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Throttle Control

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1928 Lanz Bulldog Flywheel Position for Starting
6 January 1928
Sunnybrook Farm Museum Red Deer Alberta Canada

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Flywheel Position for Starting

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1928 Hart Parr 18 36
2 June 1928
Sunnybrook Farm Museum Red Deer Alberta Canada
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1928 Hart Parr

At 6100 lbs. ( 2800 kgs), this tractor is a lightweight in size only. With this and similar water-cooled tractors, Hart Parr proved that smaller tractors could have as much power as their huge steam-powered cousins.

The Hart Parr Company used this model in demonstrations, counting on its reliability not to breakdown. At an Australian competition, this tractor model plowed for 11 straight days to win. It became the most popular of the lightweight models, here and abroad.

Priced new at $1350, a local farmer purchased this one used for $800.
Donor: King Perry

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1928 Hart Parr 18 36 crank starter
4 June 1928
Sunnybrook Farm Museum Red Deer Alberta Canada

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1928 Allis Chalmers Model L
24 December 1928
Sunnybrook Farm Museum Red Deer Alberta Canada
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1928 Allis Chalmers L

This multi-purpose tractor proved itself breaking land and running feed grinders, threshers and other belt-driven farm equipment. Purchased at Red Deer's Cockshutt Plow Company dealership for $1000 in 1934, it worked hard on the farm.

The Allis Chalmers Company resulted from the merger of the Edward P. Allis Company, Fraser and Chalmers Company and Gates Iron Works. Wanting to diversify from their production of steam pumps and pump engines, Allis Chalmers built its first tractor in 1914. The company grew, acquired several other companies including Advance-Rumely, and is now one of the largest machinery manufacturers in North America.

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1928 Allis Chalmers L before restoration
26 December 1928
Sunnybrook Farm Museum Red Deer Alberta Canada

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1929 McCormick Deering

This workhorse came to us from the Bowden area. Slightly more powerful than the Hart Parr, this tractor cleared forest, broke ground, plowed and powered belt-driven equipment.

In 1920, the first tractor testing lab in the world opened in Nebraska. For tractors to be sold in Nebraska, they had to complete and pass a range of tests. These tests also established the tractor's horsepower ratings at the drawbar and belt, shown as a hyphenated number. This tractor tested at 22-36 (drawbar and belt, respectively).
Donor: Jim I. Brewster

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1929 McCormick Deering 22 36 restored.
1929
Sunnybrook Farm Museum Red Deer Alberta Canada
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1932 Allis Chalmers Model U was the first tracto model to use rubber tires as standard equipment.
1932
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1932 Allis Chalmers U

Imagine taking this tractor for a 150 km drive! To save $35 in freighting costs, the original owner bought his new tractor in Calgary and drove it to Red Deer! The ride was slow but relatively comfortable for the time. This tractor was one of the first in the area with rubber tires.

Allis Chalmers began selling this tractor in 1929 for $1250. The first rubber-tired, factory-produced tractor in North America, it turned into a best seller. Over 23,000 rolled off the assembly line before the company quit production in 1953. It was the first of the Allis Chalmers tractors to be painted Persian Orange. The company president, wanting to set these tractors apart, chose this bright hue after seeing a field of wild California poppies.
Donor: Winsten Peterson

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1935 Massey Harris General Purpose
1935
Sunnybrook Farm Museum Red Deer Alberta Canada
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