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WORLD WAR I STORYBy H. Downer73461 Broadhead Road Kimbolton, Ohio 43749 Only a portion of the World War I war machine was motorized. A large share was horse and mule-drawn. Heavy purchases of horses and mules by the U.S. War Department left American farms seriously underpowered. This crisis coincided with a world shortage of grain. As an effort to meet this demand, the Pullford Co. introduced its small farm tractor. It was equipped with a model T engine and drive train. It would operate only on gasoline. Numerous attempts by various experimenters failed to produce a satisfactory kerosene carburetor for the model T. Rumely and International tractors burned 7 kerosene efficiently. Pullford would only operate on 16 gasoline. Although Pullford's initial cost was very competitive, the high fuel cost penalty prevented volume sales. By 1930 petroleum refinery processes produced a much higher... 815 of 1754 characters shown.
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