Agriculture - Barns - Farming - Livestock
Dec. 12, 1955 - The Long Furrow - nearly 2, 400 miles of it; Kept running for six days and nights, a British Pordeon Major diesel tractor plowed over 283 acres, prepared 400, 000 tons of soil for cultivation and turned a furrow nearly 2, 400 miles long. The 144 hour test was to demonstrate to farmers the tractor a ruggedness and reliability. Photo Shows The tractor is refused at night in a field in Norfolk, England, during the test
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13175292
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46915643
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(c) Keystone Pictures USA/ZUMAPRESS.com/Mary Evans
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Acres Cultivation Demonstrate Diesel Furrow Kept Nearly Plowed Prepared Refused Reliability Soil Tons Tractor
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