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Calling all antique tractor buffs
This trivia quiz identifies the true antique tractor enthusiasts.
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BLASTS FROM THE PAST: These 1950-era classics were restored in the Delphi FFA ag shop in Delphi, Ind. Tom J. Bechman
You’re really not ready to check out the antique tractor exhibit and interact with tractor enthusiasts there until you take this ultimate tractor trivia quiz. It will find out how much you know about various makes, colors and brands of tractors and implements through the years.
Good luck! It’s on the honor system — check your own answers and claim your certification rating below.
1. How many legs were visible on the John Deere "deer' in the logo on "40" tractor Series literature in the 1950s?
a. 1
b. 2
c. 3.
d. 4
e. 0
2. The John Deere "Killefer" name appeared on what implement in 1951?
a. garden tractor
b. combine
c. sprayer
d. land leveler
e. none of these
3. The actual postage to mail a pair of John Deere brochures in 1940 was:
a. 1 cent
b. 3 cents
c. 50 cents
d. $1.50
e. $5.50
4. The John Deere 246 3-point hitch planter of the 1950s planted how many rows?
a. 2
b. 4
c. 6
d. Only planted hills, not rows
e. 2 or 4
5. According to the 1951 John Deere Pocket Ledger, how many miles would you travel plowing
1 acre, cutting a 16-inch furrow?
a. 2
b. 4
c. 6.5
d. 10
e. Can't tell
6. Which of these International combines feature “axial flow”?
a. No. 80
b. No. 64
c. 1600 Series
d. Model 101
e. No. 42
7. This McCormick combine featured a 7-foot cut, a big deal when introduced.
a. No. 80
b. No. 64
c. 1600 Series
d. Model 101
e. No. 42
8. You could get the IH 57 baler, pulled by the IH 460 or 560, with PTO or an engine.
a. True
b. False
9. The International 429 corn head was a two-row head for the IK 403 self-propelled combine.
a. True
b. False
10. The 735, 5-bottom IH Vari-Width plow featured optional 20-inch, disk-type, spring-cushion coulters.
a. True
b. False
11. The Massey-Harris 44-6 tractor was equipped with a four-cylinder engine.
a. True
b. False
12. Massey-Harris offered a two-row, self-propelled corn picker in the 1950s.
a. True
b. False
13. The first self-propelled Massey-Harris Clipper combine featured a cab.
a. True
b. False
14. Massey-Harris promoted that its Clipper combine was used in the Million Acre Brigade.
a. True
b. False
15. The Series III D-17 was the last tractor Allis-Chalmers made in the D-17 series.
a. True
b. False
16. Chaff discharged out the side on early Allis-Chalmers combines.
a. True
b. False
17. This company promoted the All-Crop Harvester.
a. Allis-Chalmers
b. Oliver
c. McCormick
d. Ford
e. John Deere
18. Gleaner combines were sold by:
a. Massey-Ferguson
b. Baldwin Co.
c. Allis-Chalmers
d. Agco
e. b, c and d
19. This company discontinued its small square hay baler in the 1950s due to mechanical issues:
a. Oliver
b. John Deere
c. International
d. New Holland
e. New Idea
20. The Allis Chalmers 22-38 was:
a. first AC tractor
b. first pull-type combine
c. wheel disk
d. baler
e. thresher
Key
1) d; 2) d; 3) b; 4) a; 5) c; 6) c; 7) a; 8) True; 9) False; 10) True; 11) False; 12) True; 13) False; 14) True; 15) False- Series IV; 16) True; 17) a; 18) e; 19) e; 20) e.
Scale
16-20 correct, true antique genius; 11-15 correct, lucky guesser; 5-10 correct, just plain old tractor lover; 0-5 right; true antique, period!
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