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Cultivating With The FordsonBy Mr. Robert J. Hayes2008 Summit Ave., Muscatine, Iowa 52761 Here is a picture of my Father cultivating with the Fordson. This probably was taken about 1945 or 1946. I am writing about the letter and picture by Mr. Strayer on the Fordson cultivator attachment. Dad bought one, used, in '41 and we used the critter until he quit farming in the late '40's. This was a '29 Fordson with the Moline cultivator attachment. It also had a Wico HI tension magneto, which made for much easier starting. The tractor had no differential or wheel brakes which made turning a beast of a job, especially on a hillside, on rough clay ground. You would come skidding around, front wheel plowing up a furrow, then it digs in -clunk! Down with the clutch, hop off, run around and look. Yup, the front wheel has snapped that curving fork and is lying on its side under the oil ... 801 of 1900 characters shown.
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