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THE STORY OF OUR CO-OP TRACTOR

By N. D. Kulsavage

600 Pleasant Valley Rd., Milford, MI 48042

This epic started about 20 years ago. When taking a Sunday drive a few miles from home, I saw an odd-looking tractor resting beside a barn door. Like all good iron collectors this thing sparked my interest, so for the next few years I occasionally drove by the farm and observed that the tractor was loved because it occasionally changed position around the farm yard.

Finally, it became stationary alongside a fence row, and rested there for a few years. This lack of activity was a sure sign of rejection, so I worked up my courage one afternoon and confronted the farmer. My suspicions were confirmed; it was unloved and, yes, he would part with it for what he felt was the fair value for metal-$15.00.

Any sane iron collector would dicker at this point, but the price stunned me so that I was struck...

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