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RE:Massey's around the UK Shows in 2013.

Malcolm Thank you for the photos of the Casterton Show. The photos of M-H equipment and the photos of the other makes of tractors and implement were great. It is always a great Show but made even better this year by the demonstrations of the 1919 Lincoln Tractor Trails. I ought to know what county Casterton is in. Sorry about that. Gary Great photos of the Moline in your part of the world. This website does bring up some very interesting items and discussions. Long may it do so. A bit more mobile friendly would make it even better. Thank you. Alan

RE:Massey's around the UK Shows in 2013.

Good to see the reply buttons re-appearing in your last post Alan,

Pleased your finding our UK events interesting Gary, one of the Moline's you have seen in Gordon Carson's collection when we visited a few years ago, think it is a 1917 model, the one you mentioned with the plough and cultivator is an original import tractor which is well detailed on the information board photo.

For today here is a photograph of the front cover of the Casterton event catalogue, with a little history about how the original event came to be.

I have looked back in some of my old "Agricultural Gazette" magazines, September 22 1919 there was a two page article called "Ploughs and Cultivators for Tractor Work" and detailed all the companies demonstrating and showing implements at the Lincoln Trials.

Massey Harris had both a show stand and implements working behind tractors in the demonstration, below is the paragraph on M-H.

Messrs Massey - Harris Ltd, 53 Bunhill Row, London, E.C. 1, will have a variety of implements, both on exhibition and on the trial grounds. Their power-lift tractor plough of two and three furrows is designed so that one man can control both the tractor and plough. Powerful lift springs balance the ploughs and the rear bottom is lifted as high as the front one, each having a 6 inch clearance. Other points about these ploughs are, that they have depth- regulating levers, they can be backed and the wheels, which are very strong wide tyres. These ploughs will be demonstrated behind Garner, Austin, Saunderson and Case tractors.
In an adjacent field, Mr. E. Tonge, of Lincoln will be demonstrating a 3 furrow plough, tandem disc harrow and a 15 row drill by the same makers, one of these tandem disc harrows as well as the tractor ploughs, will be seen on Messrs. Massey - Harris's Stand No. 67.

(I have heard reference to Tonge's of Lincoln being a M-H implement dealer, so expect he was looking to make a few sales)

Malcolm.
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