My Daughter's Eye For Invention

My Daughter s Eye For Invention FARM BUSINESS IDEAS This summer I started my 38th year writing about farm inventions and ideas here at FARM SHOW So it’s probably not surprising that my daughter Allie inherited a touch of her dad’s eye for invention She actually appeared in the magazine back in 2001 at the age of 9 when she invented the “Magic Mitt” for an Inventor’s Fair Vol 25 No 2 It was a knit glove fitted with patches of Velcro to hold disposable electrostatic dust cloths for cleaning mini blinds What made the story newsworthy - other than the fact that she was my daughter - was the fact that a representative from a big manufacturer took pics of her idea and later submitted it to the company’s product development people The Magic Mitt never made it to market the company came out with a similar product soon after but it was an exciting event for our family Fast forward to 2014 Allie and I were recently on vacation taking a walk through a small northern Minnesota town She said “Hey Dad Take a look at that ” She had spotted a bench made from two tailgates off Chevy pickups It was a pretty good spot for an aging editor to take a rest And I decided a good excuse to tell you about my talented daughter once again Just an f y i like most inventive people we feature in FARM SHOW she’s pretty smart Next year she will graduate with a masters degree in genetic counseling from Stanford University in California

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