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Tractors from Many Lands at the Paris Show
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THE Paris Salon de la Machine Agricole is, this year, even larger than usual,• for in spite of international unrest and as a paradox, partly because of it, a quiet but forceful agricultural push is going cn in France. What may surprise a non-French visitor to this tine show is that, notwithstanding present franc exchangevalues, imported tractors and agricultural implements in general make up a large proportion of the exhibits. It should be remembered, however, that such machinery enjoys special privileges, under French Customs regulations, for the material is needed and, so far as tractors are concerned, the French industry is not even yet able to cope with the demand,
Thus, we find an almost overwhelming American contingent and, at the same time, tractors from almost every manufacturing country in the world. Great Britain, Germany, Sweden, Belgium, Holland, Denmark, Switzerland, Hungary and even Italy are all represented.
As usual, there is plenty of interest and novelty to be found in the show. The John Deere concern presents a new small general-purpose machine not hitherto seen in Europe, which should make a strong appeal in the French market. This has a twin water-cooled petrol engine, and can be employed for a great variety of work, ranging from road traction to cultivation and even reaping. It is shown as a cultivator, also as a hay-cutter, the implement in each case being mounted amidships.
Messrs. lialleville-Pigeon exhibit the Moline Plow Co.'s big tractor, equipped with a new French charcoal-fuel plant of their own construction. A curious feature of the layout here is that the gas-cooling radiator is mounted in front of the tractor's ordinary radiator, which makes one wonder what will happen during really hot weather !
A large American tractor making its first appearance is the Avery, shown by Rothschild and Co. This has a curious form of forward suspension, by coil springs in tubes, and duplicated steering. Rothschild and Co. also shows what must surely be the smallest chain-track machine in existence —a tiny cultivator for vineyard and market-garden work, called the Vaughan. This implement, made by the Vaughan Motor Co., of Portland (Oregon), has a tiny fan-cooled twostroke power unit.
Another novelty, in the way of small cultivators, is the French Bouyer. This machine has motorcycle-type wire wheels and has the German Sachs two-stroke motorcycle engine. On the subject of small cultivating machines, which now have an enormous vogue in France, it is notable that Somna, Energic, Labor and half a dozen other concerns all have big displays of these useful little outfits. One model of the Somua has a rotary engine-driven cultivating instrument covering a track 55 cm. in width. Crankcase, gearbox and casing for the drive to rotary harrow are. all included in a single light-metal casting. These machines have car-type engines. Messrs. Millot have conceived the curious idea of adapting stationary farm engines to tractor work and apparently with success. The stationary unit is mounted on a small, stiff, press-steel chassis and a suitable gearbox is arranged for driving all kinds of implements.
Messrs. McCormicks have an exhibit which attracts a great deal of attention. This is what might be called an exploded view of one of• their largest oil-engined tractors, demonstrating the remarkable accessibility of all moving parts. Messrs. Vendeuvre, of Dieppe, display one of the few oil engines which may be considered as 100 per cent. French in design and construction. These engines are adapted to a great variety of imported tractors, mostly American, but including the British Austin. Amongst the Hanomag exhibit of all models is a smart new medium-powered tractor for road purposes, equipped with the 20 hp. four-cylindered Hanomag oil engine. The Renault. company shows one cif the medium-powered A.F.V,85 petrol tractors, arranged for work in large vineyards. The machine is mounted with a cultivator, also a spraying device, with chemical tanks carried forward of the radiator.
The big B.F.N. Renault oiler is also staged with Bulldozer equipment for municipal public works.
British exhibits include the Marshall, Bristol. Austin and Dagenham-built Fordson, whilst Clayton and Shuttleworth tractors also appear, but as they emanate from the Hungarian C. and S. factory, their British relationship is rather vague.
In addition to the Vincletivre oiler mentioned above, quite a number of oil-engine adaptations is to be seen. The Dutch engine builders show quite a number of their twostroke oil engines adapted to such American machines as the McCormick, Fordson, etc., whilst Messrs. Will6me, the French lorry firm, adapt Deutz oil engines to tractors of their own manufacture.