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Show TRACTORS BUILT IN U S, WINNING WASHINGTON American tractors are gaining ground abroad, according to report- leeeived b 'he dop.u-t m-e i of commerce from consuls in various Cities of Switzerland, Italy, New Zea land and South America and summarized summar-ized by Automotive Industries Tractor Trac-tor manufacturers are paying much i more attention to the foreign field, and are eliminating features of mechanism mech-anism objected to in Europe This is especially true in Italy. Several Italian rice cultivators have stated that theq did not consider American tractors suitable for the requirements re-quirements of the uneven Piedmont land. A well known American com-pany, com-pany, after careful study, changed its iractor so as to eliminate the features which had mitigated against the sue CSSflll operation of the tractor in Ph d mont. At present Italian rice cultivators culti-vators are appreciath e of American products. As a first step to increase trade in Italy, tractor manufacturers should issue is-sue circulars In Italian for distribution distribu-tion among farmers there. I Hiring the war the Swiss peasant has been paying more attention than previously to American agricultural machinery Trials of American motor plows were recently undertaken by the ZUCkerfabrik Aarberg, Aarberg, Switzerland, and by the Landwirt-schaftilche. Landwirt-schaftilche. Schule Rutti bei Berne, Switzerland. The results favorably impressed the various experts of the agricultural ossocialions. In South Africa, imports are being curtailed with a view to conserving all available shipping space for necessar-Les, necessar-Les, Nevertheless, American products are easily obtained, and a good foundation foun-dation for future trade should be establish es-tablish d Medium sized tractors with good power, which can be utilized for traction plowing, operate successfully. successful-ly. The tractor should be easy to op- erate and as nearly fool-proof as possible. pos-sible. Purchasers should bo thorough- I) ly instructed in the use of the tractor, and spare parts should be easily ob-tamable |