Published In:
Ann Arbor News, June 24, 1936
Caption:
TABULATING FARM CENSUS FIGURES FOR WASHTENAW: Above are shown some of the members of the committee which is tabulating the results of the census taken in the county under the new AAA act. Seated around the table, left to right, are Mrs. Peggy Malloy; Harry Cole, Lodi; Owen Steffe, Northfield; James Spencer, Northfield; Roy C. Ives, Sylvan; WIlliam Brownson, Ann Arbor; F. Webber, Northfield; and Ellwyn A. Gilbert, Platt.

Published In:
Ann Arbor News, July 17, 1935
Caption:
Steffe Uses Big-Scale Haying Methods: Above are pictured the hay rake and stacker, said by local farm authorities to be the only combination of its kind operating in Michigan, which Owen Steffe of Whitmore Lake is using to gather in a crop of 125 acres of alfalfa hay on the Huron Valley farms on Whitmore Lake Rd. During the season he uses it on a number of farms for which he harvests all the hay grown. This strange combination consists of a huge rake drawn by two horses hitched individually at the two ends and a huge mechanical arm which scoops up a young haystack at one swoop and hoists it up on the growing stack. The crop shown in the picture above is running about two tons to the acre of exceptionally fine hay.

Published In:
Ann Arbor News, July 17, 1935
Caption:
Steffe Uses Big-Scale Haying Methods: Above are pictured the hay rake and stacker, said by local farm authorities to be the only combination of its kind operating in Michigan, which Owen Steffe of Whitmore Lake is using to gather in a crop of 125 acres of alfalfa hay on the Huron Valley farms on Whitmore Lake Rd. During the season he uses it on a number of farms for which he harvests all the hay grown. This strange combination consists of a huge rake drawn by two horses hitched individually at the two ends and a huge mechanical arm which scoops up a young haystack at one swoop and hoists it up on the growing stack. The crop shown in the picture above is running about two tons to the acre of exceptionally fine hay.