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model introduced *  During the summer of 1937 readers of trade publications such as Implement & Tractor were alerted to the fact that Graham-Paige Motors Co., a car manufacturer in Detroit, was introducing a tractor. Management at Graham had high hopes that the tractor would pull the firm out of the Great Depression. Retail giant Sears, Roebuck and Co. believed farmers were ready for a truly advanced tractor. Sears would market the new Graham. * Mar./Apr. 2003 Article
of Scandinavia *  Plentiful, easily serviced, and relatively inexpensive, used cars were converted into tractors on countless farms throughout the country during the years surrounding the Great Depression and World War II. The family’s trusty old sedan could be put to work in the field after a little imagination and some degree of talent met with the proper tools. While many of these homemade tractors were crude, one-off creations, not every farmer had the talent or the nerve to convert a car into a tractor. That’s when farmers in Waupaca county, WI, would call on Harold Bergman of Scandinavia. * Jan./Feb. 2003 Article
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Chad and Katie Elmore began publishing Belt Pulley magazine in January, 2003. Belt Pulley magazine is – and has been – family run by antique tractor hobbyists since it was founded in 1987. Belt Pulley’s focus is providing antique farm equipment enthusiasts with quality articles and photographs. For the first time starting with the January/February, 2006, the magazine is all color cover to cover. Belt Pulley’s coverage includes all aspects of the hobby – from tractor company histories to collector profiles. This website provides a sample of what each issue brings to readers six times a year.
Sometimes you just don’t know how significant an
event is until years later. As most seem to go in the
Elmore household, this particular event involved
antique machinery. The influences of the acquisition
have been felt much longer than the excitement of
parking another old tractor in the shop.
Deere & Company has built a celebration to agriculture
in Moline, IL. Thousands of people make the
pilgrimage to the Mississippi River town as devotees
of the green and yellow tractors or simply as fans of
the food that comes about as a direct result of farming
(please see Cindy Ladage’s article about Deere’s many
destinations in this issue). John Deere — the man and
the machines — has come to represent all that is wonderful
about farming and rural life in general.