Agriculture & Farm Machinery
Turn-of-the-century tractors, steam power, early farm equipment, and surprising machine innovations.
Explore the machines that changed farming from backbreaking hand labor into a new age of power, speed, and invention.
Farming Enters The Machine Age
From hand plows to tractors, this exhibit shows how machines changed farm life.
See turn-of-the-century tractors, powered hand plows, attachments, road graders, and early farm machines built to make difficult work faster, stronger, and more efficient.
When Machines Changed Farming
Early tractors helped replace hand labor, horse power, and the hardest jobs on the farm.
At the turn of the 1900s, farming was changing fast. Tractors, steam engines, powered plows, and specialized attachments gave farmers new ways to work the land with less hand labor and more power. Some machines were built for orchards, with protective fairings designed to move between trees, while others used track systems to keep from getting stuck in soft fields. The collection also includes a rare prototype turbine-powered tractor, showing how inventors continued experimenting with new ideas long after the first tractors transformed the farm. Together, these pieces show how machinery reshaped agriculture and helped move farming into the modern age.
What To Look For:
- 1913 Sawyer-Massee steam tractor
- Orchard tractors with protective fairings
- Tractors with ARP tracks for soft ground
- Powered hand plows and attachments
- Horse-powered and engine-powered road graders
- Lamborghini tractor with supercar roots
- Prototype turbine-powered tractor
Steam Power
A 1913 Sawyer-Massee steam tractor shows the strength and scale of early farm machinery.
Turbine Prototype
A rare turbine-powered tractor reveals how inventors kept rethinking the future of farming.
Lamborghini Roots
Before the supercars, Lamborghini built tractors that helped launch the legendary brand.
A Glimpse Into The Agriculture Collection
Ready to See It in Person?
Explore the history of farm machinery at Volo Museum.
See turn-of-the-century tractors, powered plows, road graders, steam equipment, the Lamborghini tractor, and more.
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