[AT] Little Bull

[Gene Dotson]

    Older than that John;

    Little Bull tractors were made between April and December of 1914. 
Produced by the Bull Tractor Company in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Had a 5-12 
rating. Was replaced the following year by the Big Bull with a 7-20 
horsepower rating.



----- Original Message ----- 
From: "John Hall" <jthall at worldnet.att.net>
To: "Antique tractor email discussion group" <at at lists.antique-tractor.com>
Sent: Sunday, September 16, 2007 9:33 PM
Subject: Re: [AT] Re Plowing in Ohio/Long


> Little Bull?!?! Now thats a real tractor if it's one of those oddballs 
> from
> the '20's I'm thinking about.. Don't suppose the family has any pictures 
> of
> it in use? Sounds like your grandad was full of great farming tales!
>
> John
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: <Edchainsaw at aol.com>
> To: <at at lists.antique-tractor.com>
> Sent: Sunday, September 16, 2007 3:50 PM
> Subject: [AT] Re Plowing in Ohio/Long
>
>
>>
>> In a message dated 9/15/2007 12:06:54 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,
>> at-request at lists.antique-tractor.com writes:
>>
>> [AT]  Plowing in Ohio/Long
>>
>>
>> As a  kid  we plowed every inch of  ground we   planted -- so I was put 
>> on
>> a
>> plow as soon as I could be trusted-- 3  plows  were always  faster than 
>> 2.
>> We farm  near a  small river and  our sand was the easiest to plow-- I
>> loved
>> it  exept when you let  one wheel spin more than 1 round  without
>> moving...
>> I almost rolled a 4630 JD  over  into the old river  bed  that day...
>> most of the ground is  Zip-muck and  sandy loam   mix   you would go from
>> 5mph to 7 mph to 4  all in  one  pass.
>>
>> The one field is 3/4 mile long --- grampa  told  us when  he  plowed with
>> horses  he could  plow all day and still   jump over  the land  when  he
>> quit for
>> the night.  He saw it  all in his time --  when he started working on the
>> farm  they did  have a     tractor ---  a    LITTLE  BULL  tractor. 
>> They
>> went
>> back to horses  during the  20's  and  when he last plowed in 1980  we
>> were
>> using a 4430  and 5bottom plow   and  then before he died in 1999 he  saw
>> us go
>> to  no-tilling.
>>
>> My Dad could set up a plow well and from using  the   ac-CA,  and  a
>> MF135
>>  they are a lot alike hitch wise  but I was a lot safer on the 135.
>>
>>
>>
>>
> _______________________________________________
> AT mailing list
> http://www.antique-tractor.com/mailman/listinfo/at
>