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The Lancaster County Agricultural Society, which manages the Lancaster Event Center, was founded in 1867 as the Lancaster County Agricultural & Horticultural Society [2] and re-formed as the Lancaster County Agricultural Society in 1870 as a separate, county-level subdivision under Nebraska law to help promote agriculture.
The Nebraska tractor testing law can trace its roots to 1919 when Wilmot Crozier, a farmer and state representative from Osceola, bought a Ford 8-16 tractor. [2] Crozier quickly noted the 8-16 did not perform as advertised; the tractor could pull only one plow despite claims it could pull three simultaneously.
Truck and tractor pulling, also known as power pulling, is a form of a motorsport competition in which antique or modified tractors pull a heavy drag or sled along an 11-meter-wide (35 ft), 100-meter-long (330 ft) track, with the winner being the tractor that pulls the drag the farthest.
Scheduled activities include tractor parades and tractor pulls each day, as well as special performances by the Somerset County Community Band at 6 p.m. Friday and the Roof Garden Tractor Buddies ...
The full schedule is at bigknobgrangefair.org. This year's fair theme: "Flourishing With Opportunity, Rooted in Agriculture.” Big Knob Grange Fairgrounds is at 336 Grange Road, New Sewickley ...
Antique tractor pulls Watch antique tractor pulls this summer at the Iowa State Fair. Kick off the Iowa State Fair on Thursday, Aug. 8, with free antique tractor pulls at 10 a.m. Gates open at 9 a.m.
In consequence, the Nebraska Tractor Test became a standard reference for tractors sold in North America. [4] Tests initially focused on drawbar pull, measuring pulling power for plows and other towed implements, and belt horsepower, for operating as a power source for belt-operated external equipment such as threshing machines.
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