Farming Equipment – Old And New
Way back in 1868 the first tractor came about. It was steam and found its first use in the lumber industry. Then in 1887 gas began to be used for fuel. In the early days traction machines were the name for tractors before the word tractor was thought of. There is so much equipment needed for farming that it is ideal if the farmer has a lot of land and the ability to make good money when he has a good season. Farming equipment always needs repair whether it is new or used because something is bound to wear out sooner or later from so much use.
The farming equipment list grows and grows the more a farm grows. There are cub tractors, trucks and riding lawn mowers. Most farms have a trailer and many have different trailers for separate things. Always one or more tractors needs repair of some kind. Also, if you have given any thought to collecting, tractors are one great collection item. There are clubs all over the country, one being a club featuring the Farmall Cub Tractor where people from everywhere come to view all the old time tractors. Men and women get together and discuss where they buy parts and who has another tractor for sale.
If you have an old tractor you should give some thought to the fact that they will be more dangerous to operate than the new tractors of today. Find a set of rules to go by before you start the tractor, for instance, open up the barn. You never know how dangerous breathed in fumes will be to you. The farming equipment of today is modern and has many safety features not on the tractors of long ago. Even though the tractor eased the farmer's work of yesteryear, progress has certainly modernized them and brought them up many notches from the late 1800's.
There are companies that first built tractors and then they were purchased by another company and then purchased again by another company. It is good that historians and business people keep track of who built what and who to give credit to for the wonderful growth this business has had. Farming equipment of long ago led to the growth and achievements of professional, modern farmers all across the country, East to West and in between.