Berkshire and The War: the "Reading Standard" pictorial record. Volume 3. p. 627
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RAPID LAND CULTIVATION
The Value of the Tractor in War Time.
An interesting agricultural demonstration took place on Thursday, April 26th, 1917, when Messrs. W. Vincent, Ltd, who are the district agricultural organisers for Berkshire, had one of thee motor tractors to plough a field at Mr. Fidler's farm. The tractor used was a 16 h.p. Mogul. Mr L. A. Forster superintended the ploughing, which was performed by soldiers, who had been lent by the military authorities from the Barracks and had been trained by Messrs. Vincent and their sub-agents. The demonstration was part of a scheme which was initiated on March 1st, but which had been considerably hindered by the bad weather. During the fine spell, however, enormous progress was made. The tractors, which are being employed for the purpose of speeding up food cultivation in the country, are mostly privately owned by farmers, who have been very ready to come forward with their assistance, and have been lent to the Government. A few are owned by the Board of Agriculture, who have organised the work and appointed district organisers, with sub-agents, Messrs. W. Vincent being the organisers for Berks, with eight sub-agents. There are now in Berkshire a number of tractors which are thus controlled by the Board of Agriculture. The scheme has been greatly aided by the generous assistance of the military authorities in placing the soldiers at the disposal of the organisers, who train them for a few days under a skilled mechanic. Though quite unskilled, the soldiers have so benefited by this short training that they have carried out the work most efficiently. whereas a tractor can pull a three-furrow plough two horses are required to pull a single furrow.
[photo] THE LONG LONG TRAIL OF THE TRACTOR
[photo] MR L. A. FORSTER SUPERINTENDS PLOUGHING
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02/08/2015