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...Swathers & Wonsovers. Still other new machines are in the works. The Owatonna Tool Co. is building a self-propelled hay "swather" to take the place of the standard 7-ft. mower. Twelve feet across, it will slice through fields, cut and pile the hay in rows in a single operation, thus displacing (with a single operator) two men and three tractors, two mowers and a pair of hay rakes. Ford is working on a low-cost combine for medium-sized farms, a new corn picker that can be attached to the front of a standard four-wheeled tractor. Another...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: BUSINESS ABROAD: Free Enterprise in Mexico | 7/4/1955 | See Source »

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