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THE JOHN DEERE

By Mrs. M. Piper Jr.

Overland Park, Kansas 66212

My husband belonged to the Gas Engine Club for several years and had accumulated several engines when he decided he would like to have a tractor too. Due to the efforts of a friend, he was able to acquire one.

Roland Spillman is from a small town called Moran, Kansas. He has relatives and friends in that community that have been farmers all their lives and some had kept their old tractors. Roland found an old tractor in a field and arranged for my husband, Mike to buy it for only $50.00. When it arrived in our front yard, it didn't look like it was worth that much!

Harold Beach, the friend that introduced Mike to the Club, helped him bring it home, pushed it into the backyard (it wouldn't run). It was quite a thing for someone to see an old beat-up tractor in our suburban backyard.

It remained there and he managed to work...

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