The Sheridan implement company began selling Allis-Chalmers round balers in 1947
Round baler technology got its start in Sutton, way back...
The June 12, 1947 issue of The Sutton News carried this item.
William
Sheridan was touting his new Allis Chalmers roto baler and side delivery rake.
Old timers in Sutton were recalling 40-some years earlier when a local fellow
invented the first round baler. The Sutton News editor came close to getting
the story right. He credited the invention to “Luben” saying he was a “banker
in our town.” Most accounts, and the Sutton Museum credit the banker’s son,
Ummo Luebben for designing and building the world’s first round baler. The
basic design survives in today’s machines. The Luebben’s patent for the machine
was issued on October 18, 1910, interestingly enough, the day my father was
born. Ummo Luebben manufactured his baler in Beatrice and Lincoln before selling the rights to the machine to Allis Chalmers in 1940.
This photo of the folks at Wm. Sheridan & Sons appears on page 125 of “Along the County Line.” In the front row are Roger, William, John, and William Sheridan, Sr. The caption identified the back row as “Those who helped the Sheridans.” Let's have a quiz. Comment below if you know who those back row folks might be.
The background story of Sutton's role in the invention of the round baler was detailed in this year's ago post, linked here.
https://suttonhistoricalsociety.blogspot.com/2008/12/sutton-home-of-round-baler.html
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