Louden Hay Tools - 1917 - General Catalog No. 47 - reprint for Sale

On eBay Now...

Louden Hay Tools - 1917 - General Catalog No. 47 - reprint For Sale

When you click on links to various merchants on this site and make a purchase, this can result in this site earning a commission. Affiliate programs and affiliations include, but are not limited to, the eBay Partner Network.

Louden Hay Tools - 1917 - General Catalog No. 47 - reprint:
$13.98

Louden Hay Tools, General Catalog No. 47 (May 1917), published by The Louden Machinery Co., Fairfield, Iowa. Originally reproduced in 2004 by Yesterday’s Tomorrow Publications, Fletcher, NC. Reproduced in 2012 by Nation Builder Books, Mebane, NC. 5½ x 8½ photocopied booklet, 57 pages.

Please note this is a new photoduplicated reproduction, not an original.

The subtitle tell you what is offered inside: Unloading Tools, Barn and Garage Door Hangers, Dairy Barn Equipment, Litter, Feed, Merchandise, and Milk Can Carriers, Horse Stable Equipment, Cupolas, Ventilators, Drains, Etc., Hardware Specialties:Title: Louden Hay Publication date: 1916 Subjects: Horses Agricultural machinery Farm equipment

William Louden's specialized farm-equipment contributions to dairy farming have been compared to John Deere's and Cyrus McCormick's well-known contributions to grain farmers.He received his first patent, in September 1867, for a device which helped farmers stack hay efficiently. The Louden Machinery Company continued to develop and manufacture a variety of hay tools that allowed a farmer to easily and efficiently move and store hay. Besides easing the backbreaking labor of 19th century farms, these new inventions meant that barns could be bigger and taller, enabling farms to be larger and more efficient.

In 1907, the company initiated a free barn planning service to help farmers erect more efficient barns (designed to use Louden barn equipment, of course). By 1939 over 25,000 original Louden barn plans had been distributed all around the world. Tens of thousands of additional barns were equipped or retrofitted with Louden products. Louden developed more and more laborsaving devices, such as individual easy-to-clean metal cattle-watering drinking cups, which had the advantage of preventing the spread of disease between cows.

Louden began to move away from its farm market during World War One, when industrial manufacturers began use Louden's monorail overhead traveling crane system to speed up production and save money. Louden's reputation for innovation, reliability and quality allowed them to expand quickly in this new market opportunity, and the industrial division soon became predominant.

Another significant market opportunbity came during the Second World War. In the secret Manhattan Project, the federal government turned to Louden to construct the material handing devices for the manufacture of atomic bombs in Oak Ridge, Tennessee . In the 1960's, NASA selected Louden for the building of 27 cranes and other devices running on two miles of track, to handle NASA's Apollo space booster rocket at NASA’s Huntsville, Alabama, facility. In 1961, Louden supplied overhead cranes for a Boeing plant in Wichita, Kansas, which assembled B-52H bombers.

The Louden family sold its remaining interests in the company in 1953.

Please note: no returns accepted. Sorry, but this is in reaction to 's new policies which really screw sellers on return shipping. I encourage you to contact and complain.