Two New Implements in Ford Show
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THE development of tractor-mounted agricultural implements and the tendency of tractor inanufacturers to enter the agricultural-implement field with unit-type implements were evidenced at a remarkable field demonstration arranged by Ford Motor Co., Ltd., near Guildford.
In spite of bad weather, many hundreds of farmers and agricultural experts saw 23 farm implements put through their paces. All the implements were designed for operation with the threepoint hydraulic lift on the Fordson Major tractor, and are being manufactured by independent concerns throughout the country, in co-operation with the Ford Motor Co., Ltd, The implements have been proved and tested by Ford and are available through any Ford main dealer, or direct from the manufacturers concerned.
The implements included two new products. One was the Fordson frontmounted toolbar, , which is a practical and economical answer to the farmer's problem of splitting back ridges and covering potatoes. The other was Barnford's mower, designed to work from the Fordson Major's power take-off.
The range of implements covered almost every job that is to be done on the farm, and included the Robot threerow potato planter, powder dusters, drainage machines, farm trailers, mounted. and trailing ploughs, and Roadless half-track equipment. The demonstration will later tour the agricultural centres of the country.
It is understood that further additions to the Fordson range of mounted imple
ments are undergoing tests. Visitors were told at the demonstration that, in order to help farmers to grapple with the delay 11, planting and cultivating occasioned liSr the recent severe weather, the export of Fordson Major tractors has virtually ceased and all tractors (except a limited' number of overseas specifications) 'coming off the assembly line at Dagenham will go to British farmers.