Building on a Solid Foundation

Nebraska tractor tests continue today as farmer’s advocate.

By Sam Moore
Published on July 10, 2020
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by Gas Engine Magazine
Test No. 380. Measuring cylinder volume on a John Deere B.

When the tractor testing program began at the
University of Nebraska at Lincoln in 1920, about 160 companies were
building tractors in the United States. That first year, 69
machines were tested, a figure that hasn’t been matched since. The
1920 tests included such names as Allwork, Coleman, Dart,
Emerson-Brantingham, Frick, Gray, Heider, LaCrosse (the only

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