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RUMELY RECLAIMED

By Elden R. Adams

Box 245 Dawson Creek, British Columbia Canada V1G 4G7

This Rumely 1927 M model was bought new for two thousand dollars by my father, who farmed on the Saskatchewan prairies. He sold all his horses in order to obtain the money to pay for it and went straight power farming. This was a bit revolutionary in those days.

In 1940 he sold this tractor to me and I started farming in the same area of southern Saskatchewan. In 1942 I moved to the Peace River area of British Columbia and, at this point, sold the Rumely tractor.

1927 Model M Rumely in its restored condition, in 1986.  

The Rumely as it appeared in 1984 when found by Eldon Adams, after 22 years of neglect. 

Mr. Adams and granddaughter Nyla Lepine pose in front of the restored Rumely.  

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