By Lexi MooreA tractor from Steen resident Bill Kroon’s collection will be nationally recognized in the 2005 Classic Farm Tractors Calendar released by Classic Tractor Fever out of Rockland, Del."I have been collecting tractors for years," Kroon said. "Ever since I was a kid, I suppose." He chose to collect Oliver tractors because he grew up with them on his family’s farm. He has 20 Oliver tractors that he has been restoring in the winter months over the past five years.The 1964 Oliver 66 diesel featured on the July page of the 2005 calendar was once owned by his father, Herman Kroon. Kroon was approached last summer at a tractor show by a photographer interested in his tractor. The photographer submitted the photo to the calendar publisher, who selected it to be included in the calendar.The 16th edition of the Classic Farm Tractors Calendar is a nationally circulated calendar featuring full-size pictures of various makes of farm tractors from the past century that have been restored to like-new condition.Classic Tractor Fever also produces a 90-minute companion video, "New Life for Old Iron." Collectors featured in the calendar drive and describe their restored tractors in the video.Kroon has mixed feelings about his newfound fame. "You can only enjoy looking at yourself in a calendar for so long before it isn’t interesting anymore," he said,
