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THE SHIRK GASOLINE TRACTOR 1909-1911By Donald J. SummarPeter Shirk didn't have sufficient capital or a large enough shop to expand production to meet the increasing demand for his tractors. He apparently sold the manufacturing rights for the tractor to the Otto Gas Engine Works in the fall of 1911. A brochure on the "Otto Gasoline Tractor," published before the end of 1911, included a photograph of a tractor with Peter Z. Martin, Peter Shirk's son-in-law, at the wheel. This photograph, used earlier in a flyer put out by the Blue Ball Machine Works, was of a Shirk tractor. Such use of the photograph would seem to indicate that Otto took up production of the tractor without finding it necessary to alter Shirk's design. Shirk 4 HP tractor with New Holland engine. Specifications of the Otto gasoline tractor, designed by Peter Shirk, show the type of vehicle which Shirk had... 817 of 3548 characters shown.
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