Good advice above, I would first check the battery. Sounds like it may be going dead on you. Use a small trickle charger and charge overnight. If it still acts the same then it is probably not your battery. When the tractor dies place your hand on the coil, if it's warm, that's normal, if it is almost too hot to touch then the coil is going bad.
With a 6 volt system, all battery connections & wire terminal connections should be bright & shiny, this is very time consuming but well worth the effort. Use di-electric grease or equivalent to prevent corrosion once cleaned. Even grease will work for a season or more.
Battery cables should be "ought" (O) or even double ought "OO", used welder cable makes usable ones be sure to solder the ends on, and use shrink wrap to protect where the cable meets the ends. Remember these tractors are POSITIVE ground, the positive side of the battery should lead all the way to the mounting bolt on the starter, or as close as possible. The negative lead should run up to the starter button.
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