A buddy is restoring a John Deere D "Corn Borer Special" and also has the McCormick Deering Stubble Beater (like a flail mower) used behind it. QUESTION IS does anyone have good reliable data or info on the correct original colors and decals etc used on that McCormick Stubble Beater ??? I'm posting this on JD and IHC Forums hoping someone has that info.
FYI
When the destructive European corn borer struck the corn belt in 1927, the USDA purchased 444 John Deere Model D tractors and 360 Fordson tractors to help power the departments campaign aimed at controlling the pest. Since the program mated these tractors to a McCormick Deering stubble beater, they were all equipped with a PTO shaft. In New York, Pennsylvania, Ohio, Michigan and Indiana for $1 an acre farmers could rent a tractor, plow and stubble beater to combat infestation of the corn borer by reducing or burying crop residue. The USDA ID numbers (this unit #783 of 804 total) were stenciled on each tractor
John T
FYI
When the destructive European corn borer struck the corn belt in 1927, the USDA purchased 444 John Deere Model D tractors and 360 Fordson tractors to help power the departments campaign aimed at controlling the pest. Since the program mated these tractors to a McCormick Deering stubble beater, they were all equipped with a PTO shaft. In New York, Pennsylvania, Ohio, Michigan and Indiana for $1 an acre farmers could rent a tractor, plow and stubble beater to combat infestation of the corn borer by reducing or burying crop residue. The USDA ID numbers (this unit #783 of 804 total) were stenciled on each tractor
John T