[AT] 1935-1940 Dust Bowl

[Herb Metz]

I noticed two things; the Massey-Harris self propelled combines and a farmer 
going away from us and to the left was pulling a tandem disc and the 
narrator was talking about one-ways.
Massey-Harris was the major mfger of self propelled combines for several 
years (late 40's and early 50's).  And one-ways were one of the principal 
implements that contributed to the dust bowl as they were relatively easy to 
pull and they did a good job turning under weeds, etc.
So farmers could one-way at least double the ground they could moldboard 
plow, and the tilled ground was relatively smooth and therefore offered 
little resistance to the winds.
Herb

-----Original Message----- 
From: John B
Sent: Monday, November 19, 2012 6:07 PM
To: Antique tractor email discussion group
Subject: Re: [AT] 1935-1940 Dust Bowl

I noticed the later equipment, too. Massey-Harris self propelled combines 
certainly were not available in the early 1930's!

John Boehm
Woodland, CA
Visit my web site at http://vintagetractors.com



--- On Mon, 11/19/12, Don Bowen <don.bowen at earthlink.net> wrote:

From: Don Bowen <don.bowen at earthlink.net>
Subject: Re: [AT] 1935-1940 Dust Bowl
To: "Antique tractor email discussion group" <at at lists.antique-tractor.com>
Date: Monday, November 19, 2012, 2:21 PM

On 11/19/2012 6:22 AM, Herb Metz wrote:
> I thought Sundays two hour presentation was a typical Ken Burns program; 
> very informative and probably very accurate.

They seemed to mix pictures of various eras while talking about an era.
They were talking about mechanized farming during WWI but the pictures
shown were of 20s era IHC tractors.  When talking of the bumper crops
they showed 40s era combines and another time showed 30s era rubber
tired tractors.  Sometimes they were correct like the time they were
showing a field of ladder frame Fordsons while talking of late WWI.

-- 
Don Bowen           AD0BR
"A man must keep a little back shop where he can be himself without reserve. 
In solitude alone can he know true freedom."
-Michel De Montaigne 1588
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