1911 Catalog for the Luebben Baler

We were recently contacted by the family of J. F. Buchmayer of Northern Missouri. Mr. Buchmayer was a farmer with an intense interest in the history of farm machinery.

Among the treasures left by Mr. Buchmayer, the family found this 32-page catalog about the Luebben round baler published in 1911. 

Sometime in these 111 years, Father Time, some chemical, critters, or some other misfortune found the catalog resulting as a through-shot of deterioration to the catalog, but we are going to overlook that blemish and enjoy the remaining fragile content.

The first image reveals the front cover of the catalog.

This image illustrates the gathering of hay, the stationary operation of the machine, and a fellow showing off the finished product. Note that the Luebben baler produced bales with a hole in the center.

The catalog contained a few pages of testimonials by farmers who had used the Luebben round baler. Here are two pages of those.

This drawing gives a good idea of what the machine looked like. The hole in the paper does not detract from the image at all.

 

This straight-on view is, I believe, the view of the rear of the machine.