Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Cooperation · CGSPace A Repository of Agricultural Research Outputs (Consultative Group for International Agricultural Research) · 2005
The principle behind farm machinery cooperatives is that farmers club together to share the cost of buying and maintaining a tractor, trailer or threshing machine. In the South, in particular, the high price of farm machinery coupled with the small size of plots mean that it is hard to recoup one s investment. More and more farmers are discovering that the cooperative system offers a way of using equipment to make labour intensive farming jobs easier and more efficient, at a fraction of the normal cost.\nIn Benin, the first two such cooperatives were launched in 1997. Today there are 17 in just one region, Borgou-Alibori, a cotton-producing area in the northeastern part of the country, and demand for more cooperatives is growing. Compared with the classic service offered by private suppliers, these organisations guarantee a greater variety of equipment, ensuring better quality work for the farmers. They also provide access to credit from banks.\nIn an effort to ensure an even more efficient supply and maintenance of farm machinery, the cooperatives of Borgou-Alibori have regrouped under a regional umbrella organisation. A spare parts warehouse and a repair service managed by a specialist mechanic have also been set up. Launched in 2003, this regional grouping is aiming to encourage the mechanisation of agriculture in Benin.
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Donated by Mimi Branard King from the Estate of James H. Branard, Jr., Vice-President, Gulf Atlantic Warehouse, Co., in charge of operation of Long Beach division warehouse and docks on the Houston Ship Channel. Gulf Atlantic Warehouse Co. is a subsidiary of Anderson, Clayton & Co. A.A.F. Training Command Ellington Field, Texas.
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Franklin, Floyd P. · The Portal to Texas History (University of North Texas) · 1920
Patent for an improvement in tractors that allowed adjustment to the tread or allowed distance between traction elements.
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William Chenoweth · The Portal to Texas History (University of North Texas) · 1918
Patent for improvements to tractors which are designed with the driver's seat positioned on the trailing unit. The improvements allow for tools to be attached in such a way cultivating may be done near fences and other common obstructions.
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UNM’s Digital Repository (University of New Mexico)
Tractor; Slide identification category: Land Division, Maps & Miscellaneous, High Plains Scenery
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Powell, Josephine · Digital Collections portal (Koç University) · 1988
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Miks, Ambrose · The Portal to Texas History (University of North Texas) · 1912
Patent for a tractor. Illustrations included.
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Arizona State University Library Digital Repository (Arizona State University) · 1939
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No identificado · Institutional Repository of Tecnológico de Monterrey (Tecnológico de Monterrey) · 2015
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clb · Bulletin of Miscellaneous Information (Royal Gardens Kew)
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Digital Collections (East Carolina University)
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Martin, John J. · The Portal to Texas History (University of North Texas) · 1921
Patent for a tractor in which the placement of the power source reduces dead weight and provides a low center of gravity, thereby increasing stability.
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MOspace Institutional Repository (University of Missouri) · 2021
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Altgelt, Herman E. · The Portal to Texas History (University of North Texas) · 1918
Patent for "novel features of construction and combinations of parts" in tractors to ensure a steady, even pace of travel and allow for traversing uneven landscape while maintaining a level setting, including illustrations and instructions.
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Bill, Frank; · CARLI Digital Collections (Consortium of Academic and Research Libraries in Illinois) · 1943
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EngagedScholarship @ Cleveland State University (Cleveland State University)
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The COCOON platform (University of Paris)
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Isbell, Becky · Digital Commons - ACU (Abilene Christian University) · 2025
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Connecting Canadians: Canada’s Multicultural Newspapers Beta Website (Athabasca University) · 1945
Gordon on the tractor at approximately five years old when he first started driving the tractor to pick rocks.\n\nIn cart are:\nStanley Walker, Maryanne & Nannie.
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Noah Kinney · ScholarWorks - MoreheadState (Morehead State University) · 1970
Construction of an old Farmall tractor with great detail. Painted black on a green painted wooden base.
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