NEAT members enjoy annual breakfast stop at Scran & Dram

Staff at the Scran & Dram Scottish Public House in New Hamburg welcomed members of the North Easthope Antique Tractor Club (NEAT) for their annual breakfast stop. Front row, from left, are club president Murray Gingerich, Dwayne Snyder, Wayne Gerber, Simon Hazelwood and Donald Mann. In the kitchen doorway are Lanaya Sherwood, Keanna Marshall (manager) and Sara Bews (assistant manager). At the back are Kevin Winhold, Keith Bell, Calvin Schmidt, John Schyff and Ralph Gerber. Gary West photo

By Gary West

The North Easthope Antique Tractor Club (NEAT) made its annual breakfast stop at the Scran & Dram Scottish Public House in New Hamburg, where 42 members enjoyed a hearty meal and warm hospitality before continuing their weekly tractor tour.

Among the tractors on display was a 1955 John Deere 60 owned by Ron Neeb of Gadshill. Producing 39 horsepower, the tractor was considered one of the largest and most powerful farm tractors of its era.

During the mid-1950s, when many local farms ranged from 100 to 200 acres, machines like the John Deere 60 represented a significant step forward in agricultural technology.