Album Tractors, Equipment from Diane Putnam

Ford tractor

nobody@ipernity.com (Diane Putnam) — Fri, 01 Sep 2023 05:34:15 +0000

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Farmall

nobody@ipernity.com (Diane Putnam) — Fri, 01 Sep 2023 05:34:14 +0000

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Ancient, but I'll bet it still runs well.

Thanksgiving sunset

nobody@ipernity.com (Diane Putnam) — Sun, 28 Nov 2021 12:11:13 +0000

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Sort of a cowboy sunset. ;-)

Alfalfa rake, or something

nobody@ipernity.com (Diane Putnam) — Sat, 02 Oct 2021 10:33:01 +0000

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I don't know what this is really called or what it does.

Broken down Case

nobody@ipernity.com (Diane Putnam) — Thu, 24 Sep 2020 07:05:07 +0000

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Hay ride

nobody@ipernity.com (Diane Putnam) — Thu, 24 Sep 2020 07:05:03 +0000

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This was a fund-raising party for the Dorris Museum.

Old Mr. Deere

nobody@ipernity.com (Diane Putnam) — Thu, 24 Sep 2020 07:04:51 +0000

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This proves that even farm equipment can have good or bad design years.

Random parts and old dump truck

nobody@ipernity.com (Diane Putnam) — Thu, 24 Sep 2020 07:04:47 +0000

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In front, a disc plow for tilling soil before planting. I was dying to get a better look at the dump truck, but didn't want to trespass. Well, I wanted to, but I didn't.

Spare parts

nobody@ipernity.com (Diane Putnam) — Thu, 24 Sep 2020 07:04:42 +0000

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I liked the accelerator and clutch pedals near the front, right.

Blue tractor

nobody@ipernity.com (Diane Putnam) — Thu, 24 Sep 2020 07:04:37 +0000

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Kind of a mystery. I couldn't read the logo on the side, but blue usually means New Holland.

In consultation with Jean Paul Capdeville, I think this is a Fordson. From Wikipedia:

"The first prototypes of the new Henry Ford & Son tractor, which would later be called the Fordson, were completed in 1916. World War I was raging in Europe, and the United Kingdom, a net importer of food, was desperate for tractors in its attempt to expand its agriculture enough to feed Britain despite the great shipping disruption of the war. In 1917, the British Ministry of Munitions selected the Fordson for both importation from the U.S. and domestic U.K. production. It was thought that domestic U.K. production was preferable because so much Atlantic shipping was being sunk that exporting tractors from the U.S. would be counterproductive, as many would be lost at sea." en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fordson The Fordson name was dropped in 1964 and the name in both the US and UK became Ford.

Farmall /McCormick Deering (?)

nobody@ipernity.com (Diane Putnam) — Thu, 24 Sep 2020 07:04:33 +0000

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Another time

nobody@ipernity.com (Diane Putnam) — Mon, 14 Sep 2020 09:59:57 +0000

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Rough going

nobody@ipernity.com (Diane Putnam) — Mon, 14 Sep 2020 09:51:38 +0000

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AA329 Meaning.

Garage things

nobody@ipernity.com (Diane Putnam) — Wed, 02 Sep 2020 11:26:06 +0000

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Granddaughter looking...

nobody@ipernity.com (Diane Putnam) — Thu, 03 Sep 2020 04:51:22 +0000

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...for trouble on the horizon.

PHSSSHHHH

nobody@ipernity.com (Diane Putnam) — Thu, 03 Sep 2020 04:51:27 +0000

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Center pivot irrigation system of an alfalfa field. Crops in very large acreage farms are typically grown in circles about 1/2 mile in diameter (800 M). This equipment costs a fortune to buy and most farmers have more than one circle to irrigate. It is common to lease rather than purchase this equipment. More about these systems: tinyurl.com/y5cbqq9n

When I was a Google Earth forum moderator, one of the top questions asked by new members was, "What are those mysterious circles in the Sahara desert?" Or, someone would post "evidence" that they were made by alien beings, were UFO landing pads, and so on. It became an inside joke with the mods and we finally had a standard link for them all to refer to rather than using energy with an original reply. (The UFO people would argue with us, anyway. Another frequent post concerned Area 51 in the Nevada Desert - even more tedious than the crop circles question. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Area_51)

Rake the sky

nobody@ipernity.com (Diane Putnam) — Sat, 05 Sep 2020 09:19:10 +0000

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Wheelrake.

Obscure horizon

nobody@ipernity.com (Diane Putnam) — Mon, 14 Sep 2020 08:15:05 +0000

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Tractor on the plain

nobody@ipernity.com (Diane Putnam) — Mon, 14 Sep 2020 08:12:20 +0000

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New Holland combine

nobody@ipernity.com (Diane Putnam) — Mon, 14 Sep 2020 08:12:16 +0000

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