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AS I SAW IT Part VI

By Rolland E. Maxwell

Route 4, Huntington, Indiana 46750

In about 1925 The Farm Equipment Institute said a total of 593 companies had made, or were listed as having made tractors, or component parts, such as engines, transmissions, wheels, etc. Now this may seem high to some. I have been working on a list of tractors manufactured or listed as having been manufactured at some time or other, and were advertised for sale. So far I have over four hundred and fourteen companies and am still finding more. Now let it be understood that a good percentage of these were small outfits. Maybe a black-smith or a mechanically-minded farmer built several with the intention of making many more, but for the lack of money, material etc., just made a few. On the other hand there were some who were merely stock promotion schemes and made a few samples, and never intended to go any farther. Lack...

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