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RISE & FALL OF TRAILED COMBINES

ombines that were more suitable for European conditions appeared in the UK in the post-war period. Food production was still paramount in war-ravaged Europe and one firm was to feature strongly in the immediate post-war grain crops in Europe was Germany’s Claas. They incidentally had sold one of their pre-war MDB models to Mr J.C. Sword of West Balgray in Ayrshire. This combine and the aforementioned Clayton bought by Lord Traprain are now in the Scottish Museum

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