Kick off

The photos in this blog capture a piece of Leona Valley history from 1913 till about 1930 and are from various Hall family members. In 1913 my grandfather Frank D Hall bought the 3000 acre St. Anthony Ranch, the valley was then known as Leonis. He changed the name of the ranch to Leona Valley Ranch and set about building a dairy farm, but things didn't work out so well. My dad, also Cliff, grew up on the ranch.
The Leona Valley Town Council has a history document here:
http://leonavalleytowncouncil.org/Documents/LV%20Historical.pdf
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Thursday, February 3, 2011

Silo on Leona Valley Ranch for dairy operation

Before 1918, maybe 1916.  Silo blower and vibrating hopper is belt driven (6" wide leather belt) from a Mogul 8-16 tractor.  Feed would be loaded in to hopper and be blown into top of silo.  Guess it was first in area, as writing on back, says it was the talk of the area. 
By 1918, this wooden silo was replaced by a concrete silo. Don't know if it was in the same location.
International Harvester
Mogul 8-16 Tractor

The Mogul is rated at 8 drawbar (pulling a load) horsepower, and 16hp on belt pulley.
Engine is kerosene powered. One cylinder with 8" bore x 12" stroke, rated at 400 RPM.
It had one forward and one reverse gear.  Speed: 1.5 miles per hour.
Total weight was about 5000lbs.
The sale price of Mogul was $695 FOB, Chicago, IL
Mogul 8-16 began rolling out of Chicago factory in 1914 until 1917.
Simple and easy to operate, it was also easy to maintain and repair.
It was best selling tractor in 1915 & 1916 with over 5000 sold in each year.


Silo being loaded with silo blower driven by Mogul 8-16 tractor

Below is a photo from Flickr by Bhachgen from a Tractor Show where you can see the drum used to drive the leather belt for the silo blower.  Clicking on photo will take you to his site and can see larger version.

Mogul 8-16 Tractor

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