It's not an "option," it's the style of the tractor. Also known as "standard" or "standard tread," hence the decal on the side of the hood that says "STANDARD."
In those days, IH made two different styles of tractors.
Farmall is the row crop style, which is designed with adjustable tread width and a higher clearance for cultivating row crops like corn and beans.
W tractors carried the designation "McCormick" up until around 1947 or so, then "International" after that. These tractors are purpose-designed for pulling heavy tillage equipment on grain farms where there's no need to fit down between rows with cultivators.
It's been claimed that both Wheatland and Western are what the W stands for, and it remains hotly debated to this day.
By 1954, farmers were starting to figure out that anything a W could do, a Farmall could also do, but the Farmall also gave you flexibility to work row crops. That's why there weren't many Super W6TA tractors made. IH continued making special versions of their larger tractors as "Wheatlands" up into the '66 series in the early 1970's (I know where there's a 1066 Wheatland). About the same time IH dropped the Farmall designation, they stopped making a separate Wheatland version. After that all larger tractors were only made in the "Farmall" row crop style.
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