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      <image:caption>TC Keeps an eye on some new lettuce plants</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>JohnR and Jane V with  'one of Dad's old machines'</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>JR and the Groundhog</image:caption>
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    <lastmod>2018-07-11</lastmod>
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      <image:title>January Garden Visit with TC</image:title>
      <image:caption>TC watches the winer garden even as firewood has been tossed there for the season</image:caption>
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      <image:title>Tine Talk</image:title>
      <image:caption>Graphic H - Chopper Tines. Offered to Rototiller owners in the late 1950's and kept in production by Garden Way Mfg. as an alternative tine product.</image:caption>
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      <image:title>Tine Talk</image:title>
      <image:caption>Graphic I - Bolo Tines. The standard tine offering on all Tory Built tillers. They were capable of turning under standing corn stalks as long as the stalks were tender and green.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Graphic K - This DuFour Patent affirms the demand for a tine style that could meet the changing needs of tiller users for a product that could accomplish a range of tasks.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Graphic M - Pointed Pick tines used by Rototiller, Inc. on models after WWII and also made available to Troy Built users until the late 1970's. Premature bending could be caused by improper heat treating and/or inappropriate grade of steel selected.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Graphic G - 1949 Model T Rototiller offered alternative tine styles designed to accomplish other gardening tasks.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Graphic J - The Seaman Patent shows that there was still a demand for Spring Tines as late as 1940</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Graphic F - 1937 Rototiller, Inc. Model B1-3 two piece spring tine w/Booster insert. The extra spring indicates a need for additional tine strength due to different soil conditions.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Graphic E - 1937 Rototiller, Inc. Model B1-3 two piece Spring Tine</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Graphic B –Von Meyenburg-1922 – Same tine style as in 1916 – see Graphic A above.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Graphic A – Herr Von Meyenburg – 1916 – Tines were formed from round stock into “S” shaped tools.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Graphic C – DuFour 1931 – Early indication of alternate tine styles for use in different types of soils.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Graphic D – DuFour –1936 – Different inventor, yet same “wire tine” style as in 1916.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Graphic L - Roto-Millers were introduced about 1949050 to meet the demand for a tine that could do more than cultivate the soil. These were said to be able to turn under organic matter such as cover crops, for soil improvement.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>“One operation instead of three” was the principle reason behind Kelsey’s interest in rotary tillage. This graphic was included in Kelseys’ paper delivered to the American Society ofAgricultural Engineers in Chicago in 1933.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Kelsey 's 1910 Motorette with steering device known as a Tiller.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>1932 brochure called “First Quarter Rototiller News” shows that Kelsey didn’t waste much time getting started. With a dealer organization in place and a Field Day at Rutgers Univ. already behind him he was getting some serious traction with the “Rotary Tillage” concept. The machine in the picture was a K-5, most likely a Simar, made in Geneva Switzerland. Graphic courtesy Zuck’s Rototillers</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Von Meyenburg 1916 Tilling Machine. Photo courtesy Rensselaer County Historical Society.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>By 1938 Kelsey was building Rototillers and his Dealer Network was selling them. This brochure tells about the first Field Day in Troy.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Model A-1, built 1938, Serial # 21. Is part of the Collection at the Burden Iron Works Museum in South Troy.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Figure 1: The engine starting strap for the B1-3 becomes a thing of the past as Rototiller, Inc. moves into the '40's, the war and the Roto-Ette.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Kelsey’s 60“wide Rototiller mounted on a standard farm tractor was shown in a 1933 brochure for the American Society of Agricultural Engineers – Revised January 1940.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>The RotoEtte Home Gardener featured a chain drive tiller attachment which was removeable to accommodate other features. Note the rope starter for the 1 ½ HP B&amp;S motor.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Figure 1- "Home Gardener" Roto-Ettes coming off the assembly line with George Done, right, shown with his brother Dave and Pete Maraj. These are the men who worked with Mr. Kelsey through the ‘30’s, and ‘40's and who produced the Model T in the ‘50’s</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Figure 4 – Top: C.W.Kelsey demonstrates Model T; Bottom Left: Model 2 with Rotary Mower attached using the new “Lightning Change” feature; Bottom Right: Model T Showing Swingable Handlebars. (source: Roto-Ette sales literature)</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Figure 3 - California dealer, Bill Eaton, displayed Model T's, Model 2's and attachments in his showroom</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>FIGURE 2 – Phil Carabis pictured in the Troy Bilt service shop in the early ’70s.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>FIGURE 3 – Photos of the Troy File Works exhibit at the 1961 Schaghticoke Fair. The totally new and different ”Trojan Horse” Rototiller is shown publicly for the first time.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>FIGURE 1 – 1962 – Imagine the shock waves in the Troy business community when they saw that their Rototiller factory had moved to Syracuse, NY! Graphic courtesy zucksrototillers.com</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Looking over archives, Glen Rock, NJ - May 2021, “RototilleR Roundup” hosts Les Miller and Jody Brown.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>[1] Graphic courtesy: Gardening Beyond the Plow, 1981, Garden Way Inc.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>The Tiller Factory Tines imitated the New York Times’ style.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>’76’s production bounced back up to six images.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>’85 was a four-image year; ’86 was down to three; ’87 had only two.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>’72 was a two-image year with 20,296 units built.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>The old Draper Cordage factory at 102nd St. and 9th Ave. in Troy, NY was purchased in 1938 for use by Kelsey’s new RototilleR start-up.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>In eight years, the factory built less than 10,000 units. Things were looking up.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>’75’s production was down to five TB images.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>From ’77 to ’82, the reader will have to assign the proper number of bouncy TB images.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>’73 earned six images, and the same for ’74.</image:caption>
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