Farmer’s Car Pulls Plow over an Acre in Three Hours (Aug, 1939)
Farmer’s Car Pulls Plow over an Acre in Three Hours
Instead of hitching up a horse or tractor, one farmer harnesses his automobile to the plow. One man drives the sedan, keeping the car wheels on one side in the previous cut of the plow; his partner handles the plow. In that way they turn an acre of ground in less than three hours. The plow is attached to the rear bumper with a chain at the side toward the furrow being turned.
If only they had some sort of “tractor” device they wouldn’t have to use the car.
Comment by Mike — August 1, 2008 @ 4:50 am
Sometimes you have to make do with what you’ve got.
Comment by slim — August 1, 2008 @ 11:38 am
My granddad used horses
Comment by Tracy B. — August 1, 2008 @ 12:32 pm
If your going to go through the trouble of using a car, why not use a plow with more than one furrow?
Comment by Eamon — August 1, 2008 @ 5:54 pm
Bet he can do a lot more than when he had Ma hooked up to that plow.
Comment by Bob — August 2, 2008 @ 12:15 pm
If only they had something called “money” to afford a tractor.
Oh, I forgot: everyone’s rich.
Comment by Charlene — August 2, 2008 @ 4:31 pm
Was this really newsworthy in 1939? The Model T had come out 31 years prior to this. Using a car in place of a horse on a farm in 1939 is not exactly original or innovative.
Comment by rsterling78 — August 2, 2008 @ 9:30 pm
Well, they’d already used the “starlet with swimsuit made of emergency bandages” pix in the last issue, and a deadline’s a deadline, y’ know…
Comment by Baron Waste — August 4, 2008 @ 4:55 am