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Show FIVE STATES BUY FARMING TRACTORS Five Eastern states are bu ing tractors trac-tors to be distributed among farmers to hasten plowing and increase acreage. acre-age. The commonwealth officially recognizing rec-ognizing the tractor as an essential to modern farming are Massachusetts. Kentucky, Iowa. Ohio and Michigan Ohio, Iowa and Michigan each hae ordered lOftft tractors, while Kentucky and Massachusetts are starting out with 100 as a trial. This is the most extensive experiment of the kind ever undertaken in America and it carries a significant suggestion for other Btal -e -which should he herded. One thousand thou-sand tractors have been delivered io the farmers of Michigan and every one will be operated to the limit of its capacity cap-acity to the end that the productivity of Michigan's farms, not only those which belong to purchasers of tractors trac-tors but also neighboring farms, ma be increased this ear. |