[AT] 1935-1940 Dust Bowl

Cecil R Bearden crbearden at copper.net
Mon Nov 19 16:31:17 PST 2012


I bought some model A engines that powered gleaner combines.  What years 
would they be??

Cecil in OKla


On 11/19/2012 5:07 PM, John B wrote:
> 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
>
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> --- On Mon, 11/19/12, Don Bowen <don.bowen at earthlink.net> wrote:
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> 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.
>




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