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A CENTENARY OF ROW-CROP TRACTORS

Rather than a brand, the specially themed row-crop class focuses on a tractor ‘concept’ originating from the Thirties in the US, where the machines were traditionally three-wheeled to straddle rows in the field and were often set high off the ground to clear crops like maize or cotton.

Unprecedented

“The wide range of tractor makes qualifying for this class, like Allis-Chalmers, Massey-Harris, Fordson, John Deere and Farmall to name a few, promises to attract entries never exhibited at the show before,” says Paul Ducksbury of the show’s organising committee.

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