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Fewer and Larger Tractors ?

14th January 1938
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WHEREAS on previous occasions the January farming conference at Oxford University has been directly concerned with the application of machinery, this year the papers were general in character, a charge that appeared to disappoint many pebple.

Mr. R. Fisher Crouch, of Teffont Magna, Salisbury, however, made some interesting references to the use of tractors on his 1,700 acres of light Wiltshire land. Most of the fields have been built up in sizes between 50 and 100 acres and only four are below 20 acres.

He stated that as increased tractor power was needed on account of additional acreage, his practice is to increase size of tractors, rather than their number. Of the two tractors used, one is now a large crawler, which replaced a wheeled machine and which hauls two large ploughs.

He has also harrows 27 ft. wide, rollers of the same width, and a tractor drill and harrow plough, 6 ft. Wide, which is useful during spring, summer and early autumn for quick seeding. A 16-ft. combine harvester was put into service this season.

In subsequent discussion, Mr. Crouch's advocacy of a few large tractors, rather than a greater number of small machines, was challenged by Mr. W. D. Hollis, who suggested that the large machines Were uneconomical for the light jobs, such as drilling. Mr. Crouch, however, defended his position, saying that the big machine could well haul several drills, etc., at a time and thus operate economically.

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Organisations: Oxford University
People: W. D. Hollis

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