This photograph was taken during a trip that John Froelich made with his threshing crew to Langford, South Dakota, in 1892. The machine seen in the bottom right corner is the tractor that Froelich invented in 1892. The tractor was able to harvest more than 1,000 bushels of wheat per day. This tractor was also the first of its kind that could move forward and in reverse. After inventing this tractor, Froelich helped found the Waterloo Gasoline Traction Engine Company, which was purchased by the John Deere Company in 1918. Content can be used with the following standards: 4th grade SS 4.26 Changes in Agriculture in a lesson on development to agriculture in the late 1800s. For any use other than instructional resources, please check with the organization that owns this item regarding copyright restrictions.
2018.037.004 [Tractor]
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