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"In those days it was a lot easier
to fix the clutch because it was in the
end of the pulley. It only took a few
minutes to repair it or adjust it," he
adds.
John's best memory of the Model
D was the steel seat that cracked and
then pinched! "Anyone who ever had
this happen to him knows what I'm
talking about," he laughs.
Another mainstay of the Laird
farming operation was a 1946 Case
Model D. The Case was a four -cylin-
der tractor with 39 hp on the belt/pul-
ley. "It was a good tractor for gener-
al farm use," says John. "It was used
for plowing, and for pulley work like
threshing and grinding grain." Like
the John Deere D, the Case Model D
ran on a low-grade fuel after being
started on gasoline.
"It was rated a 2-3 plow tractor,"
says Jim. "It would pull two furrows
anywhere, for example in sod; and it
would pull three furrows in most
places, like in stubble. There was a
chain drive on the differential with a
roller chain running in oil," he adds.
The Lairds own a Model 77
Oliver row crop (1954). "The Oliver
77 was not as old a tractor, but it was
the most modern tractor at the time,"
says Jim. "Olivers had live pto and
live hydraulic, like the Cockshutt."
The Lairds also own the last
threshing machine made by Ernest
Brothers in Mount Forest.
"We bought the 1958 Mount For-
est Favorite for $2800. It had a long
elevator with it. We still have the
threshing machine," states Jim. "We
keep the old tractors and machinery
around because we like them. They
were good tractors in their day."
Other names like Rumley, Eagle,
Fordson, and Silver King bring back
memories for other farmers. They
call to mind days when these
machines were a vital part of every-
day farming. If not for the farmer
who cherishes his old tractor, these
names and others like them would
disappear. Almost everyone has a
favourite old tractor and a lot of
people collect them, restore them,
and care for them — the tractors of
yesteryear.0
Additional information from:
Encyclopedia of American Farm
Tractors Wendel, C.H. 1979,
Crestline Publishing Co., Inc.