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Copa on his property, where visitors had an opportunity to view and learn more about the different horse drawn farming equipment pieces on display, as well as view many of them being used in action. For instance, the display of the Western Maywood Tongue Scraper informed visitors that the scraper allows the driver to fill and dump his own load with ease and was designed for making and leveling roads. The scraper was listed as a hot sales item in the 1897 Western Catalog and in the 1906 Deere and Webber Company catalog.
Another display was of a Stockland Pride Road Making Machine, which was patented by the Stockland Manufacturing Company of Minneapolis on Dec. 19, 1911. It was used for ditching, leveling roads and grading snow in the winter, Copa said.
One thing the younger generation seems to be the most surprised by during events, such as the Northern Minnesota Draft Horse Field Day, Copa said, is seeing it still working as it did a century or so ago. For many regardless of age, he said, those events simply make history come alive for a moment. It’ s another way of preserving it.
Up until a few years ago, Copa farmed mainly with horses, whether it was plowing, planting or harvesting. Having grown up farming with horses, he preferred the slow pace versus the speed of a tractor. There is nothing like feeling the breeze and hearing the sound of a peaceful day in nature, he said.“ There’ s nothing like it,” he said. Copa said he has told his children that he doesn’ t know what they’ re going to do with his collection once he’ s gone. Nevertheless, he has had fun collecting it all.
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