Well made in the 20s and 30s, I would imagine that would be a simple and rugged design with GE generators mounted and ground level and easily serviceable.
The problem I see with the modern wind turbines is that the generators are mast mounted, gear driven and solid state regulated.
All of that means complexity that your average farmer (or anybody with out an EE degree) may have trouble maintaining on their own. The thing that someone buying these things needs to remember is that in 10 or 15 years none of the parts for these things will be available. If your voltage regulator fails or a gear in the transmission wears out they will most likely be obsolete and unavailable. Replacement parts available may be incompatible with the other parts of your machine.
And most likely those older windmill generators were most likely not mounted at the heights that the modern wind turbine are. How many of the old farmers would be climbing to 200 or more feet that the modern wind turbines are mounted today to change generator brushes.
My grandparents were farmers and would rarely ever take a machine out for repair. Almost everything on a modern wind turbine needs a professional technician to service it.
However, the fact that they create AC is what drives the need for solid-state rectifiers to go with the regulators to provide DC that can be stored in a battery.