Dick Simms: Tractor and Farm Scene

Artist: Dick Simms
1932 -
Nationality: American
Artwork Year: 1985
Image Size: 17.5 by 12.5 inches
Overall Size: 19.75 by 15.25 inches
Medium: Mixed Media on Cold Press Illustration Board

The Tractor of the 1920's evolved from the internal combustion engine Traction-Motor machines of the 1890's. These machines made the cultivation and harvesting of large tracts of land possible. No longer was it necessary to raise farm work animals such as large draught horses or oxen. A single man and his machine could now increase both a farm's workable acreage and crop yield with an undreamed-of efficiency. Yet until the 1920's, the Tractor was primarily a mobile source of power for operating equipment such as threshers. However, the introduction of the "power take-off;" which through a flexible shaft to drive hay balers, combines or mowers; revolutionized the Tractor's role in farm production. One farmer could now produce enough to feed twenty people. Today's modern Tractors are divided into two main types; Wheeled Tractors, still commonly found on farms across the nation, and Caterpillar Tractors which move on treads.

This painting was originally published on the Fleetwood® First Day of Issue Maximum Card for the U.S. 7.1¢ Tractor stamp issued February 6, 1977.

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