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Tag: farm shows

The 1920s tractor bubble.

The farm tractor was still an unknown, emerging technology in the first decade of the twentieth century. But as automobiles replaced horses and wagons on farmsteads across the country, it seemed only a matter of time before the tractor displaced the horse entirely. But sometimes …

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Leave a Comment on The 1920s tractor bubble.October 25, 2020 By Neil Dahlstrom

Poor Paul Ford

No, not Bill Ford, the “coward” that shot Jessie James. And no, not Henry Ford, or even a relation, at least not directly. He was just Paul Ford, trying to make his way. He was recently married, with two young children, living in Minneapolis. Imagine …

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Ford, Fremont, HartsoughLeave a Comment on Poor Paul FordJuly 31, 2020July 31, 2020 By Neil Dahlstrom

National tractor demonstration

How do you introduce new technologies to the buying public? You go to a demonstration, of course. Or perhaps a state or county fair. I remember getting “lost” in my car on the concourse of the Iowa State Fair, the victim of a wrong turn …

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Fremont, National Farm Demonstration, tractorLeave a Comment on National tractor demonstrationJuly 15, 2020July 17, 2020 By Neil Dahlstrom

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