Labor saving devices are nothing new, but they rarely inspire the kind of dedicated stewardship that antique engines do. This week in Fort Meade, Florida, the 1500 members of the Florida Flywheelers ...

John Wright III set out Monday to achieve hometown glory. The Middletown farm boy has been visiting The Great Frederick Fair tractor pull since he was 4; he built his own tractor in high school.

The first recorded tractor pull likely was held in 1939 in Missouri on a farm. “Farmers wanted to go home with the bragging rights on who had the better tractor,” said Dennis Thomas, who has run the ...