Apr 29, 2022 · The most memorable tractor of World War II is without doubt the Fordson Model N. Fordson tractors were the first mass-produced, affordable tractors to be built in the U.K., and they were extremely commonplace on farms throughout Britain. Built in Dagenham, Essex, the Fordson N tractor was a key player in the gradual shift from horse power to ...

Apr 7, 2021 · Despite facing rationed access to inputs such as gasoline, tires, and tractors, and loss of farmworkers to the war effort, American farmers were able to increase their output sharply during the...

Sep 5, 2017 · Owner Kevin Titus says this 1941 John Deere Model H tractor served as both a farm tractor and the farmer’s personal transportation when performing aircraft spotter duties during World War II.

Apr 7, 2016 · Dad told me that during WW2 and for several years afterwards, farmers were cash rich but new cars and farm equipment were in very short supply as production could not keep up with demand. Price controls were still in effect too.

Feb 7, 2010 · A farm implement shortage developed quickly, particularly for tractors, combines, and corn pickers, and forced Great Plains farmers to share equipment when an implement broke or wore out. During the summer of 1942, H. O. Davis, rationing director for Kansas, told farmers, "This is more than a question of 'neighboring' it is a question of ...

Aug 1, 2002 · The cover story of the January 1943 Farm Journal addressed the constraints placed on farm machinery manufacturers during World War II. In December 1940, a year before the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor, President Franklin Roosevelt sat down for one of his famous radio “fire side chats” with the American people.

Nov 10, 2023 · During World War II, Goodwin was one of thousands of members of the Women’s Land Army of America, which made up roughly one third of American farmers who worked to keep their communities fed while 16 million people (mostly men) served in the war.

My dad purchased a new W4 in 1942, and that tractor was around our farm until replaced by an H in 1951. Dad had originally wanted an H in 42, but would had to have waited some time. Since he was running a Fordson at the time, W4 looked very good.

At the start of the war the government created committees, known to farmers as the WarAg. They had a difficult job to do as Britain had to try to feed itself. Each area committee had to produce a...

During World War I the tractor and combine began to turn the Great Plains into a grain factory of previously unimagined proportions. The number of man-hours required to grow an acre of wheat...