By By ERIN VER BERKMOES / Niles Daily Star
NILES - For many years Gene and Marge Sherwood, both of whom were born and raised in Niles, have been collecting antique tractors, especially the Minneapolis-Moline Brand.
For almost 20 years Gene competed in drag racing and eventually gave it up.
An antique tractor is classified as anything built before 1974.
The Sherwoods have gotten their tractors from all over the country including Montana, Oklahoma, Ohio, Indiana and Michigan.
They own tractors ranging from 1937 up to 1974 and belong to three tractor clubs.
The Sherwoods share their love of antique tractors as they travel to different tractor shows, the most recent just last weekend in Jones.
One sad part about the world of antique tractor collecting is that there seems to be less people interested in it.