In your article you mentioned the Cockshutt 30, 40 and 50 as well as the Co-op E3, E4 and E5. That day will probably never come since I only have one restored, but it's still a dream. My goal was to have one of each model restored someday. I still have that tractor (original rubber on the rear, always shedded) along with close to two dozen other Co-op and Cockshutt tractors I've picked up over the years. My dad bought a new E5 diesel tractor in 1952 from this dealer. There used to be a Co-op machinery dealer in the local town of Sidney (Neb.) and because of this there were a few combines and quite a few tractors in the area. There is another old Co-op combine sitting on a neighbor's yard that is the next model bigger. I have two of these old combines but neither of them were ever used by my dad, just ones I've moved on the place. It used a six-cylinder, flat head Chrysler engine. This is a picture of a Co-op combine that was made by Cockshutt, just like the Co-op tractors were. The last couple have talked about old combines and mentioned Cockshutt combines. 'I enjoy reading your articles on the DTN. The first grain cart I ever saw was called a 'rice buggy' and was being used to move grain away from rice combines.' The attached picture is the first of a combine I ever saw on tracks. The tractors were popular around here, especially among the potato farmers. 'At one time, Oliver made just about everything in the way of farm equipment. The past couple of months, we have had quite a discussion in this column about some of the lesser-known combine manufacturers with many responses from readers about a wide variety of subjects. Co-op machinery was manufactured by Canadian farm equipment manufacturer Cockshutt and sold in the U.S. A Co-op combine sits on the Phil Narjes farm near Lodgepole, Nebraska.

Gleaner combines who makes them