CaliforniaÕs Thirst for Tractors

CaliforniaÕs Thirst for TractorsThis book on the history of California Tractors was inspired by an article by the Editor of the Pacific Rural Press in 1916, that stated; "It is not strange that California has at this day a consuming thirst for tractors. It would be strange otherwise, for the desire for something better than horse or mule power to do heavy farm work burned in the hearts of the pioneers. Longing for Largeness. It was the primal impulse of the pioneer to do something

This book on the history of California Tractors was inspired by an article by the Editor of the Pacific Rural Press in 1916, that stated; "It is not strange that California has at this day a consuming thirst for tractors. It would be strange otherwise, for the desire for something better than horse or mule power to do heavy farm work burned in the hearts of the pioneers. Longing for Largeness.Ñ It was the primal impulse of the pioneer to do something which would embody the greatness of his opportunity. It mattered not what line of activity he chose, he must be active largely. Thus was the pioneer exhorted to match the largeness of the land with the largeness of his thought and he was amply ready to escape from memory of the littleness of Eastern farming; Surely California farming should also be great and new in the capacity of its farming appliances."