I'd agree with redforlife, there's more to it than acres. How much you were into technology, conversely how much you were into horses, what your labor situation was, how much free capital you had, if you had a lot of belt work to do in the off season- sawmill, etc. or if you wanted to be part of the neighborhood threshing ring or not. A lot changed with WWI- labor got tight as men went to war, crop prices took off, the Fordson tractor came on the scene as a low cost tractor.
Great grandpa on dad's side bought his first big tractor in 1935, a Farmall F30. It was a response to the '34 drought... he didn't need to feed so many horses. Might have also been to keep his kids interested, too.
Other side of the family, mom's dad, was a true Percheron guy. He bred draft horses, bought and sold them, it was his true love. But even he bought a tractor in 1941- a JD A, which my cousin still has.
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