| Show He Invented I y a Rolling Rollins Disc Blade to to Cut Tough Tou h Prairie Sod S. S A A. Ingersoll founder of the com com- Dany any had decided as a farm boy boyat hat at a sharp rolling disc blade was seeded to run ahead of the mold- mold oard loard on horse-drawn horse plows to cut he tough prairie sod of his day By 1884 he had developed a com com- complete complete lete rolling coulter which was wide- wide wider widey y r accepted by farm implement manufacturers And he opened a factory to manufacture the blades it t Sandoval Ill where his grain and lumber business already was established It is told of him that in those earlier times S. S A. A Ingersoll was wasa a man of many duties Simultaneously Simultaneously Simultaneously he was plant manager work work- workman workman man salesman shipping clerk traffic traffic traffic fic manager bookkeeper and treas treas- So that his Ws income might be supplemented and the opportunity for steady employment spread move more evenly among his employees the senior Ingersoll became also a bar bar- ref rel maker catering to the needs of fruit growers He built and operated ed a canning factory Twenty years after the business was started he moved it to Galesburg Gales Gales- Galesburg burg Ill It was there during World War I supplying necessary parts for farm implements when the plant was completely destroyed by fire Undismayed Ingersoll workers con con- continued continued continued their production during a bit bit- bitter bitter bitter ter winter while new walls and roof were built around them I |
