Kilbourne Man Transforms Antique Sewing Machines Into Tractors
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october 10, 2019 • VoL. 102 • No. 21 LOUISIANA WWW.LDAF.LA.GOV LOUISIANA DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE & FORESTRY MIKE STRAIN DVM, COMMIssIONER Kilbourne man transforms antique sewing machines into tractors By Milford Fryer Gwen and Marvin Haley M arvin Haley has and has seen crop produc- with air conditioned cabs, ture, and will build almost cabinets, display cabinets, lived through many tion go through a number stereos and GPS steering. anything anyone needs. oversized picture frames changes in his 80 years. He of metamorphoses which He remembers leaving But he’s best known in the for displays from the store began farming with mules now includes huge tractors farm labor paying $2.50 a neighborhood for taking he owned, even a cus- day, heading to the oil old foot operated sew- tom fireplace mantle, that fields in West Texas for ing machines and turning all make his wood-frame $1.05 an hour and long them into the likeness of home in a shaded home- hours. He’s worked as tractors. Sometimes the stead near Kilbourne grab a painting contractor, a work requires a little imag- a visitors attention. They all grocery store/general ination, but Marvin has that seem professionally done, store owner and a pipe- by the bushel. which of course, they were. line inspector, to name Inside a lengthy Plexiglas His wife, Gwen, is his help- just a few jobs. display case that has faded mate and cheerleader. And He learned a lot and with age, Marvin has con- their courtship and mar- acquired a lot of skills, structed an entire pipeline riage is a story unto itself. so when he retired, he replica, with hand carved “Growing up on the farm, wasn’t about to let his likenesses of bulldozers, we had limited contact,” hands or his mind at- side-boom tractors, pipes, Marvin said. “My parents rophy. Instead, Marvin skids, vehicles—virtually never owned a vehicle. We applies the attention to every piece of equipment worked horses and mules. detail he was known for used in pipeline construc- “Daddy finally bought play into the projects he tion. The display goes far a John Deere tractor. He takes upon himself. He across his shop. used it to go places and for creates working replicas Besides his woodworking hunting.” of various mechanical for others and as a hobby, See Transform, items, he makes furni- he’s also built kitchen cont. on page 12 PAGE 2 MARKET BULLETIN OCTOBER 10, 2019 Louisiana Agriculture & Forestry Today L DAF streamlines horticulture-license testing process Baton Rouge, La. (Sep- which have streamlined the ton Rouge to the satellite quarters. tember 27, 2019) – With testing process while main- office, administered, then The following profes- a new computer-based taining the integrity of the sealed and returned to the sional horticulture license professional horticulture exams,” Strain said. 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