Story: Farm mechanisation

Tractor advertisement

Tractor advertisement

This sales pitch for Case tractors appeared in the Journal of Agriculture in 1948. The possibility of turning labour-intensive jobs into a one-man operation was a strong selling point.

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Reference: New Zealand Journal of Agriculture 77, no. 1 (1948), p. 64.

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James Watson, 'Farm mechanisation - Reasons for mechanisation', Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, http://www.TeAra.govt.nz/en/ephemera/18348/tractor-advertisement (accessed 19 April 2024)

Story by James Watson, published 24 Nov 2008