My maternal grandfather's first tractor was a McCormick 10/20. He added a Farmall A as a second tractor. He had 30 cow dairy. When my uncle took over the farm he bought a WD as his big tractor. My paternal Grandfather's first tractor was a Fordson. Had around 35 milkers at the time. Pop found a used unstyled WC to suppliment the Fordson. Right after the war he found a used Farmal M, got rid of the Fordson. and shortly after that he swapped the unstyled WC for a newer styled WC. At the time of the Fordson we had about 180 acres with maybe a bit over half tillable. By 1950 Pop doubled the herd, and was buying every acre he could afford to buy and renting land too. The M was quickly overtaxed and traded for an Oliver 88 in 1954.
Pop was fond of saying that the Fordson was 100 times better than farming with horses, (he never much likes horse type farming) the WC's were 100 times better than the Fordson, the M was 100 times better than the WC's, and the 88 was a thousand times better than the M, and it was what he considered the first decent tractor he owned.
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