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Expedite Mechanized. Agriculture

V ITALLY important as is our war effort in the factories and munition works, the maximum production of essential foodstuffs is...

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Road Transport and Agriculture

R OAD transport may be looked upon by the railways as a nuisance when it competes with them, whilst the Government is inclined...

Passing Comments L ORRY drivers are finding, L-ito their surprise, that

they did, after all, use signposts in their jounieyings. When the signposts were ordered to be removed, they were not dismayed;...

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NEWS of the WEEK

LIVESTOCK TRANSPORT RATES T HE schedule of rates for the carriage of livestock has been well received in all parts of the...

Allscott Beet-haulage Scheme to be Repeated

S TRONG criticism of the attitude of the L.M.S. Railway, during the collection of the sugar-beet crop last year, was voiced by...

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Sweden Turns to Substitute Fuels

A S Swedish imports of liquid fuel and oils by the usual routes have become practically impossible, through war developments,...

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PROFITABLE HARVESTING DI VIANDS POWER EQUIPMENT

Pointing to a Series of Agricultural Operations for the Successful Completing of which Mechanical Plant is Imperative How the...

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SECURITY of WAR-TIME FOOD SUI IES DEPENDS on POWER FARMING

I N one decade which was completed shortly before the outbreak of war, this country lost 142,000 workers from its farms....

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Virile War-time Efforts of The Tractor Users Association

Helping the National Foodproduction Plans and Seeking to Remove Restrictions Which Hamper the User of Tractors WITH a view to...

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Picture-book of Tyre Troubles

No. 4. The Causes of Bead Failure SURPRISING number of tyres In• fail at the bead, mostly through causes which are well...

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WHY CATTLE HAULAGE C, LS FOR EXCEPTIONAL RATES

A Specialized Branch in Which Hauliers Are Faced with Complicated Conditions Which Make It Essential to Give Special...

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Is Petrol Usage Fairly Controlled?

...THE inability of numerous manu facturers, engaged on national work, to obtain adequate supplies of petrol for their...

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The "Little Fellow's" Part in Specialized Farming

P OSSIFILY, few people realize the extent to which the small horticultural tractor has become popular in recent years. The...

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Farmers' Fuel Problems

and what they involve F UEL problems in connection with 1 agricultural machinery belong rather to a class of their own,...

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Producer-gas Tractor Serves Grass-drying Plant

E CONOMY in two directions is represented by the outfit depicted in the accompanying illustrations. It includes a Fordson...

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Powerful Fire-fighting Trailer Unit

T'YPICAL of Modern light fire-fight 1 ing apparatus, and representative of the range of such equipment made and marketed by...

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Operating Aspects of Passenger Transport

DEPRECIATION CUTS HELP GLASGOW G LASGOW'S municipal transport undertaking has finished the financial year, which ended on May...

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"GO TO IT," THE KEY PHRAS1 OF WAR-TIME AGRICULTURE

T HIS is an appropriate issue for reviewing both the accomplishment of the Government's 1939-40 ploughing-up campaign, and the...

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Precision Methods in anufacture Behind a British-buil Tractor

What was Revealed by a Recent Visit to the Works of David Brown Tractors, Ltd., which Builds Not Only Tractors But Also a Range...

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Self-energizing Disc-type Brake

A Resume of Recently Published Patent Specifications Obtain4le from the Patent Office, Price !s. Each A BRAKE in which the...