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Title
New
Idea
,
Inc
.
farm
implements
Subject
New Idea, Inc.
Farm machinery
Industries--Ohio—Springfield
Ohio--History--Pictorial works
Federal Writers' Project
Time Period
1930s
1940s
Place
Coldwater (Ohio)
Mercer County (Ohio)
Description
Reverse
reads
: "
New
Idea
,
Inc
.
manufacturers
of
farm
implements
.
Coldwater
,
Mercer
County
.
Credit
-
Mumm
Romer
Robbins
&
Pearson
,
Inc.
" In
1899
Joseph
Oppenheim
with the
help
of
Henry
Synck
invented
the
first
mechanical
manure
spreader
.
Oppenheim
conceived
the
idea
of a
practical
manure
spreader
during
a
game
of
paddle
ball
. He
subsequently
developed
a
model
from a
cigar
box
and
demonstrated
the
feasibility
of
distributing
manure
in a "
wide
spread
pattern
".
Manure
was
loaded
into the
spreader
. A
mechanism
moved
the
manure
to the
rear
where
it
was
distributed
by
paddles
.
Oppenheim's
future
son-in-law
,
Synck
,
worked
with him to
perfect
the
invention
.
After
months
of "
trial
and
error
it
became
obvious
he
(Oppenheim)
had
solved
the
problem
of
manure
spreading.....
. that he had
created
a "
New
Idea"......and
that a
name
and an
invention
had been
born!
"
Oppenheim
died
in
1901
and was
buried
in
Maria
Stein
.
Following
his
death
, his
wife
,
Mary
Ellerbrock
Oppenheim
,
invested
in
New
Idea
and
made
decisions
to
move
the
company
forward
. The "
New
Idea
Spreader
Works
" was
established
and
built
in
Maria
Stein
. The "
New
Idea
"
caught
on
quickly
because
it
relieved
farmers
of the
back-breaking
chore
of
manually
distributing
manure
from a
wagon
.
Mary
Oppenheim
died
in
1907
.
New
Idea
continued
to
grow
and in
1908
the
company
moved
to
Coldwater
,
Ohio
,
where
a
railhead
existed
to
ship
the
completed
spreaders
.
Henry
Synck
remained
involved
with
New
Idea
. In his
older
age
,
Henry
Synck
sold
New
Idea
to
Avco
, a
conglomerate
that was
subsequently
acquired
by
Textron
. In a
complicated
series
of
transactions
,
Textron
subsequently
divested
New
Idea
to
Allied
Corporation
,
another
conglomerate
(White-New
Idea)
who
subsequent
divested
it
to
AGCO
Corporation
.
New
Idea
has
continued
to
produce
a
broad
spectrum
of
farm-related
machinery
.
Unfortunately
, the
Coldwater
,
Ohio
plant
established
by the
Oppenheim
family
and
Henry
Synck
was
closed
in
1999
as the
manufacturer
sought
to
reduce
costs
and
consolidate
manufacturing
in
fewer
locations
.
Creator
Ohio
Federal
Writers
'
Project
Collection
Ohio
Guide
Photographs
Source
State
Archives
Series
1039
AV
Submitting Institution
Ohio Historical Society
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Date created
2010-04-30
Date modified
2011-06-20
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