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...Traktorist is a tractor driver, ein Novator an innovator, ein Diversant anyone who interferes in political af fairs. Ein Objektivist sees both sides of an issue - the non-Communist as well as the Communist - and is therefore politically unreliable. Ein Skeptizist is even worse because he questions the party line...
Calling All Tractors. What has lifted the two-way radio from its "ham" stage to its role as key instrument in a mushrooming minuteman-like communications network has been its adoption by U.S. industry. Thousands of companies and other private organizations now use two-way radios to call their men in the field, be they taxi drivers, repairmen, or even tractor drivers on large farms. Then, the manufacturers of communications and electronics equipment have not been slow to realize the plan's clear-cut potential for community service, as well as boosting sales...
...machines that make the modern farm hum range from manure spreaders that cost $600 to 13-ton tractors selling for $36,000. Three-fourths of all farms now have at least one tractor, and some have a dozen or more; back in 1952 there were tractors on only 47% of all U.S. farms. While the tractor remains the mainstay-some 5,000,000 are in use on today's farms-the agricultural arsenal also includes 880,000 grain combines, 775,000 hay balers, 655,000 corn pickers and shelters. Virtually all of the nation's wheat, corn...
Power & Comfort. Equipment is generally getting bigger and more powerful, with the average farm tractor now boasting 65 h.p. v. 27 h.p. in 1950. The increased power enables farmers to pull bigger implements, cover broader swaths, move faster across the fields. At the same time, there is more emphasis on comfort. Combines and tractors are now available with roomy, enclosed cabs featuring such luxuries as heaters, air conditioning, radios, tinted glass, cushioned seats-and even automatic transmissions...
...formed into a diamond signifies "bread." But in today's complex world, with Trappists operating farms and small industries, sign language is not enough. Says one Catholic prelate: "A few years ago we still used horses, but how is a monk supposed to explain a breakdown of his tractor to a mechanic in sign language...