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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. [Pub. Doc. 



lin); and District No. 4, including Essex County, with S. N. 

 Stimson as district superintendent. 



There were purchased 36 tractor units and other machinery, 

 as per following list: — 



21 Fordsons, equipped with two-bottom Oliver plows and Clark harrows. 

 10 Case tractors, equipped with John Deere plows and Roderick Lean 

 harrows. 



2 Heider tractors, equipped with John Deere plows and Clark harrows. 



2 Parrett tractors equipped with Vulcan plows and Clark harrows. 



1 Moline tractor, equipped with Moline plow and harrow. 

 14 McCormick cord binders. 



2 second-hand cord binders that were found to be in good shape and 



purchased. 

 10 Case threshing machines. 

 4 Van Brunt grain drills. 

 2 Deere corn planters. 

 2 American pea and bean threshers. 

 1 hay baler. 

 1 potato planter. 



As soon as possible after the passage of the act, letters were 

 sent out to the food production committees of each city and 

 town in the Commonwealth telling of the plans of the Board 

 and asking if their city or town was interested. The endeavor 

 was made to have the tractors located w^here there would be 

 a minimum of 100 acres to plow and harrow, within a radius of 

 4 or 5 miles. 



From the replies to these letters and from information received 

 from other sources, units were finally located as follows : — 



Western District. 



C. E. LocKWooD, District Superintendent. 



Unit 

 Number. 



Machines. 



Location. 



Case tractor, plow and harrow. 

 Thresher, reaper and seed drill, 



Thresher, 



Case tractor, plow and harrow, 



Fordson tractor, plow and harrow, 



Case tractor, plow and harrow, thresher, reaper, 



Hay baler 



Lanesborough. 



Lee. 



Lenox. 



Richmond. 



North Adams. 



Williamstown. 



Pittsfield. 



