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This clip is Part 1 of a 2-part film.
With the Fordson in Texas Part 1
Description
The original catalog description provided by the Ford Motor Company reads as follows: “Houston.” “Everyone in Uvalde, Texas, now knows the Fordson’s capacity for work, but they had to be shown.” Spectators watching tractor demonstrations. “Plowing irrigated farm land.” Tractor-drawn plows, water running in ditch. “A three disc plow working Texas land.” Several tractor-drawn plows, spectators following. “Discing unplowed ground.” Heavily weighted discs drawn by tractor. “Plowing and discing headlands.” “Houston.” “In years to come we may look back upon these demonstrations and smile but today the Fordson and its work stand as an achievement just in its infancy.” Worker riding tractor-drawn ditch digger. “Dallas Branch.” “‘Nothing very difficult about operating a Fordson,’ says this nine year old lad.” Boy driving tractor-drawn discs through roughly plowed field. “A new employee in the brick industry may be found at Corsicana, Texas.” Tractor-hauled brick mixture mixers. “Houston.” Fleet of tractor-drawn plows and discs, spectators. “Cleaning out an old ditch with Martin ditcher. It is advisable to complete this operation twice.” Worker riding tractor-drawn ditcher. “Cutting and binding rice on wet and dry ground.” Tractor-drawn harvester in operation. [1921]
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