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Posted by Bill(Wis) on October 01, 2006 at 13:51:42 from (71.249.198.251):
In Reply to: Tractor Brands posted by Pitch on October 01, 2006 at 12:31:58:
Until the late 50's, we had, in a town of less than 4000 residents, Allis Chalmers, John Deere, Massey Harris, Ford, Minneapolis Moline, IH, Case, and Ferguson dealers. They all seemed to make a good living. Surrounding smaller towns had maybe one or two dealers each. There was always a good selection of implements also. That was the era of small farms of 80-160 acres. The soil bank program came along and changed that real quick. All of a sudden, a whole bunch of farmers were sitting around doing nothing with most of their machinery up for sale.
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