers was held:
President (2 yr term) Jeff Lanoue - elected in 2009
Vice President (2 yr term) Wyatt Tammen - will move up to president in 2011
Secretary (1 yr term) Aletha Becker - elected in 2010
Treasurer (1 yr term) Doug Vaughn - elected in 2010
Additional Board of Directors (3 yr term)
John Hildenbrand - elected in 2008
Richard Jordan - elected in 2008
Steve Eilers - elected in 2009
Doug Hale - elected in 2010
Milton Blume - elected in 2010
  • Marvin Becker reported on a possible trip for the tractor club to
    Fair Oaks Dairy Farm to be taken possibly in March. More
    information will be available next month.
  • There was a discussion on FFA club auctions. Harold Wilken
    motioned with a 2nd by Logan Lanoue to give $50 cash, a hat,
    calender and shirt to the clubs that requested donations.
  • Russ Tjarks reported on the Sibley Cancer Drive. They will have
    water bottles that can be filled with dimes to help out with their
    drive if anyone is interested.
  • Mary Ann reported that Ray Riggelman is doing much better and
    Donna Suver thanked the club for the card sent to Bruce.
  • Watseka will have an Ag-Expo on February 27 and they would
    like some tractors for this event.
  • Dave Hiles reported on the Toy Tractor Show in Sublette, IL to
    be held on March 21, 2010.
  • Mr. Chuck Browell, a retired police officer talked on trailers,
    rules and regulations, etc.
  • Marvin Becker has a 1930 Model 18-27 Hart-Parr for sale and he
    is looking for brake shoes assembly for a WD45 Allis.
  • Jeff lanoue said he has an easy-Go Golf Cart and a Honda 4-
    wheeler for sale.
  • The 50/50 was won by Noah Fink.
  • Refreshments were served by Donna Suver and Sue Jordan. Next
    month refreshments will b edonated by Becky Hale.
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You might be a farmer if ...
How does anyone know for sure that they were cut out to be a farmer?
After farming for what seems like over one hundred years, I have noticed
that nearly all farmers have some very similar traits.
You might be a farmer if you can get a good night's sleep in 20 minutes.
You might be a farmer if, when you bite into a piece of meat, you can tell
what kind of forage the animal was fed. And you might be a farmer if you
are baffled by people who eat brunch at 11 a.m. and dinner at 3 p.m.
You might be a farmer if you can deliver a calf, dehorn a cow, lance an
abscess, and still have appetite enough to go to the  all-you-can-eat
spaghetti dinner at school that night.
Yes, you might be a farmer if, on your honeymoon, you stop at every
farm machinery dealer you pass or if your idea of a romantic date is a
free dinner at the coop annual meeting. You might be a farmer if you can
tell from a cow's bellow whether she is calving, in heat, or just hungry;
or if you know by heart the serial numbers of all your tractors, but you
can't remember the date of your wife's birthday. You might be a farmer if
your mailbox post is made out of old cultivator parts or if you know how
to pull a calf but not how to change a diaper.
You might be a farmer if you look upon driving the pickup home from
town without brakes a challenge rather than a problem, or if there is
more oil on your coveralls than in your car. You might be a farmer if you
realize that the only reason the grass is always greener on the other side
of the fence is because it got more manure than your side. And you might
be a farmer if you can fix almost anything with baler twine, a jackknife,
and duct tape, or of there are more seed corn hats on your walls than
pictures.
You might be a farmer if you wear your barn clothes to the supermarket
just so everyone will let you through the checkout first.
You  might be a farmer if you frequently take a different route to town
just to check the neighbor's crops, or if you have the tools and parts in
your pickup to help a stranded motorist get back on the road. And you
might be a farmer if you are the only person who is happy when it rains
on the weekend.
But the best way to tell if you might be a farmer is if you enjoy a John
Deere calendar more than a Hooter's calendar.
From A Cow In The Pool, & Udder Humorous Farm Stories by Joe Peck. Joe and his son David
milk 100 registered Holsteins on their farm in Saratoga County, New York. Joe has been
entertaining farm audiences for years with his speaking and writing with a combination of
enlightened inspiration, homespun yars and stand-up comedy drawn from a lifetime of farm
experiences.
Click here to visit Joe's Website
You might
be a
farmer if...
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