The Square Turn Tractor

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July 2009
Loretta Sorensen 
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Echoing the staff at the Norfolk museum, Carl said the Square Turn draws its share of visitor interest. “It’s probably the oddest tractor I’ve ever come across,” he said. “Next to our 1-cylinder Hart-Parr, the Square Turn is one of the most unusual tractors in our collection.”

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In the Norfolk museum, the gigantic tractor occupies a fair-sized room. A video there shows the tractor’s unique features, and points out its groundbreaking achievement, as noted in an ad for the Square Turn: “It’s an outfit that is astonishingly simple and easy to operate – one that will actually finish the job better than you can do it with horses.” FC

For more information: Elkhorn Valley Museum & Research Center, 515 Queen City Blvd., Norfolk, NE 68701, (402) 371-3886; www.ElkhornValleyMuseum.org; open 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., Tuesday through Saturday excluding major holidays. Norfolk also was the childhood home of TV talk show host Johnny Carson.
 
Loretta Sorensen is a lifelong resident of southeast South Dakota. She and her husband farm with Belgian draft horses and collect vintage farm equipment. E-mail her at sorensenlms@gmail.com.
 
Watch a Square Turn tractor in operation on Farm Collector's YouTube channel: “1917 Square Turn tractor made in Nebraska.”
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