Tractor Demonstrated to Its Builders
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I T has been realized during the war that a definite way of instilling interest in works operatives is to Show them the piece of equipment or Machine which theyhave been' rea.ponsible for building, actually doing its job.
David 'Brown Tractors, Ltd., Meltham, intends to make this a peace-time practice, and the first demonstration of its kind was held recently when employees of the concern were shown a David Brown tractor at work on a piece of ground at Sheepridge, which had recently been vacated by the Royal Corps of Signals.
Despite almost continuous rain, the attendance was such as to prove that there is a genuine keenness on the part of the employees to Witness the practical application of their efforts in the shops.
In openingthe proceedings, the managing director of the company, Mr. David 'Brown, '.said that it was over 10 years ago that he became interested in the tractor-and implement business. His conviction that British designers. and workpeople could produce machines that would more than equal those of • foreign competitors, had not been disabused. .
He stressed the importance of carrying Mita swift expanSion of mechanization not only On our farms hut on those in Europe, -lle concluded his remarks by saying that there will be a heavy demand for agricultural machinery. The .future oflhe British agricultural-machinery industry, he said, will, however, depend upon two things: the ability of the industry to deliver the right article at the right price, and the policy of the Government.
It may be mentioned that the employees, in addition to seeing the products at work. Were also given an opportunity of driving the tractors.