Photo Description
This picture shows a caterpiller tractor pulling some kind of harvester possibly for cutting kale, sometime around the 1930's.
| Cat No. |
554.28 |
| Year |
1930 |
| Albums |
Farming |
| Date added |
June 1st, 2004 |
| Added by |
Tain & District Museum |
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Phyllis and Bob Johnson
Most likely, this is the combination harvester that Sir Charles Ross had assembled for him by the La Crosse Plow Company in Wisconsin, USA. It was powered by a caterpillar tractor. The curved auger at the left side would blow the chopped ensilage material into a wagon or a silo. He planned to have it harvest peas, beans and tares (vetch), according to many, many newspapers stories from 1925 in the United States.