Word: tractored
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...World War II, a two-row cultivator was considered big; now the large size is four-row. One enterprising Iowa farmer has even welded together enough equipment to make himself an eight-row planter, thus spanning twelve acres an hour at 4 m.p.h. International Harvester has a new Electrall tractor with an electric generator that can power attachments to do any job from boring post holes to shearing sheep. If a storm knocks out farm power lines, it can be hooked into the household circuits...
...Sorbonne. The businessman's boy would never think of devoting his life to farming or even less of entering the civil service. A schoolteacher's child can conceivably become a successful lawyer, and a winegrower's son, with luck and capital, may operate a thriving tractor agency. One can be hopeful - to a limit...
...requires 30,000 new engineers annually; the new production burdens of the cold war require another 10,000 a year. But last year accredited U.S. schools graduated only 19,650 engineers-less than half the required number. Lacking engineers, U.S. companies have begun refusing Government research projects. Caterpillar Tractor alone turned down six armed forces contracts...
Turbo-charged Tractors. The first practical turbosupercharger for heavy-duty tractors and earthmovers has been developed by Los Angeles' Garret Corp. Like a turbosupercharger on a plane, Garrett's device captures hot exhaust gases to drive a turbine, which in turn drives air into the cylinder, increasing combustion and power. Primarily developed for Caterpillar Tractor of Peoria, Ill., the supercharger reportedly boosts heavy-duty diesel-engine output by 50%, trebles the tractor's work capacity. Airesearch next plans to adapt the turbosuperchargers to smaller diesel engines, such as those on trucks and buses...
Driverless Tractor. An electronically guided tractor for pulling carts in factories was demonstrated by the Barrett-Cravens Co. of Chicago. Operating without a driver, the tractor follows an electronic beam to its destination, waits until the carts are loaded or unloaded, then proceeds on its way. Should something get in its way or divert it from its electronic track, it emits a series of warning beeps until the obstruction is cleared. Price for tractor and controls...