Docs & Dialogue: Tractor Wars

Docs & Dialogue: Tractor Wars (McNabb Branch)
Wednesday, July 1st, 5:00 p.m.
For thousands of years, farming ran on muscle —human or animal. Then came the steam engine, the steel plow, and the reaper,and suddenly the race was on to mechanize agriculture. This documentary tracesthat evolution, focusing on the fierce competition between John Deere, Ford,and International Harvester to build the first reliable all-purpose tractor. By1929, the field had narrowed dramatically, but the machine we recognize todayhad finally emerged — and it would go on to transform farming forever. Thisfree program is open to the public. It is approximately 56 minutes, not rated,and made possible through PBS.